{"nrhp_refnum":"96000588","name":"Calcasieu Building","other_names":["Kallison--Calcasieu Bldg."],"category":"building","location":{"address":"202--214 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Antonio","county":"Bexar County","state":"TX","lat":29.427893537000045,"lon":-98.48729929399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-05-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A six-story brick and terra cotta commercial building with a basement at 202-214 Broadway, at the corner of Broadway and Travis Streets in downtown San Antonio, Texas. It was built in 1914 in the Chicago style and designed by Atlee B. Ayres.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an early and important commercial work of architect Atlee B. Ayres, a master of regional architecture. It is an early local example of a mid-rise early 20th century commercial office building and part of a row of Ayres-designed buildings for developer G. Bedell Moore. It represents the two-part vertical block type with features typical of the Chicago style, and retains a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Completed in 1914 at the corner of Broadway and Travis Streets in downtown San Antonio, this six-story commercial building was designed by architect Atlee B. Ayres for developer G. Bedell Moore. Its red brick veneer, terra cotta cornice and beltcourse, and large ground-floor display windows reflect the Chicago style and the two-part vertical block form common in early 20th century office buildings. It was one of only three fireproof buildings in its vicinity when built, and it shares a party wall with the Travelers' Hotel, also by Ayres. Tenants changed often over the decades and included auto suppliers, cafes, a National Guard armory, a newspaper service department, and a wartime censorship office. In 1954 the upper floors became apartments. The upper floors have stood empty since 1990, though the building keeps a high degree of integrity, with alterations mainly at street level. Its significance rests on its architecture and its place among Ayres' early commercial work.","period_of_significance":"1914-1946","architect_builder":"Ayres, Atlee B.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements/Chicago","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The upper floors have been vacant since March 1990 after a fire marshal ordered the building evacuated; the interior is described as stable. A bar and a tailor shop remain as ground-floor tenants, and new owners plan to rehabilitate it as 49 low-income apartments.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.668407-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/5/9711/40971105/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/96000588.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000588/837e803585-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000588/837e803585-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CalcasieuBuilding1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</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:CalcasieuBuilding1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971105","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001593"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bexar-county/calcasieu-building-96000588/"}