{"nrhp_refnum":"87001644","name":"Sinclair Station, (Old)","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"507 S. Texas","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bryan","county":"Brazos County","state":"TX","lat":30.669308296000054,"lon":-96.37051682799995,"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 service station at 507 S. Texas in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, estimated to have been built in 1933, on a major north-south thoroughfare a few blocks east of downtown.","why_significant":"The nomination describes it as a once commonly seen type of service station, built in a \"Spanish Style.\" It is one of few well-preserved early automobile service stations in Bryan and the only one of this style. Its area of significance is architecture.","narrative":"This small service station at 507 S. Texas in Bryan, Texas, dates from an estimated 1933 and still serves a commercial purpose. It is a one-story, load-bearing building with an open plan and a flat roof. The three-bay facade includes a single-door entrance with a transom and fixed wood-sash display windows. Tiled shed roof parapets, separated by piers, rise over the service bays, and a drive-through bay has tile, Mission-style parapets and a pressed-metal ceiling. The station sits on a major north-south thoroughfare a few blocks east of downtown. It was recognized because this type of Spanish Style service station was once common but has become rare. It is one of only a few well-preserved early automobile service stations in Bryan and the only one built in this style. Its significance rests on its architecture. The building was documented as part of a survey of Bryan's historic resources in the 1980s, and its condition was recorded as good.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Spanish Style service station (Mission parapets, tiled shed roof parapets)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition; present use is commercial, 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 02:54:21.906038-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/27/9684/40968427/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87001644.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001644/7f7ad3ed4d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001644/7f7ad3ed4d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SinclairStation_(1_of_1).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SinclairStation_(1_of_1).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968427","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Sinclair_Station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55757616"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/brazos-county/sinclair-station-old-87001644/"}