{"nrhp_refnum":"87001610","name":"Bryan Ice House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"107 E. Martin Luther King","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bryan","county":"Brazos County","state":"TX","lat":30.673967252000068,"lon":-96.37790324499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-09-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick commercial and industrial building at 107 E. Martin Luther King in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, established in 1912 as an ice plant. It sits at the northern end of Main Street in the city's industrial and agricultural service area.","why_significant":"The building is cited as a landmark that served as an ice plant under several operators from 1912 onward. It is also described as an outstanding local example of Mission Revival industrial and commercial architecture. Architecture is the stated area of significance.","narrative":"Built in 1912 as the Bryan Ice Co., this one-story, load-bearing brick building at 107 E. Martin Luther King occupies the northern end of Main Street in Bryan's industrial and agricultural service area. It changed hands several times: in 1924 it became the Western Public Service Co. Ice Plant, and in 1930 Gulf States Utilities Co. purchased it. Various other businesses have used it since. The open-plan building has a flat roof, an eight-bay facade, several double-door openings and round-arched windows at transom level. A wood canopy on rod supports covers the loading area, and a loading platform sits in the south ell. Its Mission Revival character appears in a multipart brick parapet with corbeled brickwork, molded coping and a building date, along with timber rafters and paired brackets under the roof. Projecting piers mark the bays on each elevation. Its listing rests on architecture, as an outstanding local example of Mission Revival industrial and commercial design. The brick has been painted, and its condition is fair.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mission Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present use is commercial; condition is listed as fair, with the brick painted.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.892293-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/59/9684/40968459/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87001610.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001610/390b48a657-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001610/390b48a657-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bryan_ice_house_2014.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:Bryan_ice_house_2014.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968459","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001735"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/brazos-county/bryan-ice-house-87001610/"}