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One of 211 National Register listings published here for Travis County · listed in 2012 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
East Main Street Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 111, 113, 115, & 117 E. Main St., Pflugerville, 78660
- When was it listed? September 2012
- Category. district
- Census division. Northeast Travis
- Architectural style. Italianate architecture
- National Register reference number. 12000788 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
92 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of East Main Street Historic District between 2005 and 2017, burning about 2,586 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 63 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 325 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HODDE LANE FIRE |
| 4 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13-0000951 |
| 3 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3300 BLOCK SH 130 |
| 8 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1,200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LLANO CO. |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of East Main Street Historic District: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Calcium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mc Neil Plant & Quarry | Calcium | Producer |
Storms near this property
35 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pflugerville, the town this property stands in, in 35 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 15 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 10 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pflugerville | 10 hurt, $2,000,000 | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pflugerville | $80,000 | A downburst from a severe thunderstorm tore the roof off a church and knocked over 2 mobile homes. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Pflugerville | $50,000 | Scattered to numerous thunderstorms over northern Travis and southern Williamson Counties produced 2 to 4 inches of rain. Highest totals in Travis County were 6 inches near Jollyville. Closed due to high water were FM1325, FM260, and FM1431. |
| May 1993 | Hail | Pflugerville | $50,000 | Half-dollar-size hail was reported in Pflugerville, numerous cars were damaged. Wind gusts to 59 MPH were recorded at the National Weather Service Office in Austin. Dime-size hail and larger was reported in the southeast part of Austin. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Pflugerville | $30,000 | Thunderstorms produced from 2 to 4 inch rainfall in central Travis County with up to 6 inches near Oak Hill. Many Austin streets and rural roads were closed due to high water, including FM2244 and FM1825. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pflugerville | $1,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down some one inch tree limbs in Pflugerville. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pflugerville | $1,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down some one inch tree limbs in Pflugerville. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Pflugerville | $1,000 | A thunderstorm produced two inch diameter hail near Pflugerville that dented a car and broke a car window. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pflugerville | $1,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that snapped numerous medium and large tree limbs near Pflugerville. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Pflugerville | - | A thunderstorm produced tea cup size hail in Pflugerville. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Pflugerville | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Pflugerville. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Pflugerville | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Pflugerville. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pflugerville | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph by a spotter near the intersection of Hwy 45 and Hwy 130 in Pflugerville. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Pflugerville | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Pflugerville. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pflugerville | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 51 kts. These winds damaged some shingles and holiday decorations. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Pflugerville | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding at FM 685 and FM1825. |
| October 2013 | Flash Flood | Pflugerville | - | There were numerous roads closed and water rescues in and around Pflugerville. There were rainfall reports of over 8 inches of rain during the late evening hours up through 1am. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Pflugerville | - | One of the broadcast media relayed a report of penny size hail. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Pflugerville | - | A thunderstorm produced hail ranging from nickel to golf ball size in the Pflugerville area. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Pflugerville | - | Thunderstorms over Williamson and Travis Counties produced from 2 to 3 inches of rain on the morning of July 20, with up to 4 inches near Del Valle. 36 roads were reported to be closed in eastern Travis County due to flash flooding. |
| April 2006 | Flash Flood | Pflugerville | - | Mid afternoon thunderstorms produced general 1inch rainfall in the Pflugerville area, with up to 3 inches falling in isolated locations. The police department reported numerous streets closed through the late afternoon due to flash flooding. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Pflugerville | - | Up to 3 inches of rain fell near the sunrise period around Pflugerville, causing flash flooding that closed FM1825 and FM1325 just west of Pflugerville. |
| November 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Pflugerville | - | A small and short-lived F0 tornado was spotted by the public who had been trained in NWS public safety programs. The tornado occurred in an open area and caused no damage. |
| March 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Pflugerville | - | A small and short-lived tornado was observed by Sheriff's Department Officers. |
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pflugerville | - | Power out to 75,000. May take 48 hours to restore. Numerous structural fires due to lightning. Hundreds of power and phone lines down. Many without power for over 48 hours. The combined effect of high winds and heavy rain caused the collapse of a wall in one building and destroyed the roof of another building in a downtown Austin apartment complex. This forced the evacuation of 50 residents. The driver and passenger in a vehicle were injured when a construction barrier was blown over on their truck. Another driver was injured slightly when lightning struck a truck, tossing out bricks that were stacked in the truck bed. Other minor injuries were reported in Austin due to flying pieces of broken glass. A boatload of tourists on Lake Travis had to be rescued due to the combination of rough waters stirred up by high winds. Several football games were cancelled or terminated early, again preventing injuries. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Pflugerville | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Pflugerville | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Pflugerville | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Pflugerville | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Pflugerville | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Pflugerville | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pflugerville | - | no account filed |
| November 2001 | Hail | Pflugerville | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pflugerville | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Pflugerville | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
3 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | William Braxton Barr House | 6.5 miles | 1983 |
| Edward H. Rogers Homestead | 7.2 miles | 1974 | |
 | Aynesworth-Wright House | 7.7 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 12000788 in Record Group 79. |
| Travis County | All 211 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.