{"nrhp_refnum":"02000116","name":"Bryan Municipal Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"111 E. 27th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bryan","county":"Brazos County","state":"TX","lat":30.67130407700006,"lon":-96.37108877399999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-02-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Moderne municipal building with a full basement at 111 E. 27th Street in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, built in 1929 to a design by Giesecke & Harris.","why_significant":"It was Bryan's first modern municipal facility to house the city's main government offices together with the police and fire departments. It is also one of the city's few buildings showing Moderne influence and a good example of the Giesecke & Harris firm's work. It served as the focus of city government until 1988 and symbolized the city's civic achievements in the first half of the 20th century.","narrative":"Completed in 1929 on East 27th Street in Bryan, this two-story building with a full basement was designed by the Austin firm Giesecke & Harris, with F.E. Giesecke as supervising architect. It has a concrete frame, cast stone facing, a flat roof with stepped parapets and spare Moderne detailing. It was the first place in Bryan where the main city offices, council chambers, police and fire departments were brought together under one roof, reflecting a wider Texas trend toward multifunctional city halls after the adoption of commission government. The cost was covered largely by the sale of the earlier city hall and utility profits. City government used it until a new city hall opened in 1988. The fire bays were altered in 1966 and windows were replaced over time, though the exterior and much of the interior detailing remain. The city later transferred the building to a children's museum group for restoration and reuse.","period_of_significance":"1929-1951","architect_builder":"Bertram Giesecke & August Harris; F.E. Giesecke","architectural_style":"Modern Movement: Moderne","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Vacated in 1994 and transferred to a children's museum organization in 2000, with a phased restoration and adaptive reuse underway at the time of the form.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.111738-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/1/9685/40968501/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/02000116.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000116/3d4c1bf203-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000116/3d4c1bf203-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Former_bryan_municipal_building_west_elevation.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:Former_bryan_municipal_building_west_elevation.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968501","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107317628"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/brazos-county/bryan-municipal-building-02000116/"}