{"nrhp_refnum":"88000753","name":"Fairmount Hotel, The","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"401 S. Alamo","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Antonio","county":"Bexar County","state":"TX","lat":29.420496961000026,"lon":-98.48836728399999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-06-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 3-story masonry, cast iron and wood frame hotel built in 1906 and now at 401 South Alamo Street, San Antonio, Texas. It was moved about six blocks in 1985 from its original site on East Commerce Street.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the last small \"drummer\" hotels left in San Antonio and an intact example of a medium-size turn-of-the-century commercial building. It has fine Romanesque detailing and local building materials. Its importance has grown as comparable neighboring buildings were demolished or defaced.","narrative":"Built in 1906 for Veronica and Theodore Felix, this three-story hotel was designed by architect Leo M. J. Dielmann and constructed by contractor J. P. Haynes. Red brick with limestone trim, cast iron columns and Romanesque-inspired arches define its street facades. It served traveling salesmen, called drummers, who arrived by rail, and later became a boarding house for semi-permanent residents. Over the decades the ground floor held shops, including a long-running furniture store. Surrounding blocks were cleared, and in 1985 the building was lifted onto dollies and moved roughly six blocks to make way for street widening and the Rivercenter development. It was then rehabilitated, with a new addition completed in 1986, and now operates as a 37-room hotel. It was listed because it is a rare, well-preserved survivor of the small commercial hotels that once lined downtown San Antonio's main avenues, and because of its fine architectural detailing.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"J.P. Haynes/Leo M. J. Dielmann","architectural_style":"Romanesque stylistic references","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a 37-room hotel with restaurant, bar and conference facilities after a 1986 rehabilitation and new addition; the building was moved in 1985.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.460151-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/67/9711/40971167/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88000753.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000753/720271df68-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000753/720271df68-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Gaberlunzi","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fairmount_Hotel_SA_2011-12-12.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaberlunzi</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fairmount_Hotel_SA_2011-12-12.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"72001350","name":"La Villita Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/la-villita-historic-district-72001350/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971167","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairmount_Hotel_(San_Antonio,_Texas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5430647"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bexar-county/fairmount-hotel-the-88000753/"}