Wyatt C. Hedrick
| Wyatt Cephus Hedrick | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 17, 1888 Chatham, Virginia |
| Died | May 5, 1964 (age 75) Houston, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Roanoke College Washington and Lee University |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | Wyatt Hedrick & Co. |
| Buildings | Administration Building Eudora Welty House Shamrock Hotel |
| Projects | Texas and Pacific Terminal Complex Will Rogers Memorial Center |
Wyatt Cephus Hedrick (December 17, 1888, in Chatham, Virginia – May 5, 1964, in Houston, Harris County, Texas) was an American architect, engineer, and developer most active in Texas and the American South.
In 1922, Hedrick began his work as an architect in Fort Worth, Texas, and three years later opened his own office. He was responsible for many of the tallest buildings in Fort Worth, and several of his works are included on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1918 he married Pauline Stripling. In 1925, he married Mildred Sterling, and in 1931 his father-in-law, Ross S. Sterling, became governor of Texas.
Hedrick worked mainly in a stripped-down classical style. With his extensive university and government work, at one time his firm was the third-largest in the United States.
Hedrick is also known for his 8 Texas courthouses, all of which are still standing. They include: Austin County, Brazoria County, Coke County, Coleman County, Comanche, County, Kent County, Motley County, and Yoakum County.
Contents
Works
Selected works (with shared attribution where applicable) include:
selected ones by date
- Petroleum Building, 210 W. 6th. St. Fort Worth, TX, 1921, NRHP-listed[1]
- Administration Building, Texas Tech University, Lubbock 1925
- Eudora Welty House, 1119 Pinehurst St. Jackson, Mississippi, 1925, NRHP-listed[1]
- Medical Arts Building (razed), Fort Worth, Texas, 1926
- Fort Worth Elks Lodge 124, 512 W. 4th St. Fort Worth, TX, 1927, NRHP-listed[1]
- Historic Electric Building, 410 W. 7th St. Fort Worth, TX, 1929, NRHP-listed[1]
- Sterick Building, 8 N. 3rd St. Memphis, Tennessee, 1930, NRHP-listed[1]
- Commerce Building, Fort Worth, Texas, 1930
- Texas and Pacific Terminal and Warehouse, Fort Worth, Texas, 1931, Lancaster and Throckmorton Sts., an Art Deco skyscraper, NRHP-listed as Texas and Pacific Terminal Complex[1]
- United States Post Office, Lancaster and Jennings Ave. Fort Worth, Texas, 1933, NRHP-listed[1]
- Will Rogers Memorial Center, Fort Worth, Texas, 1936 (with Elmer G. Withers)
- Fort Worth City Hall, now the Public Safety and Courts Building, 1938 (with Elmer G. Withers)
- The legendary Shamrock Hotel (razed), Houston, Texas, 1946–1949
- B H Carroll Memorial Building, Fort Worth, Texas, 1948
- Yucca Theatre (Still in operation!), Midland, Texas, 1929
- Corrigan Tower, Dallas, 1952
others, alphabetically
- Amarillo US Post Office and Courthouse, 205 E. Fifth St. Amarillo, TX, NRHP-listed[1]
- Anderson, Neil P., Building, 411 W. 7th St. Fort Worth, TX, NRHP-listed[1]
- Baker Hotel, 200 E. Hubbard St. Mineral Wells, TX, NRHP-listed[1]
- Cotton Belt Building, 1517 W. Front St. Tyler, TX (McKenzie, H.J.& Wyatt C. Hedrick), NRHP-listed[1]
- Fidelity Union Life Insurance Building, 1511 Bryan and 1507 Pacific Ave. Dallas, TX, NRHP-listed[1]
- First National Bank Building, 711 Houston St. Fort Worth, TX, NRHP-listed[1]
- Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway Depot, 1801 Ave. G Lubbock, TX, NRHP-listed[1]
- Houston Street Viaduct, Houston St. roughly between Arlington St. and Lancaster Ave. Dallas, TX (Hedrick & Cochrane), NRHP-listed[1]
- Old Houston National Bank, 202 Main St. Houston, TX (Hedrick & Gottlieb, Inc.), NRHP-listed[1]
- Sam Houston Hotel, 1117 Prairie St. Houston, TX (Sanguinet, Staats, Hedrick & Gottlie), NRHP-listed[1]
- Sanger Brothers Building, 410-412 Houston St. Fort Worth, TX, NRHP-listed[1]
- Snider Hall, 3305 Dyer St. Dallas, TX, NRHP-listed[1]
- St. Mary of the Assumption Church, 501 W. Magnolia Ave. Fort Worth, TX (Sanguinet,Staats & Hedrick), NRHP-listed[1]
- Texas Technological College Dairy Barn, Texas Tech University campus Lubbock, TX (Sanguinet,Staats & Hedrick), NRHP-listed[1]
- Virginia Hall, Southern Methodist University campus, 3325 Dyer St. Dallas, TX, NRHP-listed[1]
- West Texas Utilities Company Power Plant, 100 Block of N. Second St. Abilene, TX, NRHP-listed[1]
- One or more works in Wharton County Courthouse Historic Commercial District, Roughly bounded by the alley N of Milam St., Rusk St., Elm St. and Richmond St. Wharton, TX, NRHP-listed[1]
See also
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References
External links
- Texas Courthouses on Texas Escapes.com
- Biography from Texas Handbook Online
- Liles,Deborah M., WYATT CEPHAS HEDRICK: BUILDER OF CITIES (Master Thesis), University of North Texas
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