{"nrhp_refnum":"88002552","name":"West Texas Utilities Office","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"15 E. Beauregard","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Angelo","county":"Tom Green County","state":"TX","lat":31.46260237300004,"lon":-100.43581640499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-11-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick commercial office building at 15 East Beauregard in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, built in 1924 with one- and two-story additions made in 1927. The architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The building is cited as a good local example of Spanish Renaissance Revival architecture in San Angelo. It also marks a stage in West Texas Utilities' regional expansion, when the company moved its district operations to San Angelo and invested heavily in local power generation.","narrative":"Built in 1924 at 15 East Beauregard in San Angelo, this brick office building was constructed for West Texas Utilities, a company that grew out of the American Public Service Company of Abilene. The original one-story block has two arched windows on each side of a central door, topped by a flat, ornate copper awning. A carved cornice with four circular medallions, ceramic tiles and an iron railing completes the facade. One- and two-story additions followed in 1927, set back from the street; they echo the arched openings in simpler form and served as ice storage and loading docks. The offices reflect the utility's expansion across a ten-county region of western Texas, which included acquiring a streetcar company begun in the 1890s by James L. Millspaugh and investing over $1 million in a large San Angelo generating plant. The building is regarded as a good local example of Spanish Renaissance Revival design and sits within the city's commercial district.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Spanish Renaissance Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Physical condition is listed as good; the site is original, with aluminum entry doors and some filled arched openings noted as alterations.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.685162-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/13/9702/40970213/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88002552.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002552/8e5dbfc39d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002552/8e5dbfc39d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Marklack","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WTU_offices.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marklack</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:WTU_offices.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970213","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001349"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/tom-green-county/west-texas-utilities-office-88002552/"}