{"nrhp_refnum":"79003544","name":"Old Lone Star Brewery (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["See Also:Old Lone Star Brewery"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"200 West Jones Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Antonio","county":"Bexar County","state":"TX","lat":29.436940548000052,"lon":-98.48127383599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-09-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Industry"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-building addition to the Old Lone Star Brewery complex at 110-116 Jones Avenue in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, built between 1895 and 1903. It consists of the Engine/Boiler Rooms, Ice Plant, Stable and Wash House.","why_significant":"The four buildings complete the brewery complex, an example of turn-of-the-century industrial architecture and a landmark in San Antonio. Each played a role in the operations of a pioneer San Antonio business. They share materials, scale and detailing with the rest of the brewery, and the local firm of Wahrenberger and Beckman designed the housing for the mechanics.","narrative":"Four support buildings at 110-116 Jones Avenue in San Antonio, put up between 1895 and 1903, complete the Old Lone Star Brewery complex: the Engine/Boiler Rooms, the Ice Plant, the Stable and the Wash House. They were left out of the brewery's 1972 listing because of owner opposition. Built of load-bearing brick reinforced with iron, they share the vertical and horizontal brick detailing of the main brewery, including arched openings, string courses, pilasters and stepped parapets. The Engine Room held compressors that cooled refrigerants for the Ice Plant, the Boiler Room supplied steam, the Stable housed draft horses and vehicles, and the Wash House served employees. The local firm of Wahrenberger and Beckman designed the housing for the mechanical equipment, while a St. Louis firm engineered the whole complex. After the previous owners sold the site, the San Antonio Museum Association acquired it and plans to adapt it as a cultural arts center. Adding the buildings reunites the complex as a cohesive whole.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Wahrenberger and Beckman (designed the housing for the brewery mechanics); the overall complex was engineered by an unnamed St. Louis architectural firm experienced in brewery design","architectural_style":"Turn-of-the-century industrial architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied; recently acquired by the San Antonio Museum Association, which plans to restore the buildings for use as a museum and cultural arts center.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.627611-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/3/9712/40971203/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/79003544.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003544/948dcc7a56-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003544/948dcc7a56-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FirstLoneStarBrewery.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FirstLoneStarBrewery.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971203","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Lone_Star_Brewery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16896163"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bexar-county/old-lone-star-brewery-boundary-increase-79003544/"}