{"nrhp_refnum":"10000498","name":"Toltec, The","other_names":["The Toltec Apartments"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"131 Taylor St","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Antonio","county":"Bexar County","state":"TX","lat":29.432418133000056,"lon":-98.48807045099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-07-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, U-plan brick and cast stone apartment building with a full basement at 131 Taylor Street, San Antonio, Texas, begun in 1913 and completed in 1915. It was designed by San Antonio architect Ernest P. Behles and contains fourteen rental apartments.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a fine example of early 20th century apartment construction and the work of architect Ernest P. Behles. It is described as the finest remaining example of its type in San Antonio's central business district. It retains a high degree of integrity and still serves its original function as rental apartments.","narrative":"Located at 131 Taylor Street in San Antonio, the Toltec Apartments is a three-story, U-plan building of red brick with white cast stone detailing. Construction began in 1913 and finished in 1915. Architect Ernest P. Behles designed it for Augustus Maverick and his wife Elizabeth as an investment property, and the Maverick family lived there beginning in 1919. Maverick was murdered in 1913, which delayed completion. The building holds fourteen apartments laid out for natural cross-ventilation, with terrazzo corridors, oak doors and a marble-faced recessed entrance beneath a suspended canopy. It sits beside the Maverick-Carter House, and the two are the only residential buildings left on a street now given over to commercial uses. The nomination presents the Toltec as a fine example of the early 20th century trend toward apartment living and the finest surviving example of its kind in the downtown business district. It retains a high degree of integrity and continues as rental housing.","period_of_significance":"1915","architect_builder":"Ernest P. Behles, architect; Gordon-Jones Construction Company, general contractor","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a rental apartment building, its original function; last remodeled in 1996.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.398162-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/9/9711/40971109/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/10000498.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000498/145269f475-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000498/145269f475-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Toltec,_San_Antonio,_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:The_Toltec,_San_Antonio,_Texas.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971109","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002699"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bexar-county/toltec-the-10000498/"}