{"nrhp_refnum":"87001631","name":"Humpty Dumpty Store","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"218 N. Bryan","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bryan","county":"Brazos County","state":"TX","lat":30.675509687000044,"lon":-96.37389644399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-09-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick commercial building at 218 N. Bryan in the central business district of Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, on a street corner. The form gives an estimated construction date of 1925, and the architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The store is significant under commerce as a rare local example of the small neighborhood grocery that was once common in Bryan before post-World War II supermarkets displaced them. The form also notes that the wooden-shelved interior is noteworthy and possibly original. City directories show W.A. Stassney ran the business from the 1930s through the 1960s.","narrative":"Humpty Dumpty Store is a small one-story commercial building at 218 N. Bryan, on a street corner in Bryan's central business district. Built of load-bearing brick and dated by the form to about 1925, it has a flat roof, a three-bay facade with a central double-door entrance, fixed wood-sash display windows, and a wood canopy on rod supports. A small band of basketweave brickwork decorates the parapet. Its significance lies in commerce. Bryan once had many small grocery stores, but large supermarkets after World War II led to the closure of most of them. This store, founded in 1927 according to the inventory, remains as a reminder of that type of business. City directories name W.A. Stassney as proprietor from the 1930s through the 1960s. The interior, with its wooden shelves, is also considered noteworthy and may be original. The building was in fair condition and still in commercial use when recorded.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular commercial structure","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Condition listed as fair; present use is commercial.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.091418-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/91/9684/40968491/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87001631.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100012600","name":"Downtown Bryan Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/downtown-bryan-historic-district-100012600/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968491","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001709"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/brazos-county/humpty-dumpty-store-87001631/"}