{"nrhp_refnum":"86002598","name":"Old Brownson School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"500 blk. of W. Power","address_restricted":false,"city":"Victoria","county":"Victoria County","state":"TX","lat":28.803696503000026,"lon":-97.00896711299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-12-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick former public school at the 500 block of West Power Street in Victoria, Texas, in a residential area of the northwest quadrant of the original townsite. The survey form gives an estimated date of 1905 and also states it was erected in 1910.","why_significant":"The survey form lists significance in architecture and education. The school was named for J. M. Brownson, a prominent merchant and founder of Victoria's first bank. The building is a vernacular school with a T-plan and a symmetrical, detailed brick facade.","narrative":"Old Brownson School is a two-story brick building in the 500 block of West Power Street, in a residential part of Victoria's original townsite. Built as a public school, it was dated to about 1905 in the survey entry, though the significance text says it was erected in 1910. It was named for J. M. Brownson, a prominent merchant and founder of the city's first bank. The T-plan building has a flat roof with a brick parapet and a pressed tin bracketed and denticulated cornice. Its three-bay symmetrical facade has a projecting center bay, a round entry arch with brick voussoirs, brick quoins, and grouped wood double-hung windows. Balconies top the one-story wings in the southeast and southwest ells. The building is no longer a school and is used as an art studio. Its listing rests on its architecture and its role in local education. The survey records its condition as good.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular school building","criteria":[],"status_note":"No longer used as a school; used as an art studio (commercial use). Condition listed as good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:20.867857-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/55/9705/40970555/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002598.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970555","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000770"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/victoria-county/old-brownson-school-86002598/"}