{"nrhp_refnum":"92000238","name":"Wooten, Horace O., Grocery Company Warehouse","other_names":["1967"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"101 Walnut","address_restricted":false,"city":"Abilene","county":"Taylor County","state":"TX","lat":32.44956178900003,"lon":-99.73125738699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-03-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story load-bearing brick commercial warehouse at 101 Walnut, at the corner of Walnut and North First streets in Abilene's central business district, Taylor County, Texas. It was built in 1906 for the Horace O. Wooten Grocery Company.","why_significant":"The warehouse is tied to one of Abilene's best-known wholesale enterprises, which helped make the city a wholesale and distribution center for West Texas. It is also linked to founder Horace O. Wooten, and it is a well-crafted local example of a warehouse with patterned brickwork.","narrative":"Built in 1906 at the corner of Walnut and North First streets, this one-story brick warehouse served the Horace O. Wooten Grocery Company, a wholesale firm that Wooten founded in 1898. Wooten had begun in the grain business before deciding he could profit more as a wholesale grocer, and his company grew quickly enough to need a large new building, which became the headquarters for a firm with 14 branch offices in West Texas. A fire in 1912 gutted the interior, but the building was rebuilt and reopened that December. The company stayed until the late 1950s. The warehouse is simple in form, with a flat concealed roof, brick walls, corbeled cornice, dentil courses and decorative brick patterns. It is recognized for its role in making Abilene a wholesale and distribution center, for its link to Wooten, and as a good local warehouse example. It still serves as a warehouse.","period_of_significance":"1906-1939","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and retaining its integrity, though door and window changes have altered its appearance; currently still used as a warehouse.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.136868-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/96/9700/40970096/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/92000238.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000238/56e8b9a363-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000238/56e8b9a363-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"MLL","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Horace_O._Wooten_Grocery_Company_Warehouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">MLL</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:Horace_O._Wooten_Grocery_Company_Warehouse.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"91001811","name":"Abilene Commercial Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/abilene-commercial-historic-district-91001811/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970096","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000895"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/taylor-county/wooten-horace-o-grocery-company-warehouse-92000238/"}