Wyatt C. Hedrick
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, engineer
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, and developer
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most active in Texas and the American South.
In 1922, Hedrick began his work as an architect in Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
, 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
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. In 1918 he married Pauline Stripling. In 1925, he married Mildred Sterling, and in 1931 his father-in-law, Ross S. Sterling
Ross S. Sterling
Ross Shaw Sterling was a U.S. political figure who was the 31st Governor of Texas, having served a single two-year term between January 20, 1931, and January 17, 1933....
, became governor of Texas
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.
Hedrick worked mainly in a stripped-Classical style. With his extensive university and government work, at one time his firm was the third-largest in the United States.
Works
Selected works (with shared attribution where applicable) include:selected ones by date
- Petroleum BuildingPetroleum BuildingThe Petroleum Building is a 50 meter/10 floor building at 420 South Boulder in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was built in 1921, and is a steel and reinforced concrete structure faced with buff brick. The name was given because most of the early tenants were associated with the petroleum industry. Later, it...
, 210 W. 6th. St. Fort Worth, TX, 1921, NRHP-listed - Administration BuildingAdministration Building (Texas Tech University)The Administration Building is a structure on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. It was one of the original buildings on the campus, and is modeled after the Universidad de Alcala de Henares in Alcalá de Henares, Spain. The Admin building has three floors and a basement and...
, Texas Tech UniversityTexas Tech UniversityTexas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System and has the...
, LubbockLubbock, TexasLubbock is a city in and the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, United States. The city is located in the northwestern part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado, and the home of Texas Tech University and Lubbock Christian University...
1925 - Eudora Welty HouseEudora Welty HouseThe Eudora Welty House in Jackson, Mississippi was the home of author Eudora Welty for nearly 80 years. It was built by her parents in 1925. In it she did all her writing, in an upstairs bedroom. Welty created the garden over decades...
, 1119 Pinehurst St. Jackson, MississippiJackson, MississippiJackson is the capital and the most populous city of the US state of Mississippi. It is one of two county seats of Hinds County ,. The population of the city declined from 184,256 at the 2000 census to 173,514 at the 2010 census...
, 1925, NRHP-listed - Medical Arts Building (razed), Fort Worth, TexasFort Worth, TexasFort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
, 1926 - Fort Worth Elks Lodge 124Fort Worth Elks Lodge 124The Fort Worth Elks Lodge 124, also known as Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks or YWCA of Fort Worth and _, is a Colonial Revival architecture/Georgian Revival architecture building from 1927. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.-External links:*, at Flickr...
, 512 W. 4th St. Fort Worth, TX, 1927, NRHP-listed - Historic Electric Building, 410 W. 7th St. Fort Worth, TX, 1929, NRHP-listed
- Sterick BuildingSterick BuildingThe Sterick Building is an office building in Memphis, Tennessee. It was designed by Wyatt C. Hedrick & Co., and was completed in 1930—its name is a contraction of the original owners' names R.E. Sterling and Wyatt Hedrick. It is a gothic-style tower, 111 m tall with 29 floors...
, 8 N. 3rd St. Memphis, TennesseeMemphis, TennesseeMemphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
, 1930, NRHP-listed - Commerce Building, Fort Worth, Texas, 1930
- Texas and Pacific Terminal and WarehouseT&P StationFort Worth's Texas & Pacific Railroad Passenger Station is a Trinity Railway Express commuter rail station located at 1600 Throckmorton Street in Fort Worth, Texas, on the south side of downtown. It is the western terminus of the TRE commuter line, serving the Fort Worth Convention Center, the...
, Fort Worth, Texas, 1931, Lancaster and Throckmorton Sts., an Art DecoArt DecoArt deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...
skyscraper, NRHP-listed as Texas and Pacific Terminal Complex - United States Post Office, Lancaster and Jennings Ave. Fort Worth, Texas, 1933, NRHP-listed
- Will Rogers Memorial CenterWill Rogers Memorial CenterThe Will Rogers Memorial Center is an public entertainment, sports and livestock complex located in Fort Worth, Texas . The complex is named for American humorist and writer Will Rogers. The WRMC is the home of the annual Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo...
, 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 HotelShamrock HotelThe Shamrock was a hotel constructed between 1946 and 1949 by wildcatter Glenn McCarthy southwest of downtown Houston, Texas next to the Texas Medical Center. It was the largest hotel built in the United States during the 1940s. The grand opening of the Shamrock is still cited as one of the...
(razed), HoustonHouston, TexasHouston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
, Texas, 1946–1949 - B H Carroll Memorial Building, Fort Worth, Texas, 1948
- Yucca Theatre (Still in operation!), Midland, TexasMidland, TexasMidland is a city in and the county seat of Midland County, Texas, United States, on the Southern Plains of the state's western area. A small portion of the city extends into Martin County. As of 2010, the population of Midland was 111,147. It is the principal city of the Midland, Texas...
, 1929 - Corrigan TowerCorrigan TowerCorrigan Tower, also known as 1900 Pacific, is a high rise located at 1900 Pacific Avenue in the City Center District of Dallas, Texas. The building contains 20 floors of office space and is of modernist design. It is situated on the high-traffic corner of St. Paul Street, Live Oak Street and...
, Dallas, 1952
others, alphabetically
- Amarillo US Post Office and Courthouse, 205 E. Fifth St. Amarillo, TX, NRHP-listed
- Anderson, Neil P., Building, 411 W. 7th St. Fort Worth, TX, NRHP-listed
- Baker Hotel, 200 E. Hubbard St. Mineral Wells, TX, NRHP-listed
- Cotton Belt Building, 1517 W. Front St. Tyler, TX (McKenzie, H.J.& Wyatt C. Hedrick), NRHP-listed
- Fidelity Union Life Insurance Building, 1511 Bryan and 1507 Pacific Ave. Dallas, TX, NRHP-listed
- First National Bank Building, 711 Houston St. Fort Worth, TX, NRHP-listed
- Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway Depot, 1801 Ave. G Lubbock, TX, NRHP-listed
- Houston Street Viaduct, Houston St. roughly between Arlington St. and Lancaster Ave. Dallas, TX (Hedrick & Cochrane), NRHP-listed
- Old Houston National Bank, 202 Main St. Houston, TX (Hedrick & Gottlieb, Inc.), NRHP-listed
- Sam Houston HotelSam Houston HotelAlden Houston, originally the Sam Houston Hotel, is a historic hotel in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States that is listed in the National Register of Historic Places under its former name. The hotel received its listing on April 17, 2004....
, 1117 Prairie St. Houston, TX (Sanguinet, Staats, Hedrick & Gottlie), NRHP-listed - Sanger Brothers Building, 410-412 Houston St. Fort Worth, TX, NRHP-listed
- Snider Hall, 3305 Dyer St. Dallas, TX, NRHP-listed
- St. Mary of the Assumption ChurchSt. Mary of the Assumption ChurchSt. Mary of the Assumption Church is a historic church at 501 W. Magnolia Avenue in Fort Worth, Texas.It was built in 1923 and added to the National Register in 1984.-References:...
, 501 W. Magnolia Ave. Fort Worth, TX (Sanguinet,Staats & Hedrick), NRHP-listed - Texas Technological College Dairy BarnTexas Technological College Dairy BarnThe Texas Technological College Dairy Barn, located on the Texas Tech University campus in Lubbock, Texas, was constructed from 1926-27 and served as a teaching facility for 40 years. The building was designed by architect W. C. Hedrick of Fort Worth, Texas, with assistance from Agricultural Dean...
, Texas Tech University campus Lubbock, TX (Sanguinet,Staats & Hedrick), NRHP-listed - Virginia HallVirginia HallVirginia Hall, MBE, DSC was an American spy during World War II. She was also known by many aliases: "Marie Monin", "Germaine", "Diane", "Marie of Lyon" and "Camille". The Germans gave her the nickname Artemis...
, 3325 Dyer St. Dallas, TX, NRHP-listed - West Texas Utilities Company Power Plant, 100 Block of N. Second St. Abilene, TX, NRHP-listed
- 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