{"nrhp_refnum":"90001485","name":"Fernandez, Miguel, Hide Yard","other_names":["La Almacen"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1101--1121 E. Adams St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brownsville","county":"Cameron County","state":"TX","lat":25.902972990000023,"lon":-97.49700201499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-10-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, L-plan brick commercial building at 1101-1121 East Adams Street in downtown Brownsville, Texas, near the original Market Square. It was built in two stages, about 1890 and about 1900, as a hide yard and store.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion A for its link to the regional hide and bone trade and to Miguel Fernandez's merchant and banking activities. It is also significant under Criterion C as a local vernacular example of late 19th century Rio Grande Valley commercial architecture with classically derived brick detailing. It is the only remaining hide yard site in Brownsville's original townsite.","narrative":"Built in two stages around 1890 and 1900, this one-story brick building on East Adams Street in downtown Brownsville began as the hide yard of Miguel Fernandez, a Spanish immigrant merchant. Hide yards bought cattle hides and bones from ranchers, often in trade for rope, hardware and tools, and held them for shipment to eastern processors. Fernandez also acted as a private banker. The L-shaped building has load-bearing brick walls, evenly spaced double doors with segmental arches, a molded-brick cornice with dentils, and a tall parapet hiding a flat roof. Inside, brick pier and arch walls support wood joists. It remained in the Fernandez family until 1984. It is the only remaining hide yard in the original townsite and one of few surviving buildings around Market Square. Rehabilitation in 1987-88 cleaned the exterior and restored an altered doorway, and the interior now houses small shops.","period_of_significance":"1890-1940","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Vernacular (with classically derived characteristics)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated in 1987-88; the interior was subdivided in the 1960s and is now divided into several small retail businesses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:20.988293-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/9714/40971470/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/90001485.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100004008","name":"Central Brownsville Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/central-brownsville-historic-district-100004008/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971470","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107319028"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/cameron-county/fernandez-miguel-hide-yard-90001485/"}