{"nrhp_refnum":"86002534","name":"Calhoun Bakery","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"209 N. Wheeler","address_restricted":false,"city":"Victoria","county":"Victoria County","state":"TX","lat":28.799258053000074,"lon":-97.00170675299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-12-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood-frame commercial building at 209 N. Wheeler in Victoria, Texas, established about 1908 as a bakery with residential space, with a hip roof and a two-story inset porch on the east elevation.","why_significant":"The nomination cites architecture as the basis for significance. It was built by entrepreneur A. Goldman for his son-in-law, T.C. Calhoun, to house the bakery business. It is described as an outstanding and rare example of an unaltered frame commercial building in Victoria. The reviewer accepted it under Criterion C.","narrative":"Calhoun Bakery is a two-story wood-frame building at 209 N. Wheeler in Victoria, Texas, dating from about 1908. It was built by businessman A. Goldman for his son-in-law, T.C. Calhoun, to house a bakery, and it was designed for both commercial and residential use. The rectangular building has weatherboard siding, a standing seam metal roof with a hip form and box eaves, and an interior brick chimney with a corbeled cap. Wood double-hung windows with two-over-two lights, paired double-door entrances with transoms, and a three-bay, two-story inset porch with chamfered posts mark the east side. The upper porch level is screened and has a paneled balustrade. A porte-cochere on the south side has an enclosed second level. A one-story addition stands at the rear, and the building is in good condition. It was listed for its architecture, as a rare and largely unaltered example of a frame commercial building in Victoria. It remains in commercial and residential use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular commercial building","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition is listed as good, with a one-story addition at the rear; present use is commercial/residential.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.153036-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/42/9704/40970442/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002534.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970442","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000659"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/victoria-county/calhoun-bakery-86002534/"}