{"nrhp_refnum":"78002890","name":"Bonham, James Butler, Elementary School","other_names":["Bonham Elementary School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"925 S. St. Mary's St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Antonio","county":"Bexar County","state":"TX","lat":29.41418258400006,"lon":-98.48922354299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-11-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Victorian-style public elementary school at 925 South St. Mary's Street in the King William area of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, built in 1889 and owned by the San Antonio Independent School District.","why_significant":"The school is cited as one of the best and oldest examples of San Antonio school buildings in the Victorian style typical of the King William area. It is also noted for its local associations with the neighborhood and with education, as many prominent business and civic leaders attended. Community support for renovating rather than demolishing it is also noted.","narrative":"Bonham Elementary School, at 925 South St. Mary's Street in San Antonio, was built in 1889 to serve the King William area, then the city's wealthiest residential neighborhood. The main building is a two-story load-bearing brick structure trimmed with pink granite, with a hip roof, wide granite segmental arches with keystones over the entries, and wooden eaves with decorative consoles. Two rectangular wings, added later, connect to the main block through narrow two-story passageways. Later changes include a cafeteria in 1930, a library enlargement in 1966, and new lighting in 1971. The school is named for James Butler Bonham, who died at the Alamo in 1836. Enrollment reached 532 students in 1903 and peaked at 590 in 1962. The school is regarded as one of the best and oldest Victorian-style school buildings in the city, and local support favored renovating it rather than replacing it. Its location near downtown also made it adaptable for continued use.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a school in good condition at the time of the nomination (1977-78); the 1930 cafeteria was intended to be excluded from the nominated boundary.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.455076-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/91/9711/40971191/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/78002890.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002890/87d509b21c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002890/87d509b21c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"HDRDON","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JamesButlerBonhamElementarySchool.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">HDRDON</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:JamesButlerBonhamElementarySchool.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971191","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000427"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bexar-county/bonham-james-butler-elementary-school-78002890/"}