{"nrhp_refnum":"83004510","name":"Simon Building","other_names":["The Bakery"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"124-126 W. Hopkins St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Marcos","county":"Hays County","state":"TX","lat":29.883289400000024,"lon":-97.94131031699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-08-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, white-plaster commercial building at 124-126 West Hopkins Street on the downtown square in San Marcos, Hays County, Texas, built in 1923 by Alex Simon as a bakery with apartments above.","why_significant":"The building is significant for its architecture and its role in local commerce. Its low parapet and brick detailing are typical of 1920s commercial design. It housed the Simon Bakery, one of the town's longest-lived and most successful businesses, and still holds early bakery equipment.","narrative":"Located at 124-126 West Hopkins Street on the west side of the San Marcos downtown square, this two-story commercial building was erected in 1923 by Alex Simon for his family bakery. Its white-plaster front carries reddish-brown brick detail at the cornice and parapet, with the name \"Simon\" and the date 1923 set in a brick frame. The building grew in stages: the eastern half came first, a second floor was added to the western half shortly after 1930, and a garage for the bakery's delivery trucks followed in the 1940s. Some trucks served nearby Camp Gary during World War II. Four upstairs apartments housed the Simon family and have finely finished interiors echoing the Arts and Crafts movement. Downstairs, the bakery retains a 1916 dough divider, a large oven and many old tools. Simon Bakery operated independently until 1980. The building was recognized for its 1920s architecture and its place in local commerce.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Alex Simon (builder/owner)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in good condition; the first floor is still used as a bakery, shared with a toy store and an interior decorator's shop, and the building has been altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.642888-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/41/9695/40969541/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83004510.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004510/82aed5dd26-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004510/82aed5dd26-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simon_building_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:Simon_building_2013.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"92001233","name":"Hays County Courthouse Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/hays-county-courthouse-historic-district-92001233/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969541","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002236"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/hays-county/simon-building-83004510/"}