{"nrhp_refnum":"83004495","name":"Fire Station and City Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"224 N. Guadalupe St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Marcos","county":"Hays County","state":"TX","lat":29.884012089000066,"lon":-97.94140623699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-08-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story buff brick fire station and city hall at 224 North Guadalupe Street in San Marcos, Hays County, Texas, built in 1915 and designed by Austin architect Roy L. Thomas.","why_significant":"It was the home of the San Marcos Fire Department from 1915 to 1969 and also served as city hall and a community gathering space. The nomination calls it the most important non-residential structure in San Marcos from the post-Victorian period. It reflects the early 20th-century trend of drawing on Renaissance sources for public buildings, mixed with Prairie Style and Spanish-derived motifs.","narrative":"Built in 1915 at 224 North Guadalupe Street in San Marcos, this two-story building served as both fire station and city hall. Austin architect Roy L. Thomas designed it with buff brick walls, a low hipped roof of red barrel tile, and a pedimented entrance. The west facade has an inset entry with brick piers and Doric columns, geometric patterns in dark brick, and cartouches at the corners. Inside, the city hall section retains octagonal tile floors and decorative vault doors. The building replaced a station that burned in 1914. It housed firemen, a town hall with stage, and the Chamber of Commerce upstairs. The fire department, organized in 1881, used it until 1969, and the building was later a local museum for a few years. The nomination values it as the city's most important non-residential structure of the post-Victorian period and as an example of Renaissance-inspired public architecture. A small gravestone for Jack, the fire department's fox terrier mascot, marks the northwest corner.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899, 1900-","architect_builder":"Roy L. Thomas, architect","architectural_style":"Vaguely Renaissance Revival, with Prairie Style and Spanish-derived elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and altered, on its original site; closed as a firehouse in 1969, briefly a local museum, and at the time of the form unoccupied and for lease.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.021552-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/59/9695/40969559/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83004495.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004495/a3ce0b4ea2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004495/a3ce0b4ea2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fire_station_city_hall_2012.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:Fire_station_city_hall_2012.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969559","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Station_and_City_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59155454"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/hays-county/fire-station-and-city-hall-83004495/"}