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Historic Place
U.S. Weather Bureau Building
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About this site
U.S. Weather Bureau Building is a historic place in Abilene, Taylor County, dedicated in 1982. It is one of 49 historic places documented in Taylor County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 129 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.4501, -99.7390 near Abilene. The nearest cataloged historic site is Wooten, Horace O., House (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum, Minter, William A., House, and Stith, William and Evla, House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2082004524. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
This red-brick building was completed in 1909 as the Abilene office of the United States Weather Bureau, one of the earliest classically styled buildings in the city, with an observatory and living quarters for the administrator. W. H. Green was the first official in charge, and the building served the Weather Bureau until 1946. Recorded as a Texas Historic Landmark in 1980, it is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is one of only a few surviving weather bureau buildings of its type.
Sources: hmdb.orgsah-archipedia.org
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