{"nrhp_refnum":"79003014","name":"Schneider, J. P., Store","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"401 W. 2nd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.26599432900008,"lon":-97.74767637299999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-01-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story rectangular Victorian commercial brick building with a basement at the southwest corner of Guadalupe and Second Streets (formerly Live Oak Street) in Austin, Travis County, Texas, built in 1873 as a general store.","why_significant":"The store has survived since 1873 with few alterations and is a simple commercial Victorian building characteristic of early Austin, with a geometrically patterned brick cornice. Its success away from the main commercial district on Sixth Street shows its importance to the growing community. It is also tied to Jacob Schneider, a merchant and longtime city alderman.","narrative":"Built in 1873 at Guadalupe and Second Streets in Austin, this two-story brick store with a basement is a Victorian commercial building. Jacob Schneider, a German-descended merchant who opened his first store in 1865, designed it himself, and his brother John served as contractor. Segmented arched doors and windows, brick pilasters with finials, a corbelled stringcourse and a geometric brick cornice mark its facades. Shoppers came from across the city and from as far as New Braunfels, and a wagon yard beside the store held fifty wagons. The store sold goods ranging from flour and farm implements to shoes and coffins, and it served as a local gathering place. Business ceased in 1935, and later tenants included an electric company, a lumber company, an art gallery and an engraving company. Two fires led to restorations, yet alterations remain modest. The building is one of few surviving reminders of early Austin commercial architecture, and its success away from Sixth Street shows its place in the city's growth.","period_of_significance":"1873-","architect_builder":"J.P. Schneider / J.D. Schneider","architectural_style":"Victorian commercial","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied by a commercial tenant (an engraving company); condition rated good to excellent, with alterations limited to some ground floor openings, added yellow paint and one missing finial. Fires occurred in 1935 and 1971, followed by restoration and remodeling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.497205-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/5/9737/40973705/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/79003014.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003014/943b2621fd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003014/943b2621fd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"David E Hollingsworth","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J_P_Schneider_building_2005-01-22.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">David E Hollingsworth</a>, <a href=\"http://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:J_P_Schneider_building_2005-01-22.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973705","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._P._Schneider_Store","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6106712"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/schneider-j-p-store-79003014/"}