Area less than one acre MPS Victoria MRA Opened 1900 Added to NRHP 9 December 1986 | Built 1900 NRHP Reference # 86002599 Architectural style Neoclassical architecture Architect Jules Leffland | |
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Location 303 N. William St., Victoria, Texas | ||
The William Wheeler House in Victoria, Texas, was built in 1900. It was designed by the architect Jules Leffland in Classical Revival style for English immigrant William Wheeler and his family: Emma Hauschlld Wheeler and six children. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
It has a wrap-around porch. It has wood siding scored to look like stone.
William Wheeler "assisted in designing water systems in St. Charles, Missouri and Palestine, Tyler and Columbus, Texas before coming to oversee the construction of Victoria's water system in 1884. Wheeler served as superintendent of the Victoria Water Department from 1885 to 1922. He also began a plumbing business that his son and grandson continued until 1965."
The house was occupied by the Wheeler family until 1982.
It was listed on the NRHP as part of a study which listed numerous historic resources in the Victoria area.