{"nrhp_refnum":"84001901","name":"Dienger, Joseph, Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"106 W. Blanco Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boerne","county":"Kendall County","state":"TX","lat":29.794759742000053,"lon":-98.73221701499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-01-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story late Italianate limestone commercial building with a one-story rear wing, at the corner of Main Street and West Blanco Road in downtown Boerne, Kendall County, Texas. It was built in 1887 by Joseph Dienger, with an addition in 1900.","why_significant":"The nomination describes it as one of the finest 19th-century commercial buildings in Boerne, with excellent late Italianate detailing and an intact double wooden gallery. Its gallery resembles that of the nearby Kendall Inn, and the two form an architectural ensemble beside the town plaza. It also documents the culture and commerce of German pioneers in Texas.","narrative":"Built in 1887 by merchant Joseph Dienger, this two-story limestone building anchors a corner of downtown Boerne, Texas, near the town plaza. The ground floor housed his grocery business while his family lived upstairs. Its dressed stone walls, pedimented lintels, bracketed cornice and pedimented parapets are topped off by a light wooden double gallery with quatrefoil panels and an unusual geometric railing. That gallery resembles the one on the neighboring Kendall Inn, and the two buildings together form an architectural group along the plaza's north side. In 1900 a long one-story limestone wing was added so Dienger's sisters could open a dry-goods store. The family ran the grocery until 1936 and the dry-goods business until 1951. Later uses included a restaurant and, from 1981, offices. The main block remains largely intact, while the addition has been altered. The building is valued as an example of German settlers' commercial life in Texas and for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899, 1900-","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Rehabilitated in 1981 as offices; the form lists the property as occupied and in good condition, with the main block retaining its historic integrity. The 1900 wing was altered and is not considered contributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.573609-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/54/9727/40972754/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/84001901.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001901/8332e92800-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001901/8332e92800-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_dienger_building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_dienger_building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972754","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107318639"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/kendall-county/dienger-joseph-building-84001901/"}