{"nrhp_refnum":"80004113","name":"Singer Sewing Company","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"211 Texas Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"El Paso","county":"El Paso County","state":"TX","lat":31.75933899900008,"lon":-106.48630999999995,"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 two-story Spanish Colonial Revival commercial building at 211 Texas Avenue in downtown El Paso, Texas, completed in January 1928 for the Singer Sewing Company. It is part of the Commercial Structures of El Paso by Henry C. Trost group.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the building as a handsome example of the Spanish Colonial Revival style that adds to downtown El Paso's architectural character. It also notes that Singer has served El Paso since 1888 and has occupied this building continuously since 1928.","narrative":"Singer Sewing Company occupies a two-story, rectangular building at 211 Texas Avenue in downtown El Paso, finished in January 1928. Poured concrete with a plaster finish forms the structure, which shares a wall with a neighboring department store and opens onto an alley at the rear. Its simplified Spanish Colonial Revival design concentrates decoration on the Texas Avenue front. The storefront has two bays of different sizes, one resembling a tower under a red-tiled pyramidal roof. A broad segmental arch, balconies, grillwork and irregular quoins of scored concrete carry the style, and the company crest is set into the upper level. The lot cost $65,000 and the building $35,000, with another $5,000 spent on interior furnishings chosen to match the theme. The ground floor was built for display and sales, while the second floor housed a sewing school and a trade department supplying multi-needle machines. The building was valued as an architectural contribution to downtown and for the company's long local presence, dating to 1888.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied continuously by the Singer company since its completion in January 1928, according to the nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.707634-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/90/9688/40968890/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/80004113.pdf"},"photo":null,"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/40968890","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer_Sewing_Company_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65121309"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/el-paso-county/singer-sewing-company-80004113/"}