{"nrhp_refnum":"07000266","name":"Kress Building","other_names":["Kress, S.H. and Co. Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"604 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fort Worth","county":"Tarrant County","state":"TX","lat":32.75358966500005,"lon":-97.33127134699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-04-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story Classical Moderne commercial building in downtown Fort Worth, Texas, with entrances at 604 Main Street and 605 Houston Street. It was designed by Edward F. Sibbert of New York and built in 1936 by W. H. Bowen Construction Company of El Paso.","why_significant":"The building is argued to be significant locally under Criterion A for its link to Fort Worth's commercial history as a store of the S. H. Kress & Co. five-and-dime chain. It is also significant under Criterion C as an excellent local example of the Classical Moderne style and of corporate architecture. It is unusual for having two nearly identical facades on two major streets without sitting on a corner lot.","narrative":"Completed in 1936, this four-story building in downtown Fort Worth was built as a store for the S. H. Kress & Co. five-and-dime chain. New York architect Edward F. Sibbert designed it, and W. H. Bowen Construction Company of El Paso built it. Its cream-colored terra cotta facades are 50 feet wide and nearly identical, facing both Houston and Main streets across a 200-foot-deep mid-block site. Black granite bulkheads, bronze trim, stepped parapets and gold \"KRESS\" lettering complete the Classical Moderne design. It was a rare privately financed project in the city's core during the Depression. The store closed in 1960 as retail moved to the suburbs. Later uses included a museum, a clothing store and bank space. A 2005-06 rehabilitation turned the upper floors into apartments while a restaurant and comedy club occupy the lower levels. The building was listed for its role in local commerce and for its architecture, and it retains a high degree of exterior integrity.","period_of_significance":"1936-1957","architect_builder":"Sibbert, Edward F., architect; Bowen, W.H., Construction Company, builder","architectural_style":"Modern Movement: Moderne (Classical Moderne)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated in 2005-06: the upper floors were converted to loft apartments, the first floor and mezzanine house a restaurant, and the basement houses a comedy club.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.717944-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/4/9735/40973504/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/07000266.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000266/d9dd5c26f0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000266/d9dd5c26f0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kress_Building.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:Kress_Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973504","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._H._Kress_and_Co._Building_(Fort_Worth,_Texas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6436814"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/tarrant-county/kress-building-07000266/"}