{"nrhp_refnum":"86002354","name":"Old Penick-Hughes Company","other_names":["Thompson Hardware"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"100--106 E. Hamilton","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stamford","county":"Jones County","state":"TX","lat":32.94398701600005,"lon":-99.80291060899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick commercial building at 100-106 E. Hamilton on the square in downtown Stamford, Jones County, Texas, built in 1909-1910 as headquarters for the Penick-Hughes Company.","why_significant":"The building is significant at the local level for commerce. It housed the Penick-Hughes Company, a wholesale and retail hardware business that was one of Stamford's earliest and most successful enterprises during the town's growth. It remains a downtown landmark despite alterations to the first-floor storefront.","narrative":"Rising three stories above the square in downtown Stamford, this brick building at 100-106 E. Hamilton was constructed in 1909 and 1910 for the Penick-Hughes Company. Measuring 75 by 165 feet with a basement, it held the firm's general offices along with wholesale and retail departments for hardware, farm implements and furniture, all linked by an internal telephone network. The company began with a small Stamford store in 1899 and moved its headquarters from Anson. Partner R.L. Penick became a civic leader and served as mayor. Stone string courses, arched second-floor windows, a dentil cornice, pressed-metal ceilings and Luxor sidewalk prisms mark the structure. The north storefronts have been altered, and the upper windows are boarded up, but the building remains largely original. Locals still call it the old Penick building. It was listed for its role in commerce, as a reminder of one of Stamford's most successful businesses during the town's era of growth.","period_of_significance":"1909","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Described as altered, in fair condition, boarded up and vacant, though little changed from the original.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.507567-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/58/9697/40969758/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002354.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002354/d76411d36d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002354/d76411d36d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Penick-Hughes1_(1_of_1).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</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:Penick-Hughes1_(1_of_1).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969758","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107320146"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/jones-county/old-penick-hughes-company-86002354/"}