{"nrhp_refnum":"84001683","name":"Eiband's","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2001 Central Plaza","address_restricted":false,"city":"Galveston","county":"Galveston County","state":"TX","lat":29.30475356200003,"lon":-94.79255627299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-08-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Eiband's is a four-story, stuccoed masonry commercial building on a major corner of the downtown mall in Galveston, Texas. The core dates from 1870, and the building was consolidated and enlarged in 1914 to designs by Greene and Finger.","why_significant":"The nomination holds that Eiband's is the oldest continuing business in its original location in downtown Galveston. Both the building and the business are regarded as local landmarks. The 1914 remodeling joined several earlier buildings into one commercial structure.","narrative":"Eiband's is a four-story commercial building on a major corner of the downtown mall in Galveston. Its masonry walls are stuccoed, the plan is nearly square, and the roof is flat. The cornice is made of rectangular panels, and the upper floors have evenly spaced windows with molded hoods. Corner entrances are emphasized by rusticated quoins and pilasters ending in modified pinnacles. The street level has been modernized with recessed entrances and display windows under a canopy. The business began in September 1895 as Garbade, Eiband, & Co., founded by Henry A. Eiband, Henry Garbade, and Thomas McCrea, in a small building on the present site. In 1914 the firm acquired all buildings on three lots, combined and remodeled them, and added a fourth floor, with Greene and Finger credited for the enlargement. The original core dates from 1870. The partnership split in 1922, when Garbade took the building and Eiband took the business. It is recognized as the oldest continuing business in its original downtown location and as a local landmark.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Greene and Finger (1914 enlargement)","architectural_style":"Commercial","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present use is commercial; condition is described as good, with minor alterations that are easily reversible.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.222713-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/1/9692/40969201/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/84001683.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001683/14ef00a5c9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001683/14ef00a5c9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jim Evans","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EIBAND%27S_--_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:EIBAND%27S_--_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/40969201","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiband%27s","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16890940"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/galveston-county/eibands-84001683/"}