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Location of Victoria County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Victoria County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Victoria County, Texas. There are one district and 114 individual properties listed on the ...
Victoria is a city and the county seat of Victoria County, Texas, United States. The population was 65,534 as of the 2020 census. [4] The three counties of the Victoria Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 111,163 as of the 2000 census. Its elevation is 95 ft (29 m). Victoria is located 30 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico.
The Thomas M. O'Connor House on S. Bridge in Victoria, Texas, United States was built in 1885. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The listing included two contributing buildings. [1] It was built with Italianate style and was remodelled in Classical Revival in the early 20th century.
The O'Connor–Proctor Building on N. Main in Victoria, Texas was built in 1895 at cost of $7,721. It was designed by architect Paul Helwig and its exterior is "St. Louis red brick trimmed with Kerrville white limestone". [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1]
In the postbellum era, he worked for the railroads and steamships in Louisiana and Texas, and he co-founded the First National Bank of Victoria, the Victoria Loan Company, and the Victoria Building and Loan Company. [3] He died in 1912. [3] The house was designed by Danish-born architect Jules Leffland in the Queen Anne architectural style. [2]
When Victoria, Texas was founded by empresario Martín De León and his wife Patricia de la Garza De León, they named it after Guadalupe Victoria, who had just become the first president of Mexico. [3] The town was platted by surveyor José María Jesús Carbajal [4] around a Market Square designed in 1839 by Edward Linn and known today as ...
Victoria County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 91,319. [1] Its county seat is also named Victoria. [2] Victoria County is included in the Victoria, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area, and comprises the entirety of the Victoria, TX media market.
Cadastral map of Melbourne, 1858 Map of Melbourne in 1855 Looking down Flinders Lane, ca. 1891 - ca. 1914 Chinatown, Melbourne was founded by Chinese immigrants during the Victorian gold rush The discovery of gold led to a huge influx of people to Victoria, most of them arriving by sea at Melbourne.