{"nrhp_refnum":"87001647","name":"Saint Anthony's Catholic Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"306 S. Parker","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bryan","county":"Brazos County","state":"TX","lat":30.671401137000032,"lon":-96.37588579799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-09-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["European"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"St. Anthony's Catholic Church is a two-story, load-bearing masonry church at 306 S. Parker in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, built in 1927 in a residential neighborhood southwest of downtown. The architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The parish was formed in 1896 for Bryan's substantial Italian community, and this church replaced the first building, destroyed by fire in 1926. It has continuously served the spiritual and social needs of the now assimilated Italians in Bryan. The reviewer accepted it for its association with the Italian immigrant community under ethnic history.","narrative":"St. Anthony's Catholic Church at 306 S. Parker in Bryan, Texas, is a 1927 Romanesque Revival sanctuary in a residential neighborhood southwest of downtown. The two-story, load-bearing masonry building has polychromatic brick walls, a gable roof, a three-bay facade, round-arched openings with brick voussoirs, and wood-sash windows holding stained glass. A three-part brick parapet with corbeled decorative brickwork, a blind arcade with cast-stone columns on the east elevation, a recessed entry under multiple arches, and a rounded apse on the west side add detail. A two-tiered square bell tower with a pyramidal roof stands at the southwest corner. The parish was formed in 1896 for Bryan's large Italian community. Its first church burned in 1926, and this building replaced it. The church has continuously served the spiritual and social needs of the Italian community in Bryan. It was listed for its significance in ethnic history, specifically Italian-American heritage, and remains in good condition and in religious use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Condition is described as good; the building is still used as a church.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.651025-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/97/9684/40968497/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87001647.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001647/5024802d7e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001647/5024802d7e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_anthonys_bryan.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:St_anthonys_bryan.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968497","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Anthony%27s_Catholic_Church_(Bryan,_Texas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7400969"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/brazos-county/saint-anthonys-catholic-church-87001647/"}