{"nrhp_refnum":"80004108","name":"Newberry, J. J., Company","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"201--205 N. Stanton St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"El Paso","county":"El Paso County","state":"TX","lat":31.759314905000053,"lon":-106.48652884099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story commercial building at 201-5 North Stanton Street, El Paso, Texas, at the corner of Stanton and Texas, built in 1911 and designed by Trost and Trost.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a good example of the Chicago School style with strong Louis Sullivan influence, seen in its rounded corner and prominent cornice. It reflects architect Henry Trost's years in Chicago. It also housed Calisher's Dry Goods, and later other businesses and the YWCA.","narrative":"Commercial building at the northwest corner of Stanton and Texas streets in El Paso, completed in 1911 to designs by Trost and Trost. It was built for Calisher's Dry Goods Company, with five stories, a bargain basement and a sub-basement for mechanical systems. The nomination describes a steel frame faced with cast concrete, with bays of Chicago-type windows on the upper floors, recessed spandrels between piers, flattened arches over the top windows and an unusual rounded corner. The first two floors were later altered and the corner windows covered, though original material may survive beneath. The building is cited as a good example of the Chicago School, with Louis Sullivan's influence visible in the rounded corner and heavy cornice, reflecting Henry Trost's years in Chicago. Over time it housed the Border National Bank, American Furniture and the YWCA, and was known as the Raynold's Building. It is part of a group of Trost-designed commercial structures in El Paso.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Trost and Trost","architectural_style":"Chicago School/Sullivanesque","criteria":[],"status_note":"Nomination lists present use as commercial/retail, the same as the original use. A later letter says the ground floor is retail and the upper floors have been vacant for decades; the ground floors were altered, with a major remodel in 1950.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.409437-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/72/9688/40968872/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/80004108.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004108/f58561def6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004108/f58561def6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rogelio Rivero cagigas","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Newberry_Company_ElPasoTX01.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Rogelio Rivero cagigas</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:Newberry_Company_ElPasoTX01.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"97000885","name":"El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/el-paso-county-water-improvement-district-no-1-97000885/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968872","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Newberry_Company","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65121253"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/el-paso-county/newberry-j-j-company-80004108/"}