Hammond House (Calvert, Texas)

United States historic place


Hammond House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places



Location	Bounded by Burnet, China, Elm, and Hanna Sts., Calvert, Texas
Coordinates	30°58′51″N 96°40′13″W / 30.98083°N 96.67028°W / 30.98083; -96.67028 (Hammond House)
Area	2.7 acres (1.1 ha)
Built	1875
Architect	W.T. Ingraham
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
Part of	Calvert Historic District
NRHP reference No.	70000759
Added to NRHP	October 28, 1970

The Hammond House in Calvert, Texas is a two-story Gothic Revival-style building built in 1875. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. It is also included in the National Register-listed Calvert Historic District. The listing includes two contributing buildings.

It was designed by St. Louis architect W.T. Ingraham and has a crenellated parapet.

It is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.

It was designed to serve as the courthouse of Robertson County, Texas, but the county seat was moved to Franklin shortly before the building was completed, and it never did serve as a courthouse. The building was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey. A set of measured drawings was prepared.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ Wayne Bell; Roxanne Williamson (August 7, 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hammond House". National Archives. Retrieved May 27, 2018. With five photos. Downloading may be slow.
"Hammond House, 604 Elm Street, Calvert, Robertson County, TX". Historic American Buildings Survey.

External links

Hammond House, 604 Elm Street, Calvert, Robertson County, TX, at HABS
Media related to Hammond House (Calvert, Texas) at Wikimedia Commons

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