{"nrhp_refnum":"71000922","name":"Offenhauser Insurance Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"State Line Ave. and 3rd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Texarkana","county":"Bowie County","state":"TX","lat":33.42216929600005,"lon":-94.04318291799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-02-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story yellow brick commercial building on a pie-shaped island lot at State Line Avenue and 3rd Street in downtown Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas. It was rebuilt in 1901 and incorporates a late 1870s two-story bank building.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a pivotal, visually pleasing landmark in the center of Texarkana's downtown, among the city's oldest structures and closely tied to its development. It is also linked to F. W. Offenhauser's long-running insurance firm. Architecturally it is described as not innovative but a distinctive early twentieth century commercial building.","narrative":"Rising three stories on a unique pie-shaped lot in the heart of downtown Texarkana, this yellow brick commercial building has a street on all four sides. Built in 1901, it absorbed the walls of a late 1870s two-story bank, and the earlier window rhythm was carried into the rebuilt south facade. Inset arcaded walkways, a small round turret with a conical tin roof, and a molded tin cornice give it character. A former second-floor gallery on the east side served as a reviewing stand for parades and civic events. The bank failed within a few years, and in 1894 the building was sold to Frederick Wilhelm Offenhauser, whose insurance firm operated from it and gave the building its name. The nomination describes it as architecturally modest but visually pleasing, a pivotal downtown landmark among the city's oldest structures. The owning company planned to give it to the city for restoration as a museum.","period_of_significance":"1901","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early twentieth century commercial structure","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in fair condition, altered; the owner company was in the process of presenting it to the city of Texarkana to be restored and used as a museum.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.062878-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/52/9713/40971352/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/71000922.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000922/5467f724a6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000922/5467f724a6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Michael Barera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Texarkana_April_2016_018_(Museum_of_Regional_History).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Barera</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Texarkana_April_2016_018_(Museum_of_Regional_History).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971352","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Regional_History_(Texarkana)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28837738"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bowie-county/offenhauser-insurance-building-71000922/"}