{"nrhp_refnum":"69000214","name":"Old Bakery","other_names":["Lundberg Bakery"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1006 Congress Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.27242812700007,"lon":-97.74111829099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1969-12-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small two-story commercial bakery building at 1006 Congress Avenue in Austin, Travis County, Texas, built in 1876 by Charles Lundberg at the head of Congress Avenue near the Capitol.","why_significant":"The building was a notable 1876 bakery and confectionery, run for about sixty years by a succession of independent bakers who supplied Austin residents and Capitol visitors. It is architecturally distinctive for its brick and limestone front, Gothic-influenced trim and carved stone eagle, and it was restored in the 1960s as a preserved commercial landmark.","narrative":"Built in 1876 at the head of Congress Avenue near the Capitol, this small two-story building housed the bakery of Swedish immigrant Charles Lundberg. Its tan brick front has gray-white limestone voussoirs, keystones and bands, segmental arches below and round-arched openings above, topped by a brick gable crowned with a stone eagle carved by John Didelot. A local newspaper of 1876 praised it as a tasteful bakery and confectionery. Lundberg's business was called the largest in Austin until his death in 1895, after which later bakers, including Henry Maerki and George Siglhofer, ran it. For about sixty years it supplied bread and cakes to townspeople and Capitol visitors; the temporary Capitol stood next door from 1883 to 1899. Later used as a nightclub, it sat vacant until 1962, when the Heritage Society of Austin bought and restored it. It opened in 1965 as a tourist center and museum, and an old oven and pressed tin ceiling survive inside.","period_of_significance":"1876","architect_builder":"Charles Lundberg (builder/owner); stone eagle carved by John Didelot","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Vacant and deteriorating until 1962, then restored and opened in 1965 as a tourist information center and museum. A 1975 letter says the State owns it and lends it to the Austin Bicentennial Commission as headquarters, with adjoining lots landscaped as a park.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.715933-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/87/9737/40973787/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/69000214.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000214/9d4ec4029e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000214/9d4ec4029e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Bakery_2006.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Bakery_2006.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"78002989","name":"Congress Avenue Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/congress-avenue-historic-district-78002989/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973787","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lundberg_Bakery_(Austin,_Texas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6704103"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/old-bakery-69000214/"}