{"nrhp_refnum":"94000026","name":"Haas, L., Store","other_names":["Bankrupt Store"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"219 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Carmi","county":"White County","state":"IL","lat":38.09049905200004,"lon":-88.15965109999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-02-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story red brick commercial building at 219 East Main Street in Carmi, White County, Illinois, built in 1896 as a department store. It is about 36 by 99 feet and has a cast-iron storefront.","why_significant":"The building is locally significant under Criterion C as an excellent example of a late 19th-century Victorian commercial building. It is the largest and most prominent structure on its block and keeps its original cast-iron front, cornice, pressed tin ceiling and balcony. Its history is also tied to the Storms and Haas families and to Carmi's commercial life.","narrative":"Built in 1896 at 219 East Main Street in Carmi, Illinois, this two-story brick building housed the L. Haas Store, locally known as the Bankrupt Store. It measures roughly 36 by 99 feet and is the largest commercial building on its block. The front has a cast-iron storefront and matching cornice made by the J.B. Mesker Company of Evansville, six arched second-floor windows, and brick corbels. Inside, original features include a pressed tin ceiling, a wide staircase, and a second-floor balcony open to the first floor beneath a skylight. The land was owned by the Storms family until 1954, while the Haas family ran the dry goods business, which later concentrated on fabrics and notions. The store closed in the late 1970s and then stood mostly empty after 1983. It is now a local museum. It was listed for its Late Victorian architecture, which survives better here than in most of Carmi's other commercial buildings from that era.","period_of_significance":"1896","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The historical society now uses it as a museum. The ground floor holds salvaged display cases and exhibits, and the upstairs is used for storage. It has no heating or cooling, and the water is shut off.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.474328-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/72/8942/28894272/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/94000026.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000026/389735bdb8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000026/389735bdb8-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L._Haas_Store.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L._Haas_Store.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28894272","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Haas_Store","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16893793"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/white-county/haas-l-store-94000026/"}