{"nrhp_refnum":"84001706","name":"Marschner Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1914-1916 Mechanic St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Galveston","county":"Galveston County","state":"TX","lat":29.307495825000046,"lon":-94.78992751499999,"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 brick commercial building at 1914-16 Mechanic Street in Galveston, Texas, built in 1905 and originally used as a bottling works. It sits mid-block, across from the ANICO Tower and backing onto the Strand.","why_significant":"The nomination cites its good architectural detail, its intact condition and its well-documented construction. It is also noted for its long association with the bottling business for which it was built, which used the building through 1964.","narrative":"Built in 1905 at 1914-16 Mechanic Street in Galveston, this two-story brick building was designed as a bottling works and kept that role for about six decades. C.F. Marschner owned the property in 1904 but died while construction was underway, so ownership passed to his wife Marie and their three children. The 1908-09 city directory first lists Texas Bottling Works here, with Marie Marschner as proprietress, making soda, sasparilla, gingerale, sassafras beer and \"celebrated Iron Brew.\" By 1941 it was the Triple XXX Bottling Company, and bottling continued until 1964. The rectangular building has a stepped flat roof, a corbeled cornice, and a facade divided by pilasters ending in pinnacles. The name \"C.F. Marschner/1905\" appears on the front. Its large arched ground-floor opening has been enclosed. It was listed for its architectural distinction as a small brick structure and its long identification with its original business.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Commercial/late Victorian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present use is commercial; condition is good with minor, easily reversed alterations. A sale to an owner planning restoration was pending.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.47567-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/61/9691/40969161/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/84001706.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001706/d953ffa4d8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001706/d953ffa4d8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jim Evans","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C-F-Marschner-Building.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:C-F-Marschner-Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969161","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16894714"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/galveston-county/marschner-building-84001706/"}