{"nrhp_refnum":"04000102","name":"Harlan Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2018 Cadiz St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dallas","county":"Dallas County","state":"TX","lat":32.780519484000024,"lon":-96.79129120899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-02-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick produce warehouse with basement at 2018 Cadiz Street in downtown Dallas, built in 1914 with a 1926 two-bay annex to the west, near the city's farmers' market area.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is the most significant surviving structure tied to Dallas's produce market district. It reflects how rail transport and refrigeration changed the sale, storage and distribution of agricultural products in the early 20th century. It qualifies under Criterion A in commerce at the local level.","narrative":"Built in 1914 at 2018 Cadiz Street in downtown Dallas, this two-story brick warehouse with a basement served the produce trade. William Ellis Harlan, Sr., a produce dealer, built it, and his firm, Harlan and Harlan, located it along the Houston and Texas Central Railroad near the Pure Ice Company. Rail access and ice supplied the shipping and preservation that perishable goods needed. The facade is ornamented with cast stone and patterned violet and red brick, and the name \"Harlan\" is incised in the stone. A two-bay annex with entwined \"H\" ornaments was added to the west in 1926. Inside, concrete columns and floors define an open interior, and a steel structure was added after 1950 for cold-storage rooms. The building escaped demolition by the City of Dallas in 1990, though much of the annex was lost. It is recognized for its role in moving Dallas's produce business toward the Municipal Market area, which by 1920 held virtually all of the city's produce trade.","period_of_significance":"1915-1942","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements; Commercial Style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Empty and boarded up for decades; rehabilitation plans underway under the federal historic preservation tax incentives program. About 80% of the annex is missing, though its front facade remains.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.182774-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/7/9717/40971707/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/04000102.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000102/0f400bc152-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000102/0f400bc152-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harlan_Building4.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harlan_Building4.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971707","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001831"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dallas-county/harlan-building-04000102/"}