{"nrhp_refnum":"04000767","name":"Carlock Building","other_names":["New Cotton Exchange Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1001-1013 13th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lubbock","county":"Lubbock County","state":"TX","lat":35.694653860000074,"lon":-100.63591662499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-07-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Art Deco commercial building at 1001-1013 13th Street in downtown Lubbock, Texas, built in 1930-31 as the New Cotton Exchange Building. Plans were by J. B. Davies and Company of Fort Worth.","why_significant":"The building housed cotton classing rooms, brokerage firms and retail space, and was a major site of the cotton trade, the leading economic activity of the South Plains, from 1930 to the mid-1950s. It is listed under Criterion A for commerce. It was not nominated under Criterion C because of significant alterations to the storefronts and windows, even though it is one of few surviving Art Deco buildings in Lubbock.","narrative":"Built in late 1930 and early 1931 at the corner of 13th Street and Texas Avenue in downtown Lubbock, this two-story building was first called the New Cotton Exchange Building. It was designed by J. B. Davies and Company of Fort Worth, with a steel frame, terra cotta tile walls and buff brick facades. Art Deco details include vertical pilasters, cast stone parapets, geometric ornament and multicolored glass transoms. The ground floor held retail spaces, while the second floor held cotton brokers' offices and classing rooms lit by north-facing skylights. Cotton was the leading economic activity on the South Plains, and the building served as a central location for buyers and brokers from 1930 to the mid-1950s. Storefronts were remodeled in 1973 and partly restored in 1984, though the second-floor windows were replaced. These changes reduced the building's architectural integrity, so it was recognized for its role in regional commerce rather than its design.","period_of_significance":"1930-1954","architect_builder":"J. B. Davies and Company, Architects and Structural Engineers, Fort Worth, Texas","architectural_style":"Modern Movement / Art Deco","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Used as an office building; the current owner plans to rehabilitate it for law offices, and the second floor has not been rented since 1973.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.848989-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/82/9728/40972882/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/04000767.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000767/b674f6cf2b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000767/b674f6cf2b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.5","author":"Robert Lawton","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carlock_Building_(east_side).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Lawton</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carlock_Building_(east_side).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972882","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlock_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5041636"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/lubbock-county/carlock-building-04000767/"}