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.
Works
Selected works (with shared attribution where applicable) include: selected ones by date
Petroleum Building (1921), 210 W. 6th. St. Fort Worth, Texas, NRHP-listed
Administration Building (1925), Texas Tech University, Lubbock
Eudora Welty House (1925), 1119 Pinehurst St. Jackson, Mississippi, 1925, NRHP-listed
Medical Arts Building (1926)), Fort Worth, Texas, no longer extant (razed)
Fort Worth Elks Lodge 124, 512 W. 4th St. Fort Worth, TX, 1927, NRHP-listed
Historic Electric Building, 410 W. 7th St. Fort Worth, TX, 1929, NRHP-listed
Yucca Theatre (1929), Midland, Texas, still in operation!
Sterick Building (1930), 8 N. 3rd St. Memphis, Tennessee, NRHP-listed
Commerce Building (1930), Fort Worth, Texas
Texas and Pacific Terminal and Warehouse (1931), Lancaster and Throckmorton Sts., Fort Worth, Texas, an Art Deco skyscraper, NRHP-listed as Texas and Pacific Terminal Complex
Psychopathic Hospital (1932), later known as the Polk Building, within NRHP-listed Western State Hospital Historic District
United States Post Office (1933), Lancaster and Jennings Ave. Fort Worth, Texas, NRHP-listed
Will Rogers Memorial Center (1936), Fort Worth, Texas (with Elmer G. Withers)
Fort Worth City Hall (1938), now the Public Safety and Courts Building, Fort Worth, Texas (with Elmer G. Withers)
The legendary Shamrock Hotel (1946–1949) (razed), Houston, Texas
B H Carroll Memorial Building (1948), Fort Worth, Texas
Corrigan Tower (1952), Dallas
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 Hotel, 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 Church, 501 W. Magnolia Ave. Fort Worth, TX (Sanguinet,Staats & Hedrick), NRHP-listed
Texas Technological College Dairy Barn, Texas Tech University campus Lubbock, TX (Sanguinet,Staats & Hedrick), NRHP-listed
Virginia Hall, Southern Methodist University campus, 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
