{"nrhp_refnum":"71000933","name":"Trueheart-Adriance Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"212 22nd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Galveston","county":"Galveston County","state":"TX","lat":29.307006091000062,"lon":-94.79280155799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-07-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story red brick High Victorian commercial building at 212 22nd Street in the Strand District of Galveston, Texas, designed by Nicholas J. Clayton for the Trueheart-Adriance real estate firm in 1881.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an outstanding example among the Strand District's nineteenth-century commercial buildings and a representative work of Galveston's most prominent architect, Nicholas J. Clayton. It also reflects the long-established Trueheart-Adriance real estate firm, one of the oldest and largest in Texas in the 19th century. Its surviving pressed metal cornice is unusual in Galveston because the 1900 hurricane destroyed many cornices.","narrative":"Built in 1881 at 212 22nd Street in Galveston's Strand District, this three-story red brick commercial building was designed by Nicholas J. Clayton for the Trueheart-Adriance real estate firm. The narrow facade is only about twenty-six feet wide and is divided into three bays by paneled brick pilasters. Cast-iron columns mark the ground floor, carved wooden doors carry a T and A medallion, and arcaded third-story windows show Romanesque influence. A pressed metal cornice with brackets, a pediment and a terracotta cartouche survives, which is unusual in a city where the 1900 hurricane destroyed many cornices. The firm grew from a real estate business founded by John O. Trueheart and became one of the oldest and largest in Texas during the 19th century. The building is valued as an example of Clayton's work and as a symbol of Galveston's prosperous era. It has been restored and is used for retail, offices and an educational museum.","period_of_significance":"1881","architect_builder":"Nicholas J. Clayton (architect)","architectural_style":"High Victorian commercial; described as opulent, vernacular and eclectic, with Romanesque-derived upper windows","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as carefully restored and in excellent condition, with a shop selling interior decoration items open on the first floor. The Junior League of Galveston planned an educational museum and offices there.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.762281-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/12/9720/40972012/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/71000933.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000933/6317d0f6e1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000933/6317d0f6e1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jim Evans","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trueheart-Adriance_Building,_Galveston.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Evans</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:Trueheart-Adriance_Building,_Galveston.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"70000748","name":"Strand Historic District, The","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/strand-historic-district-the-70000748/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972012","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trueheart-Adriance_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001127"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/galveston-county/trueheart-adriance-building-71000933/"}