{"nrhp_refnum":"84001574","name":"Alamo National Bank Building","other_names":["Old Alamo National Bank Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"316 E. Commerce St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Antonio","county":"Bexar County","state":"TX","lat":29.423748747000047,"lon":-98.48907263799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-01-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An eight-story steel-frame office building faced in gray granite at 316 East Commerce Street, at the corner of Commerce and Presa streets in downtown San Antonio, Texas. The original five stories date from about 1902 and three more were added in 1916.","why_significant":"The building is cited as a fine example of Renaissance Revival design and of the classic phase of architect James Wahrenberger's career. It is also notable for its 1913 relocation, when the roughly 8,000-ton structure was shifted back 16 feet to allow East Commerce Street to be widened. Offices kept operating during the move.","narrative":"Rising eight stories at the corner of East Commerce and Presa streets in downtown San Antonio, this granite-faced office building began as the main office of the Alamo National Bank. Planned in 1902 by architect James Wahrenberger with the firm of Coughlin and Ayres, it draws on Renaissance Revival design, with giant-order Corinthian columns on the fourth and fifth floors and a rounded corner bay that leads into the former banking hall. In 1913 the city widened East Commerce Street, and rather than cut back the facade, engineers moved the whole building, about 8,000 tons, 16 feet southward on steel rollers, while offices stayed open. The bank added three stories in 1916, and the original copper cornice was reinstalled at the top. The bank later built a larger headquarters nearby, and the older building housed the Morris Plan Bank and then various office tenants. It was recently renovated for office use. Its architecture and unusual relocation are the reasons for its recognition.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"James Wahrenberger/Coughlin & Ayres","architectural_style":"Renaissance Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Mostly vacant during much of the 1960s; acquired in 1982 and recently renovated for future office use. Condition listed as excellent, altered and moved.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.940844-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/85/9711/40971185/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/84001574.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001574/f4559dc55f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001574/f4559dc55f-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Adan Guerrero _citystreet_","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neoclassical_architecture_(Unsplash).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Adan Guerrero _citystreet_</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neoclassical_architecture_(Unsplash).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971185","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107318450"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bexar-county/alamo-national-bank-building-84001574/"}