received AUG

date entered

NPS Form 10-900.t OMB NO. 1024^18 0 ^ ExpirM 10-31.S7

United States Department of the Interior National Park Service

National Register off Historic P laces Inventory—Nomination Form

Continuation sheet Item numt>er a l l Page 22

Property No. 11

Historic Resources of Staunford

Stamford Historic Strvjctures Survey Identification nuntoer, STA-078

Ncune of property- Buera Vista Hotel

Address of p r c ^ r t y - 123 NbrtJi Wetherbee

Owner of property- Margauret E. Chase

Owner's Mdress- 59478 46th St. Reynolds Lake Lawrence, MI 49064

Acreage- Less thcin one acre

Verbal Bourxacury Description- (Legal Dsscription) Original Tbwn; Block 18, N. 82 1/2" of Lots, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

UTM Coordinates- 14/425240/3645000

Description (unaltered, good condition) Ihe Buena Vista Hotel was constructed in 1928 as a rooming house. The

two-story house is a brick-veneered t i l e structure with a metal-tile roof. A l l rafters aure exposed. The rooms are arranged along two long central hallways tuAiicii are evident on the outside because of the central doors i n the front facade.

The main feature of the simple structure is the porch. The roof of the porch is f l a t to form the wrought-iron railed pordi c^jening off the seccxid^floor h a l l . A metal-tile hipped roof surrounds this deck and covers the f i r s t - f l o o r porch. Pour leurge brick pedestals aivi square woodai posts support the porch. I t is in an older residential/commercial area.

Significance; local level, cxjmmerc e, 1928 •rtie Buena Vist:a Hotel is the last remaining example of the family

operated "rcxaning house" in Stamford. Between 1900 and 1930 many of these small two- and three-story buildings were b u i l t to serve the trauisi«it leJDor forc^e associated with the railroad and local industriad. operaticxis. A l l have been demolished, have burned, or have been moved away except for the Buem Vista.

NPS Form 10-M)0-i tM2 )

OMB NO 1024-0018 Expirm 10-31-87

United States Department of the interior National Park Service

National Register of Historic P laces Inventory—Nomination Form

Continuation sheet Item numlier a l l

Ihe Buena Vista Hotel was b u i l t in 1928, by D.D. and Vista Duncan, to capitalize on the local housing needs. The two-story t i l e structure with brick veneer was b u i l t by E.D. Jones, a local contractor, for §9,500. I t ccaitained 21 rcxms and two baths. Since it:s construct:icn, i t has served f a i t h f u l l y as a rooming house and stands as a reminder of vAiat was cxice a flourishing "cottage industry" i n Stamford.

Unitod States Department off the Interior Natlonai Parle Service

National Register of Historic Places inventory—Nomination Form Continuation sheet Item number

OMB Ifrr. 1024-001S t x p l r a t 10-31-17

Page

Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group

dnr-11

Name Stamford Mul t ip l e Resource Area State Jones County, TEXAS

SuSa^anfiTa

Nomination/Type of Review

-''1. Astin, J.P., House

*2. Buena Vista Hotel

3, Bunkley, Dr. E.P., House and Garage

.* 4. F i r s t Baptist Church

Date/Signature / Date/Signature

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Attest

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5. House at 501 North Swenson Botere'cl ^ t i o n a l Heg ^fc^per 9A.Wn

Attest

6. House at 502 South Orient Aakv^tLM*

7 House at 610 Oliver

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National Eegistei: ^ Attest

House at 709 East Reynolds j ^ ^ ^ ^ , . Keeper i < d } j A / l U u ^ f / V / ^ ^

9. House at 710 East McHarg gutiaiMiyiyaIga^Keeoer f^l;^^ /LtjJJi>/ll'^

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' House at 719 East Reynolds Suli»*»«tir« liid^|Keeper \(\\kik'i\,\kjJ^ ^M^^

Attest ^MMAJPJ. ^hM^hj-

WASO Form - 177 ( "R" June 1984)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR N A T I O N A L PARK SERVICE

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET

Buena Vista Hotel (Stamford MRA) Jones County TEXAS

• resubmission

Q nomination by pwrson or local government

• owner objection

• appeal

Substantive Review: 1

Working No. _

Fed. Reg. Date

Date Due: ^

Act ion

AUG 1966

_*:=r?^CCEPT

RETURN

REJECT.

Federal Agency:

sample • request • appeal Q NR decision

Reviewer's comments:

i>-OTl ic , /^ut r^ VI sic

^ r e . r i w

f t l s ^ w . / A l t C i - { . r ^ I o ^ h ' ^ l ' / • *«^ 'e /on« t« /

f i * . Recom./Criteria. A cce i

Reviewer Dlsriplinc ntsftr ,»H\

see continuation sheet

Nomination returned for: .technical corrections cited twiow

.substantive reasons discussed below

1. Name

2. Location

3. Classification

Category Ownership Public Acquisition

Status

Accessible Present Use

4. Owner of Property

5. Location of Legal Description

6. Representation in Existing Surveys

Has this property been determined eligible? • yes • no

7. Description

Condit ion

excellent

m i good

• fair

I I deteriorated

( m ruins

m i unexposed

Check one

unaltered

altered

Check one

• original site

moved date _

Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

• summary paragraph

m i completeness

• clarity

I I alterations/integrity

• dates

I I boundary selettion

8. Significance

Period Areas of Significance—Check and justify be\ow

Specific dates Builder/Architect Statement of Significance (in one paragraph)

m summary paragraph Q completeness • clarity m applicable criteria m justification of areas checked m] relating significance to the resource mi context • relationship of integrity to significance mi justification of exception • other

9. Major Bibliographical References

10. Geographical Data

Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name UTM References

Verbal boundary description and justification

11. Form Prepared By

12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is:

national state local

State Historic Preservation Officer signature

title date

13. Other

mi Maps mi Photographs • other

Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to.

Signed Date Phone:

G P O 91 8 - 4 5 0

Comments for any item may tie continued on an attached sheet

Please refer to the map in the

Multiple Property Cover Sheet

for this property

Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000854