{"nrhp_refnum":"05000861","name":"Fence at Alamo Cement Company","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"7300 Jones Maltsberger Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Antonio","county":"Bexar County","state":"TX","lat":29.497716191000052,"lon":-98.47902511899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-08-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 125-foot-long concrete faux bois (imitation wood) fence with an arched entryway, at the former Alamo Cement Company office at 7300 Jones Maltsberger Rd., San Antonio, Texas, built c. 1926 by sculptor Dionicio Rodriguez.","why_significant":"The fence is nominated under Criterion C in the area of Art as a distinctive work by the noted concrete artist Dionicio Rodriguez. It was among his earliest commissions for a commercial site, and a cement company owner hired a cement artisan to decorate his headquarters. Its signature, \"Made by D. Rodriguez,\" is unusual, since he did not always sign his work.","narrative":"Outside the old Alamo Cement Company office in San Antonio, a 125-foot concrete fence imitates rough-cut logs and branches. Sculptor Dionicio Rodriguez made it around 1926 using faux bois, a technique that shapes cement to resemble wood. The fence curves in an irregular C shape and centers on an arched entry formed by two large tree trunks that overlap at the top. Its rails reproduce the bark of at least twenty-four tree species, and surfaces include knotholes, wormholes and peeling bark, with traces of original color. An etched signature on the archway is unusual, as Rodriguez did not always sign his work. The commission came from company president Charles Baumberger, and it was one of the artist's earliest jobs for a commercial site. Fitting for a cement manufacturer, the owner hired a cement artisan to decorate his headquarters. The fence was listed for its artistic value as a distinctive work by Rodriguez, and it resembles his other work in Arkansas and New Mexico.","period_of_significance":"c. 1926","architect_builder":"Dionicio Rodriguez","architectural_style":"Other: Faux bois sculpture","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Historic and current function is a work of art (fence). A 2005 amendment states the fence and its setting are unchanged since the 1996 photographs.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.805175-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/20/9683/40968320/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/05000861.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000861/0742c7074c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000861/0742c7074c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fence_alamo_cement_2011.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:Fence_alamo_cement_2011.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968320","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fence_at_Alamo_Cement_Company","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5442985"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bexar-county/fence-at-alamo-cement-company-05000861/"}