{"nrhp_refnum":"82004525","name":"Evans Industrial Building","other_names":["Evans Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Huston-Tillotson College Campus, 1820 E. 8th","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.26366033100004,"lon":-97.71168835699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and a half story concrete block classroom building, built in 1911 on the Huston-Tillotson College campus at 1820 E. 8th Street in Austin, Travis County, Texas. It is also known as Evans Hall.","why_significant":"It is the oldest structure remaining on the Huston-Tillotson campus and was the first building of a period of expansion for the school. It reflects the effort to balance industrial training with liberal arts education for black students. Major Ira Hobart Evans, a Texas political and business leader and Tillotson trustee, was the main funder and backer.","narrative":"Evans Industrial Building, also called Evans Hall, is a two and a half story classroom building on the Huston-Tillotson College campus in Austin. Completed in 1911, it has load-bearing walls of quarry-faced cast concrete block made to resemble stone, heavy timber interior supports, a hip roof with dormers, and a two-level entrance porch on the west side. Its design is plain and functional rather than stylistic. It is the oldest structure left on the campus. The building was the first constructed during an expansion of the school under president Isaac M. Agard, meant to balance industrial and liberal arts training. Major Ira Hobart Evans, a Texas legislator, businessman and longtime Tillotson trustee, provided major funding and support. As the college shifted toward liberal arts, science laboratories and home economics replaced the technical classes once held here, but the building has remained in classroom use. Interior partitions, finishes and a 1942 fire have altered it, and a restoration is planned.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific date 1911)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular institutional classroom building with little attempt at expressing a particular style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used for classroom purposes; in fair condition, with a planned restoration following a historic structure report and preservation plan.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.953436-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/9/9738/40973809/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/82004525.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004525/2b771f9cbe-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004525/2b771f9cbe-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Happywaffle at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evans_Industrial_Building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Happywaffle at en.wikipedia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evans_Industrial_Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973809","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002307"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/evans-industrial-building-82004525/"}