{"nrhp_refnum":"10000865","name":"Miller Manufacturing Company Building","other_names":["Miller Lofts"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"311 Bryan Ave","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fort Worth","county":"Tarrant County","state":"TX","lat":32.743245623000064,"lon":-97.32525303599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-10-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story reinforced concrete industrial building at 311 Bryan Avenue in Fort Worth, Texas, completed in 1911 for the Miller Manufacturing Company, a garment maker. Contractors Ralph Carroll and J.F. Hughes erected it.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it reflects Fort Worth's garment industry and the 1922 strike between the United Garment Workers Union Local No. 181 and the company, which led to the plant's closing. It is also presented as an excellent local example of an early twentieth-century reinforced concrete industrial building, the oldest documented in a south Fort Worth survey and the only one with poured-in-place concrete walls.","narrative":"Built in 1911 at 311 Bryan Avenue in Fort Worth, this two-story reinforced concrete building was constructed as a garment factory for the Miller Manufacturing Company, which made overalls and other work clothing. Contractors Ralph Carroll and J.F. Hughes erected it on the near south side, in an area cleared by a large fire in 1909. Its poured-in-place concrete walls, steel-framed windows and rooftop skylights suited garment work, and it is the only example with such walls among the reinforced concrete industrial buildings in a south Fort Worth survey. The building also marks a labor dispute. In 1922 the company tried to run the plant as an open shop during a strike by garment workers, mostly women, and after accusations of violence it closed the plant and moved operations to Paris, Texas. A 2008-09 rehabilitation turned the building into sixteen loft apartments while keeping exposed concrete, steel windows and other industrial features.","period_of_significance":"1911-1922","architect_builder":"Ralph Carroll and J.F. Hughes, builders/contractors","architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated in 2008-09 and converted to loft apartments (Miller Lofts), with seven apartments on the first floor and nine on the second.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.113682-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/54/9735/40973554/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/10000865.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000865/16569fe37f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000865/16569fe37f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MillerManuracturing1.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:MillerManuracturing1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973554","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002704"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/tarrant-county/miller-manufacturing-company-building-10000865/"}