{"nrhp_refnum":"12000198","name":"Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Headquarters Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"416 W. 12th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.277275854000038,"lon":-97.74512137299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-04-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story International Style office building at 416 West 12th Street in Austin, Texas, built in 1956 as the international headquarters of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society. Kuehne, Brooks and Barr designed it and J. M. Odom Construction Company built it.","why_significant":"The building is presented as a good local example of postwar modern commercial design, shaped by the Society's decision to let form follow function. It is also tied to the history of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society, a women educators' organization, whose members directed the project and paid for it without a loan. It keeps a very high degree of historic integrity.","narrative":"Completed in 1956 near downtown Austin, this two-story office building at West 12th and San Antonio Streets has served as the international headquarters of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society, an organization of women educators. Its asymmetrical design uses intersecting planes of yellow and red brick, marble, concrete and glass, with a flat roof, aluminum-framed windows and a cast concrete canopy. Inside, a C-shaped plan holds public rooms on the first floor and private offices and storage in the basement, with walnut paneling in the main spaces. Society members guided the project from start to finish, hiring the firm Kuehne, Brooks and Barr and agreeing that the form of the building should follow its function. They paid for construction and furnishings without a loan. The structure is regarded as a good local example of modern commercial design, and almost all of its original exterior and interior fabric survives, including its windows and built-in cabinetry.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Kuehne, Brooks and Barr (architects; R. Max Brooks named as the architect consulted); J. M. Odom Construction Company (builder)","architectural_style":"Modern Movement / International Style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a professional organization headquarters; few significant alterations to the exterior or interior, with the original copper cornice and a courtyard sculpture stolen.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.861473-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/5/9738/40973805/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/12000198.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000198/37de11220e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000198/37de11220e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DeltaKappa1.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:DeltaKappa1.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100010021","name":"West Downtown Austin Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/west-downtown-austin-historic-district-100010021/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973805","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Kappa_Gamma_Society_International_Headquarters_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48839544"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/delta-kappa-gamma-society-international-headquarters-building-12000198/"}