{"nrhp_refnum":"83004506","name":"Moore Grocery Company","other_names":["King Feed Company"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"101 S. Edward Gary St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Marcos","county":"Hays County","state":"TX","lat":29.88191014800003,"lon":-97.93811479099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-08-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick wholesale grocery building with basement and mezzanine at 101 South Edward Gary Street, San Marcos, Texas, near the railroad tracks. John M. Moore had it built in 1913, and it now houses a feed business.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building represents early 20th century, middle-class commerce in San Marcos. It is described as the best preserved building of its type and period in town. Original fixtures such as the Otis elevator, floor scale, wood floors and sliding doors remain in place.","narrative":"Near the railroad tracks on the edge of downtown San Marcos, a one-story buff brick building with a basement and mezzanine recalls the town's early wholesale trade. John M. Moore had it built in 1913 for the Moore Grocery Company, which supplied staples, canned goods, candy, dried fruit and general merchandise to local and area retailers and occasionally to state institutions. Goods arrived by rail on a spur beside the building. Its competitor, the Southern Grocery Company, was destroyed by fire in 1918. After a short period as the Groce-Wearden Grocery Company, the building was sold in 1955 to Clarence T. King, who moved his feed business there. The exterior has been painted white, and only a plate-glass window and three aluminum doors are noticeable modern changes. Inside, the original Otis elevator, floor scale, wood floors, sliding doors and an office with beaded ceilings survive. It is considered the best preserved building of its type and period in the town.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in commercial use as a feed store; condition described as good, with few alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.350627-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/71/9695/40969571/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83004506.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004506/a4cd521eca-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004506/a4cd521eca-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moore_grocery_company_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:Moore_grocery_company_2013.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969571","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000470"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/hays-county/moore-grocery-company-83004506/"}