{"nrhp_refnum":"85002267","name":"Community Center","other_names":["Site #21"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1192 Angelina St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.272638051000058,"lon":-97.72550135199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, raised, stuccoed public building at 1192 Angelina Street in East Austin, Texas, built in 1929-1930 for the Community Welfare Association, a federation of Black clubs.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an intact public building in a simplified Mission Revival style that is unusual in East Austin. It is also significant for social and humanitarian work, serving as a meeting place for Black clubs and a source of health care and family services for the community.","narrative":"Built in 1929-1930 at 1192 Angelina Street, this one-story, raised, stuccoed building served East Austin as a community center. It has a centered entrance portico with an arched entranceway, two evenly spaced one-over-one windows with conductor boxes and downspouts on either side, and a stepped parapet capped by a raised plaster band. Its simplified Mission Revival style is described as most unusual in East Austin, and the building remains largely intact apart from one altered front window. Planning began in 1927, when seven federated Black clubs formed the Community Welfare Association, a benevolent, charitable, health and educational group. The building gave the clubs a meeting place and gave residents access to health care. Activities after it opened included milk distribution to families, a nursery school that home economics students from nearby Black colleges and public schools could observe, parental education classes, and a well-baby clinic. It is still used as a community center.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Simplified Mission Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Physical condition is good; still used as a community center. One front window was altered at an undetermined date.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.328721-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/54/9703/40970354/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/85002267.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002267/91e169be4b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002267/91e169be4b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Howson_community_center.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:Howson_community_center.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970354","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002334"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/community-center-85002267/"}