Marker Inscription
Commerce
Historic Place
Wehring Shoe Shop and Residence
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About this site
Wehring Shoe Shop and Residence is a historic place in Burton, Washington County, dedicated in 1991. It is one of 40 historic places documented in Washington County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 368 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.1799, -96.5933 near Burton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Burton Farmers Gin (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Hodde Drugstore, Texas Cotton Gin Museum, and Matthew Gaines.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2091000714. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Wehring Shoe Shop and Residence is a combined commercial and residential building on Main Street in Burton, reflecting the small-town trades of this German-Texan cotton community. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 as part of the Historic and Architectural Resources of Burton multiple-property submission.
Sources: atlas.thc.texas.goven.wikipedia.org
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