Lang & Witchell
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Lang & Witchell was a prominent architectural firm in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...

. It designed a number of buildings that are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

.

Works (credits) include:
  • Bianchi, Didaco and Ida Bianchi House, 4503 Reiger Ave., Dallas, TX (Lang & Witchell) NRHP-listed
  • Busch Building, 1501-1509 Main St., Dallas, TX (Lang & Witchell) NRHP-listed
  • Busch-Kirby Building (Boundary Increase), 1501-1509 Main St., Dallas, TX (Lang & Witchell) NRHP-listed
  • Chevrolet Motor Company Building, 3221 Commerce, Dallas, TX (Lang and Witchell) NRHP-listed
  • Cooke County Courthouse, Public Square, bounded by California, Dixon, Main and Commerce Sts., TX (Lang & Witchell) NRHP-listed
    • Gainesville, Texas
      Gainesville, Texas
      Gainesville is a city in and the county seat of Cooke County, Texas, United States. The population was 15,538 at the 2000 census.-History:...

       "The 1912 Cooke County Courthouse was designed by the Dallas firm of Lang & Witchell . some Prairie Style features and influences from famed ...
  • Dallas Cotton Exchange Building
    Dallas Cotton Exchange Building
    The Dallas Cotton Exchange Building was a 17-story tan brick and concrete building on the corner of North St. Paul and San Jacinto Streets in downtown Dallas, Texas. It was built in 1926 and was for decades Dallas' second-tallest, as the city was growing into the largest inland cotton market in the...

     coordinates | roof 200 | ft | m | abbr on | floor_count 17 | building_type Office | status Demolished | opening 1926 | architect Lang & Witchell ...
  • Dallas County Records Building, 509 Main St., Dallas, TX .
  • Dallas High School Historic District, 2218 Bryan St., Dallas, TX (Lang & Witchell) NRHP-listed
  • James W. Fannin Elementary School, 4800 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX (Lang & Witchell) NRHP-listed
  • First State Bank and Trust Building, 100 W. Twenty-fifth, Bryan, TX (Lang & Witchell) NRHP-listed
  • Harris County Courthouse of 1910, 301 Fannin St., Houston, TX (Lang & Witchell) NRHP-listed
  • Hilton Hotel, 1933 Main St., Dallas, TX (Lang & Witchell) NRHP-listed
    • Dallas Hilton
      Dallas Hilton
      The Dallas Hilton, also known as Hilton Hotel and today operating as the Dallas Hotel Indigo, is a historic structure located at the corner of Main Street and S. Harwood Street in downtown Dallas, Texas . The hotel is a contributing property in the Harwood Historic District and Main Street District...

       Hilton retained the prominent architectural firm of Lang and Witchell , one of the two most respected firms in Dallas, to design the new hotel.
  • Johnson County Courthouse (Texas)
    Johnson County Courthouse (Texas)
    -Historical courthouses of Johnson County:The original courthouse was at Wardville. It is still in existence today at a park on the banks of Lake Pat Cleburne, though it suffered damage at the hands of arsonists in 2007. In 1856, the county seat was moved to Buchanan and a new courthouse was built,...

    , 1 Public Sq., Cleburne, TX (Lang & Witchell) NRHP-listed
  • Kirby Building
    Kirby Building
    The Kirby Building, historically known as the Busch Building, is a 17-story skyscraper in the Main Street District of Downtown Dallas. The structure was completed in 1913 by beer magnate Adolphus Busch to accompany his nearby Hotel Adolphus. The building became vacant with many older buildings...

     built 1913 | architect Lang & Witchell | architecture Late Gothic Revival | added July 4, 1980 | governing_body Private | refnum 96001015 ...
  • Magnolia Hotel (Dallas, Texas), also known as Magnolia Building, 108 S. Akard St., Dallas, TX (Alfred Bossom, Baron Bossom, and Lang & Witchell) NRHP-listed Beaux Arts building that was Texas' tallest building.
  • McKinney Hospital, Old (or Old McKinney Hospital?), 700-800 S. College, McKinney, TX (Lang & Witchell) NRHP-listed
  • San Angelo Telephone Company Building, 14 W. Twohig, San Angelo, TX (Lang & Witchell) NRHP-listed
  • Sanger Brothers Complex, Block 32, bounded by Elm, Lamar, Main and Austin Sts., Dallas, TX (Lang & Witchell) NRHP-listed
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