{"nrhp_refnum":"84001668","name":"Building at 1925-1927 Market Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1925-1927 Market St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Galveston","county":"Galveston County","state":"TX","lat":29.30720309700007,"lon":-94.79156960399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-08-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story stuccoed brick commercial building at 1925-27 Market Street on a downtown corner lot in Galveston, Texas, dated to 1889 and built by the Catholic Diocese of Galveston.","why_significant":"The building has interesting architectural details and a documented commercial history, with the Model Market operating there from at least 1898 into the 1920s. Together with the adjoining property at 1921 Market, it forms an important visual and architectural link between the Strand Historic District and the Grand Opera House.","narrative":"Standing on a downtown corner lot in Galveston, this two-story stuccoed brick commercial building at 1925-27 Market Street dates to about 1889. It has a rectangular plan, a flat roof and a simple parapet interrupted by column extensions that divide the facade into sections. On the second level, paired four-over-four windows sit beneath single arches carved with foliated and cross motifs, and corbeling forms the cornice. Many first-floor arched door openings have been enclosed, though the cast-iron columns between them remain. The Catholic Diocese of Galveston built it, although no specific church use is documented. By 1898 Newson and Gottheil, operating as the Model Market, were listed at the address, and a market remained there into the 1920s. The building and its neighbor at 1921 Market connect the Strand Historic District with the Grand Opera House. It was recorded as vacant but structurally sound.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian Commercial","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as vacant, in fair condition and structurally sound at the time of the survey.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.121394-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/73/9691/40969173/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/84001668.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001668/c46a621a1c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001668/c46a621a1c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jim Evans","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_at_1925%E2%80%931927_Market-Street_(Galveston).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Evans</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_at_1925%E2%80%931927_Market-Street_(Galveston).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"70000748","name":"Strand Historic District, The","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/strand-historic-district-the-70000748/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969173","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002028"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/galveston-county/building-at-1925-1927-market-street-84001668/"}