{"nrhp_refnum":"72001368","name":"Landmark Inn Complex","other_names":["Vance Hotel"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Florella and Florence Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Castroville","county":"Medina County","state":"TX","lat":29.354812852000066,"lon":-98.87482571699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-01-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of whitewashed cut-limestone buildings at the southeast corner of Florella and Florence streets in Castroville, Medina County, Texas. It includes a hotel and store begun about 1850, a bath house, kitchen, family residence and a mill on the Medina River.","why_significant":"The complex is presented as a famous nineteenth-century hotel in an early Alsatian Texas town. As the Vance Hotel it was an important stopping place for travelers to and from Mexico, and it was noted for its stone bath house. The mill on the property gave Castroville its first electricity and power in 1927. The nomination also values the buildings as architecture.","narrative":"Landmark Inn Complex in Castroville, Texas, is a group of thick-walled limestone buildings covered in whitewashed lime plaster, sitting near the Medina River. Caesar Monad, a French settler, built a one-story stone house and store here around 1850. John Vance bought the property in 1853 and enlarged it about 1854 into a two-story hotel and store with a double gallery, a long store wing, a stone bath house, a kitchen and a family residence on a raised basement. Known as the Vance Hotel, it served travelers going to and from Mexico, and its bath house was an unusual feature for the time and place. Behind the hotel, a stone mill built by G. L. Haas and Laurent Quintle about 1858 was later run by Vance and supplied Castroville with its first electricity and power in 1927. Vance also served as postmaster, with the post office in the corner room. The complex was listed for its architecture and its role in the town's history.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific dates 1846-48, 1854)","architect_builder":"Caesar Monad (original house and store); John Vance (enlargement); G. L. Haas and Laurent Quintle (mill)","architectural_style":"Simplified Greek Revival detailing on a vernacular cut-stone complex","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition, unaltered and on its original site; occupied, with a private residence use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.564025-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/24/9730/40973024/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/72001368.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001368/b5ec16464d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001368/b5ec16464d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Landmark Inn","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Landmark_Inn_2016.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Landmark Inn</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:Landmark_Inn_2016.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"70000758","name":"Castroville Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/castroville-historic-district-70000758/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973024","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landmark_Inn_State_Historic_Site","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6484777"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/medina-county/landmark-inn-complex-72001368/"}