| Serial Number |
NRS4-10415 |
| Property Name |
Kerr Community Center |
| Property Address |
1308 Walnut Street |
| County |
Bastrop |
| City/Rural |
Bastrop |
| USGS Quad |
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| UTM |
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| Architect/Builder |
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| Owner |
Kerr Community Center, 1308 >> cont . |
| Period |
FDT |
| Construction Date |
1914 |
| Theme |
SEB |
| Style |
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| Description |
Two-story frame, narrow rectangular building with entrance (south) in gabled end. South facade has central double door flanked by a 4/4 light window on each side. Two windows on second floor correspond with those on first floor. |
| Significance |
Small porch over entrance, exterior chimney on west and outside stairway on east. Built in 1914 by Beverly and Lula Kerr as a Community center for blacks. Houses social activities and lodge meetings. USO center in World War II. Important social history of blacks in Bastrop. |
| Designation: NR |
No |
| Designation: NHL |
No |
| Designation: RTHL |
No |
| Designation: HABS |
No |
| Designation: HAER |
No |
| Designation: Other |
H |
| Original Use |
Community center for blacks |
| Present Use |
Community center for blacks and community action |
| Physical Condition |
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| Physical Condition: Altered/Unaltered |
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| Construction: Wall |
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| Construction: Roof |
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| Relationship to Surroundings |
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| Acreage/Boundary Description |
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| Bibliographic Data |
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| Informant |
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| Recorded By |
Sk/Ml |
| Record Date |
11/9/1977 |
| Photographic Data |
Three black and white. |
| See Info/Correspondence Files |
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| Continuation |
>>OWNER>> Walnut Street, Bastrop, TX |
