{"nrhp_refnum":"79003024","name":"Railroad Produce Depot","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"401 W. 6th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Georgetown","county":"Williamson County","state":"TX","lat":30.638683782000044,"lon":-97.67920267599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-11-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A limestone produce storage warehouse at 401 West Sixth Street in Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas, built to serve the railroad, probably around 1879 when track was laid; the builder is unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a good example of the early Texas railroad warehouses that stored locally grown vegetables. It is also noted for energy-efficient design: it is half underground, has few windows, and uses roof ventilators, water evaporation and a drainage tunnel to keep cool. It is the last remnant of a once larger commercial area around the railroad.","narrative":"Built as a giant cold cellar for fresh vegetables grown around Georgetown, this limestone warehouse at 401 West Sixth Street measures about 38 by 80 feet and is banked into a hill. That placement gave it loading doors on two floors plus a basement. Its walls are 21 inches thick and it had few windows, which helped keep the interior cold. A cedar-timbered tunnel carried water away to a nearby creek. It was probably built around 1879, when railroad track was laid, and it was once part of a commercial cluster that included an ice plant, depot, lumberyard and laundry. Around 1903 to 1909 refrigeration, a cooling tower and a concrete floor were added, and the south wall was opened up for motor vehicles. By 1935 it no longer earned revenue and became a machine and gin repair shop, later serving as a grain warehouse and an artist's studio. It was listed for its railroad-related commerce, its architecture and its energy-conserving design, and as the last trace of that district.","period_of_significance":"c.a. 1879-1935","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"The 1979 form lists it as in use as a warehouse, with plans to convert it to a dwelling and commercial units. A 1999 letter in the file says it stood vacant and deteriorating for several years before a 1994 renovation into an office/residence.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.510254-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/98/9739/40973998/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/79003024.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003024/e7884e5070-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003024/e7884e5070-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Railroad_produce_depot_2011.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Railroad_produce_depot_2011.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973998","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000510"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/williamson-county/railroad-produce-depot-79003024/"}