{"nrhp_refnum":"87001603","name":"Allen Academy Memorial Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1100 blk. of Ursuline","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bryan","county":"Brazos County","state":"TX","lat":30.67653481800005,"lon":-96.36218197899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-09-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story masonry school building in the 1100 block of Ursuline in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, built in 1924 on the campus of Allen Academy. The architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"It was built in 1924 to replace the old main building and is considered the most intact of the school's early buildings. Allen Academy was founded in 1886 and gained a nationwide reputation as an outstanding military academy. The building is recognized for its association with education and military history.","narrative":"Memorial Hall is a two-story, load-bearing masonry school building on the campus of Allen Academy in the 1100 block of Ursuline in Bryan, Texas. Completed in 1924 to replace the school's old main building, it has stucco-finished walls, a low-pitched gable roof, a three-bay facade with two single-door entrances, and wood-sash windows with arched door surrounds. Three-part Mission parapets and a central gabled bay, flanked by one-story wings with tile shed roofs, give it a Mission Revival character. The wings were added after the original construction, yet the building remains the most intact of the school's early structures. Allen Academy was established in 1886 and went on to earn a nationwide reputation as an outstanding military academy. The hall was listed for its connection to the history of education and military training in Bryan. It remains in institutional use in good condition, on a site of about 3.6 acres.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mission Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Condition is listed as good; present use is institutional, the same as its original use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.756703-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/93/9684/40968493/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87001603.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968493","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Academy_Memorial_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54871510"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/brazos-county/allen-academy-memorial-hall-87001603/"}