National Register Listing

Western Union Building

a.k.a. Windmill Realty Co.

107 S. Covington St., Hillsboro, TX

The Old Western Union Building is the finest surviving example of a relatively unaltered, Richardsonian Romanesque commercial building in Hillsboro. Especially striking are its prominent arch and romantically detailed corner turrets.

From 1918 until 1956, it housed the Hillsboro Western Union Office, which served as the hub for cotton-trading activity in the county.

Local significance of the building:
Architecture; Communications

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.