{"nrhp_refnum":"84001671","name":"Building at 1921-1921 1/2 Avenue D","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1921-1921 1/2 Ave. D","address_restricted":false,"city":"Galveston","county":"Galveston County","state":"TX","lat":29.30614264700006,"lon":-94.78990388799997,"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 1921 and 1921½ Avenue D in Galveston's central business district, built in 1889 and remodeled in 1912 by contractors Janssen & Zempter.","why_significant":"The nomination cites the building's interesting architectural details and its long commercial use, first by the Wegner family grocery and liquor business and later by Schaefer Bros. Bakery and Confectionery. Together with the adjoining building at 1925-27 Market, it forms a visual and architectural link between the Strand Historic District and the Grand Opera House.","narrative":"This two-story stuccoed brick building at 1921 and 1921½ Avenue D in Galveston was built in 1889 and remodeled in 1912. It has a rectangular plan and a flat roof. The cornice is made of molded rectangular sections with quatrefoil-shaped openings, though the plain parapet is not original. The ground floor has six sets of double doors with transoms, separated by cast-iron columns, and the upper level has three sets of paired, arched windows supported by carved columns. Wegner Bros. bought the land in 1885 and made substantial improvements in 1889, and John and Ernest Wegner ran a grocery and liquor business here into 1909-10. Schaefer Bros. Bakery and Confectionery later used it as its main store, with branches elsewhere in the city, and a 1912 deed records $5,000 in improvements. The building stands across from the ANICO tower and within half a block of the 1860 Customs House and the Grand Opera House, linking the Strand district with the Opera House area. It remains in commercial use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Contractor for 1912 work: Janssen & Zempter","architectural_style":"Renaissance Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present use commercial; condition described as fair but structurally sound.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.003765-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/69/9691/40969169/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/84001671.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001671/a95ab2667e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001671/a95ab2667e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jim Evans","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_at_1921-1921_One-Half_Avenue_D,_Galveston.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Evans</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_at_1921-1921_One-Half_Avenue_D,_Galveston.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969169","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002027"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/galveston-county/building-at-1921-1921-1-2-avenue-d-84001671/"}