{"nrhp_refnum":"02000991","name":"Moore Grocery Co. Building","other_names":["Sledge Manufacturing Co. Building","Dennard Supply Co. Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"408 N. Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tyler","county":"Smith County","state":"TX","lat":32.353839676000064,"lon":-95.30151580299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-09-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story buff-brick warehouse at 408 North Broadway in Tyler, Smith County, Texas, built about 1912 for Tyler businessman Thomas E. Swann. A rear two-story section was demolished after an April 2002 fire.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is Tyler's earliest known and premier surviving example of the Commercial Style, a two-part vertical block with interior load-bearing construction. It also reflects Tyler's agricultural, manufacturing and oil-based economy, through its use as a furniture warehouse and later a wholesale grocery headquarters. It is nominated at the local level.","narrative":"Rising five stories above North Broadway at the north edge of downtown Tyler, this buff-brick warehouse was built about 1912 for businessman Thomas E. Swann. It first held his furniture and carpet stock, then from 1917 served as headquarters and main warehouse for the Moore Grocery Co., a wholesale food business run by Albert F. Sledge. A rear two-story section housed a clothing factory making overalls and work clothes until the early 1960s; it was demolished after a 2002 fire. The building is a modest local version of the Chicago Commercial Style, with a symmetrical facade, pilasters, brick made to look like rusticated stone, segmental arch windows and a dentilled cornice. Inside, an interior frame of wood posts and iron plates carries the loads, and original freight elevators and a sprinkler system survive. Its nominators credit it as Tyler's earliest known example of the style and a reminder of the city's railroad-linked farm and manufacturing economy. Rehabilitation for offices and apartments was underway.","period_of_significance":"1912-1952","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Commercial Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed function is vacant; the building is undergoing rehabilitation for offices and apartments and is described as in good condition with high integrity.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.806145-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/47/9733/40973347/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/02000991.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000991/4a092f0b69-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000991/4a092f0b69-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moore_Grocery_Building_(1_of_1).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moore_Grocery_Building_(1_of_1).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100008283","name":"Tyler Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/tyler-downtown-historic-district-100008283/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973347","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002631"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/smith-county/moore-grocery-co-building-02000991/"}