{"nrhp_refnum":"07000129","name":"Tyler City Hall","other_names":["Municipal Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"212 N. Bonner Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tyler","county":"Smith County","state":"TX","lat":32.352179730000046,"lon":-95.30598905199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-03-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-to-three-story stone veneer municipal building at 212 North Bonner Avenue in central Tyler, Smith County, Texas, built in 1938 by the City of Tyler with Public Works Administration funds.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a good local example of a Depression-era government building mixing Art Deco and Classical Revival styling, designed by prominent Tyler architect T. Shirley Simons, Sr. It also served as the center of city government during the oil-boom growth that followed the discovery of the East Texas Oil Field. It is described as the only known building in Tyler built solely as headquarters for city government.","narrative":"Tyler City Hall, at 212 North Bonner Avenue, was completed in 1938 as a home for municipal government. Funded with a Public Works Administration grant and built for about $125,000, it was designed by Tyler architect T. Shirley Simons, Sr. and constructed by A. M. Campbell & Co. The limestone-veneer building has a three-story central block with five tall multi-pane windows, flanked by two-story wings, and combines Art Deco massing with Classical Revival detailing such as fluted pilasters and Greek key lintels. Inside, terrazzo floors, marble wainscoting, and an aluminum balustrade survive. The city bought the site in 1930, before the oil boom's effects were fully felt, and earlier offices had been scattered in commercial buildings. It is considered the only known building in Tyler constructed solely for city government, and it remains in use as city hall. Its significance rests on its architecture, its link to Depression-era public works, and its role in local government and community development between 1938 and 1956.","period_of_significance":"1938-1956","architect_builder":"Architect: T. Shirley Simons, Sr.; Builder: A. M. Campbell & Company","architectural_style":"Modern Movement/Art Deco; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as city hall; described as being in excellent condition with a very high degree of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.502879-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/77/9699/40969977/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/07000129.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000129/8aa26a7e19-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000129/8aa26a7e19-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TylerCityHall1.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:TylerCityHall1.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/40969977","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_City_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7859971"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/smith-county/tyler-city-hall-07000129/"}