{"nrhp_refnum":"92001305","name":"Kress Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1109 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lubbock","county":"Lubbock County","state":"TX","lat":33.58477037800003,"lon":-101.83629300199999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-10-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story masonry commercial building at 1109 Broadway in downtown Lubbock, Texas, built in 1932 as a Kress five-and-dime store and designed by Edward F. Sibbert.","why_significant":"It is nominated under Criterion C as a well-crafted local example of commercial architecture with decorative terra cotta features. It shows architect Edward F. Sibbert's shift from popular revival styles toward modernistic design, mixing Mission Revival ornament with Art Moderne and Art Deco touches. It was also a bold commercial investment during the Great Depression.","narrative":"Built in 1932 at 1109 Broadway, two blocks west of the Lubbock County Courthouse, this two-story reinforced concrete building was constructed for the Kress five-and-dime chain. Its buff brick front is trimmed with marble and terra cotta, including curvilinear molding, shell-motif pediments, stylized boars' heads supporting a metal canopy, and a parapet bearing the Kress name. Inside, a large retail floor has five columns with Art Deco-influenced capitals, plus the original Otis elevator. Edward F. Sibbert, the company's chief architect from 1929 to 1954, designed it, blending Mission Revival ornament with Art Moderne verticality and geometric forms. Kress signed a 50-year lease on the two lots in 1931, during a period when Lubbock's population had grown 408 percent in a decade, driven by cotton and rail expansion. The company ran the store until 1975, and the building continues in retail use. It retains a high degree of architectural integrity and is regarded as a well preserved reminder of Lubbock's early twentieth-century development.","period_of_significance":"1932","architect_builder":"Sibbert, Edward F.","architectural_style":"Mission Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"In excellent physical condition and still used for retail; the Kress Company operated the store until 1975, after which Goodwill Industries bought it. The upper level and basement are no longer in use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.252566-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/9728/40972870/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/92001305.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001305/e8a697352c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001305/e8a697352c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Fredlyfish4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kress_Building_in_Lubbock.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Fredlyfish4</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:Kress_Building_in_Lubbock.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972870","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._H._Kress_and_Co._Building_(Lubbock,_Texas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14710916"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/lubbock-county/kress-building-92001305/"}