{"nrhp_refnum":"05000361","name":"Teachers State Association of Texas Building","other_names":["House of Elegance"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1191 Navasota","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.269038263000027,"lon":-97.74329254099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-04-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Social History","Education"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Contemporary style office building at 1191 Navasota Street in East Austin, Travis County, Texas, built in 1952 and designed by architect John Sanders Chase for the Teachers State Association of Texas.","why_significant":"It served as headquarters of the statewide African-American teachers' association from 1952 to 1966, during segregation and the Civil Rights era. The association worked for equal teacher pay and school desegregation. The building is also tied to educator Hazel Harvey Peace and to architect John S. Chase, a pioneering African-American architect in Texas.","narrative":"Built in 1952 at 1191 Navasota Street in East Austin, this flat-roofed, one-story building of concrete block, stone, concrete and steel was designed by architect John S. Chase. It housed the headquarters of the Teachers State Association of Texas, an organization of Black educators founded in 1884. Until the group dissolved in 1966, it pursued equal salaries for Black teachers, supported the Heman Sweatt case against segregation at the University of Texas, and worked to protect teachers as schools desegregated. Hazel Harvey Peace, a prominent Texas educator, was secretary-treasurer when it was built. Chase, who had been the first African American to enroll at the University of Texas and to become a licensed architect in Texas, gives the building further importance. After 1967 it became a beauty shop, which remains there today and is a community landmark. Metal casement windows, original doors and the floor plan largely survive, giving the building a high level of integrity.","period_of_significance":"1952-1966","architect_builder":"Chase, John Sanders, Sr.","architectural_style":"Modern Movement/Contemporary","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Currently in use as a beauty salon and barber shop (the House of Elegance), with very few alterations to the exterior or interior.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.191669-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/62/9703/40970362/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/05000361.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"75002132","name":"Sixth Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/sixth-street-historic-district-75002132/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970362","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002394"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/teachers-state-association-of-texas-building-05000361/"}