East Main Street Historic District
Why it's listed
Four brick commercial buildings at 111 to 117 East Main Street form the historic core of Pflugerville, a Texas town northeast of Austin. Built between 1909 and about 1912, they sit on narrow lots from the 1904 town plat laid out beside the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. The group includes a two-story former Farmers State Bank with arched limestone entrances, a two-story former hardware store, a single-story pharmacy with a curved Mission-style parapet, and a tall single-story mercantile that once served as a grocery and post office. Their facades mix brick, limestone and cast stone detailing drawing on Italian Renaissance and Mission Revival ideas. The district was recognized because the railroad turned a scattered farming community into a trading town, and these buildings are the best surviving evidence of that growth after fires destroyed other landmarks. Today they house a restaurant, bakery, gift shop and other businesses, and retain much of their original interior and exterior fabric.
Significance in brief: The district is argued to be significant under Criterion A for community planning and development, reflecting the growth of a rural farming settlement into a commercial center after the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad arrived in 1904. It is also significant under Criterion C for architecture, as a collection of early 20th-century one- and two-story commercial buildings with Italian Renaissance and Mission Revival influences. The buildings are described as the most substantial surviving commercial properties of the period.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 12000788, listed September 10, 2012. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 111, 113, 115, & 117 E. Main St., Pflugerville |
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| County | Travis County |
| Listed | September 10, 2012 |
| Reference number | 12000788 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | 1909-1912 |
| Architect / builder | unknown |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian: Italianate; Other: 1-part commercial block |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture, Community Planning and Development |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | All four buildings are in commercial use, including a gift shop, bakery, restaurant, daycare and auction house, and are described as retaining a high level of integrity. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 30.44208, -97.62015 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 12000788.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q109999851
- This listing as JSON
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