{"nrhp_refnum":"78002981","name":"Anderson, Neil P., Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"411 W. 7th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fort Worth","county":"Tarrant County","state":"TX","lat":32.75105462400006,"lon":-97.33257805599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-03-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An eleven-story brick-faced, steel-frame commercial office building at 411 West Seventh Street in Fort Worth, Texas, built in 1921 to a design by Sanguinet and Staats and built by W. C. Hedrick Construction.","why_significant":"The building is presented as a regional expression of the Chicago School commercial style and a good example of early 20th century commercial architecture in Fort Worth. It was designed by the city's leading architectural firm. It also housed 22 cotton and grain companies, showing the cotton industry's role in a city better known for cattle.","narrative":"Marking the gateway to the west end of downtown Fort Worth, this eleven-story office building at Lamar and West Seventh streets was completed in 1921. Architects Sanguinet and Staats designed it, and W. C. Hedrick Construction built it. Its brick piers rise in vertical window bands, and the curved corner bay carries terra cotta pilasters, relief spandrels, a limestone band and urns along the cornice. The top floor held skylit rooms where cotton samples were graded under north light. Commissioned for the Neil P. Anderson Cotton Company, the building held 22 cotton and grain firms by 1922, showing the importance of cotton in a city usually linked to cattle. The Anderson company worked from the upper floors until 1939. Aluminum added in 1959 hid the lower floors, and much terra cotta was damaged. After a 1977 plan to demolish it, local investors bought the building and began rehabilitation.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"W. C. Hedrick Construction; Sanguinett and Statts, Arch.","architectural_style":"Chicago School commercial style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and altered; occupied. Rehabilitation had begun after private investors bought the building in 1977, with plans to restore damaged terra cotta detail.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.977027-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/44/9734/40973444/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/78002981.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002981/6f59c601f0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002981/6f59c601f0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neil_P._Anderson_Building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</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:Neil_P._Anderson_Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973444","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_P._Anderson_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14711123"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/tarrant-county/anderson-neil-p-building-78002981/"}