{"nrhp_refnum":"00000555","name":"La Salle Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"120 S. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bryan","county":"Brazos County","state":"TX","lat":30.679742112000042,"lon":-96.37357314099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-05-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A seven-story (plus basement) hotel building at 120 South Main Street in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, built in 1928 and designed by Austin architect George Louis Walling. It is a reinforced concrete frame building in the two-part vertical block form.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hotel is significant under architecture as a representative of the vertical, classically detailed hotel type popular across Texas in the 1920s. It also reflects the pre-Depression optimism of Bryan's business community. It was the city's largest and best-known hotel and social gathering place for decades after opening.","narrative":"Built in 1928 at the corner of South Main and 27th Streets in Bryan, this seven-story hotel was designed by Austin architect George Louis Walling. Its reinforced concrete frame is clad in honed Lueders limestone at street level and buff brick above, with cast stone sills, an entablature and a parapet of alternating brick panels and half-baluster details. The design shows a strong vertical emphasis and restrained classical ornament typical of 1920s Texas hotels. Originally holding 100 guest rooms, a lobby, café, dining room and ballroom, it stood across from the former railroad passenger station site and became the city's largest and best-known hostelry and social spot. It reflects the optimism of Bryan's business community before the Depression. After standing vacant for 18 years, water leaks damaged the interior, and a rehabilitation that began in 1998 replaced finishes, restored the windows and reinstated lobby features, converting the building to 55 rooms and suites. Its structural columns and exterior envelope retain substantial integrity.","period_of_significance":"1928","architect_builder":"George Louis Walling","architectural_style":"Other: 2-part vertical block","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Vacant for 18 years (since 1980); rehabilitation began in fall 1998 using historic tax credits, with exterior work complete and interior systems and framing in place at the time of the form.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.071571-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/29/9684/40968429/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/00000555.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000555/d401d1dfbb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000555/d401d1dfbb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lasalle_hotel_bryan_2009.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lasalle_hotel_bryan_2009.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968429","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaSalle_Hotel_(Bryan,_Texas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6460874"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/brazos-county/la-salle-hotel-00000555/"}