{"nrhp_refnum":"83003773","name":"Seguin Commercial Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Camp, Myrtle, Washington, and Crockett Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Seguin","county":"Guadalupe County","state":"TX","lat":29.569514687000037,"lon":-97.96457416497117,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-12-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A commercial historic district of about 120 buildings in the central business district of Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas, roughly bounded by Camp, Myrtle, Washington and Crockett Streets. Most buildings date from 1885-1925, on a town grid laid out in 1838.","why_significant":"The district keeps the turn-of-the-century look of a Texas county-seat commercial core to a higher degree than comparable nearby cities. It contains mostly brick Italianate-influenced vernacular buildings, early concrete structures from Seguin's 'Concrete City' era, and landmarks such as the Aumont Hotel and the 1935 WPA courthouse. The original 1830s-era street and block pattern survives almost unchanged.","narrative":"Seguin's commercial core in Guadalupe County, Texas, is a district of roughly 120 buildings, most built between 1885 and 1925. The town was platted in 1838 on a regular grid with 70-foot streets and two public squares, and that pattern survives almost unchanged. Buildings are mostly one- or two-story brick structures with flat roofs and brick or metal cornices, many Italianate in proportion and ornament. The area also contains reminders of earlier eras: a few buildings made partly of concrete from the 1850s, when Seguin earned the nickname 'Concrete City', and the 1860s Vivroux store, the only Civil War-era commercial building left. Larger landmarks include the four-story Aumont Hotel and the 1935 Art Moderne courthouse built as a WPA project. Of the buildings counted, 71 contribute to the district's historic character and 47 do not. Some storefronts have modern windows or false facades, yet the district keeps its turn-of-the-century appearance more fully than comparable nearby cities.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Leo Dielmann, Atlee B. Ayres, W.L. Wirtz and A.W. Harris (architects of individual buildings); C.F. Blumberg (brick manufacturer/builder of one building)","architectural_style":"Various vernacular styles, mostly Italianate in proportion and ornamentation; also Commercial Style, Moderne, Art Moderne, Queen Anne and Classical Revival examples","criteria":[],"status_note":"Business district remains active; 71 contributing and 47 noncontributing buildings. Many ground floors are altered, and revitalization began under the Main Street Program.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.453679-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/15/9722/40972215/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83003773.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003773/5e9377f452-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003773/5e9377f452-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aumont_seguin_south_elevation_2013.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:Aumont_seguin_south_elevation_2013.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"03000768","name":"Seguin Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/seguin-commercial-historic-district-boundary-increase-03000768/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972215","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109999712"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/guadalupe-county/seguin-commercial-historic-district-83003773/"}