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<br /> Page 12 <br />CITY San Marcos <br /> <br />Historical Data <br />1. Does the city have a National Register District? Locally designated histOric district? <br />Describe. <br />Yes, the Belvin Street Historic District was placed on the <br />National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The Heritage <br />Association also accomplished the city-wide National Reg- <br />ister Multiple Resouce District nomination in 1983. <br />The Belvin Street National Register District is a quintes- <br />sentially Victorian neighborhood and in late 1985 the Heri- <br />tage Association will erect identifying National Register <br />markers on posts on the boundaries of the two block section <br />of Belvin Street that is the National Register. There are <br />two locally designated districts: Belvin Street and San <br />Antonio Street. <br />2. List uses of historical buildings in the central business district. <br />Bed and Breakfast Inn <br />Abstract Companies <br />Interior Design Shop <br />Law Offices <br />Drug Store <br />Art Gallery <br />Feed and Implement Store <br />Gift Shop <br />Lunch Room <br />Engineering Office <br />3. How many historical markers are in the city? 33 <br /> <br />How many have been placed in the last five years? 5 <br /> <br />4. Has any group in your county compiled and printed a local history? If so, when? <br />The Hays County Historical Commission is bringing out a book, <br />entitled The History of San Marcos and Hays County for the <br />Sesquicentannial, due for publication by mid-1986. Eakin <br />Publications, Inc. is the publisher. <br />