{"nrhp_refnum":"91000578","name":"Fossati's","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"302 S. Main","address_restricted":false,"city":"Victoria","county":"Victoria County","state":"TX","lat":28.797162736000075,"lon":-97.00645878999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-05-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story commercial building at 302 South Main in downtown Victoria, Victoria County, Texas, built around 1900. It has a wood frame with weatherboard siding, a metal roof and a stepped parapet on the west front.","why_significant":"The building is significant under Criterion A for its role in local commerce. Italian immigrant Frank Fossati opened a saloon with Herman Krehmeier nearby in 1882 and moved into this building around 1900. Local sources say it became a popular gathering place for local politicians.","narrative":"Located at 302 South Main in downtown Victoria, Texas, this one-story commercial building dates to about 1900. It is a rectangular wood-frame structure with weatherboard siding, a gabled metal roof and a raised, stepped wood parapet on its west front. The front has three entrances, and metal awnings shade the west and north sides. The north side has two-over-two wood sash windows and double-door entrances with transoms. The rear rises to two stories. The building is tied to Italian immigrant Frank Fossati, who opened a saloon with Herman Krehmeier at the northeast corner of South Main and East Juan Linn streets in 1882. He moved into this building around 1900, and local sources say it became a popular gathering place for local politicians. That role in the town's commercial and social life supports its listing under the commerce theme. The building stood vacant from 1978 to 1987, was rehabilitated in 1986, and reopened as Fossati's in 1987. It remains in commercial use and good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Vacant from 1978 to 1987, rehabilitated in 1986, reopened as Fossati's in 1987; described as in good condition and recently rehabilitated.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.62941-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/76/9705/40970576/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/91000578.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000578/63b1b5d5ff-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000578/63b1b5d5ff-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Naw378","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fossati%27sDeli.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Naw378</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fossati%27sDeli.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970576","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossati%27s_Delicatessen","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5473416"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/victoria-county/fossatis-91000578/"}