{"nrhp_refnum":"07000272","name":"Beeville Post Office","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"111 N. St. Mary's St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Beeville","county":"Bee County","state":"TX","lat":28.404519909000044,"lon":-97.74916472499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-04-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1-story brick and limestone post office with a raised basement at 111 North St. Mary's Street in downtown Beeville, Bee County, Texas, built in 1918 from Treasury Department plans under Supervising Architect James A. Wetmore.","why_significant":"It was Bee County's first federal building and is a significant example of the standardized small-town post office designs produced by the U.S. Treasury in the 1910s. Its Classical Revival forms based on Colonial precedents represent federal building trends of the period. It is significant locally under Criterion A (Government) and Criterion C (Architecture).","narrative":"Downtown Beeville's post office, completed in 1918, is a one-story red brick building with limestone and cast stone trim on a raised basement, just north of the Bee County Courthouse. It was built from standardized Treasury Department plans issued under Supervising Architect James A. Wetmore, with a pedimented portico on four Doric columns, a fanlight over the recessed doorway, and a wooden balustrade along the parapet. Construction began in 1917 on a site the federal government bought in 1911. It was the county's first federal building. A 1961 addition to the north and west doubled the space and copied the original brick, stringcourse and keystones, so the original design remains easy to read. Inside, the lobby has been modernized. The post office is listed for its role in local government and for its architecture, which reflects the classical, Colonial-inspired style the Treasury used for modest post offices in the 1910s. It still serves its original purpose.","period_of_significance":"1917-1956","architect_builder":"Wetmore, James A (Supervising Architect); Blair, Algenon (contractor)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Neoclassical","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Continues to serve as a post office; the original building and 1961 addition are in good condition, though the basement is vacant.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.088898-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/44/9710/40971044/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/07000272.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000272/64806b1c4c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000272/64806b1c4c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beeville_Post_Office,_Beeville,_Texas.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">25or6to4</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:Beeville_Post_Office,_Beeville,_Texas.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971044","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002640"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bee-county/beeville-post-office-07000272/"}