NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT

Flatonia Co!ercial Hist"ic District

Listed in the National Register of Historic Places he Flatonia Commercial Historic District in FlatoT halves.The district’s oldest building related to this rail nia, Fayette County, was recently listed in the National history and the resulting the commercial and industrial Register of Historic Place. The Texas Historical Comdevelopment. mission assisted in the nomination of the district in rec For more than a decade after its establishment, Flaognition of its importance of the history of Flatonia and tonia enjoyed the position of being the only rail shipping WKH6WDWHRI7H[DV1RWHGIRULWVKLVWRULFDOVLJQL¿FDQFH point in the middle of a large trading area. Although the district joins other properties around the state with many small rail towns in Texas began to decline in the National Register status. 1920’s with the advent of the automobile, downtown The Flatonia Commercial Historic District is a 36-acre Flatonia experienced a second wave of economic inarea in central Flatonia, Texas. Most of the district’s hisvestment and development after securing a spot on the toric properties are one and two story commercial buildOld Spanish Trail (later Highway 90), on of the counings constructed of local stone or brick during the late WU\¶V¿UVWFRDVWWRFRDVWKLJKZD\V)ODWRQLDSHUVHYHUHG 19th century, representing the city’s primary periods of through Great Depression and war years, and the development. Several historic industrial buildings stand GLVWULFW¶VUHVRXUFHVUHÀHFWDYDULHW\RIEXLOGLQJWUDGLWLRQV at the district’s perimeter. and architectural trends common to rural Texas. Flatonia was incorporated in 1875 along the Gal Overall the district retains a high degree of integrity veston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad, and and stands as a well-preserved example of a small the railroad tracks bisect the district into roughly two town commercial center.