{"nrhp_refnum":"97001187","name":"Stanard-Tilton Flour Mill","other_names":["Russell--Miller Milling Company","American Beauty Mill"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2400 S. Ervay St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dallas","county":"Dallas County","state":"TX","lat":32.76673153200005,"lon":-96.78213254799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-10-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A concrete and brick flour mill complex at 2400 South Ervay Street in south Dallas, Texas, built in 1912-13 for the Stanard-Tilton Milling Company and expanded in 1948 under the Russell-Miller Milling Company.","why_significant":"The mill is argued to be significant locally under Criterion A for Industry, as the largest flour milling operation in Dallas during its period of significance, built during the city's industrial redevelopment after the 1908 Trinity River flood. Under Criterion C it is significant in Architecture as a typical massive industrial mill complex, with vertical construction shaped by gravity-fed milling. It is one of only two such properties surviving in Dallas.","narrative":"Rising six and seven stories beside the rail lines in south Dallas, this flour mill complex was built in 1912-13 by the Stanard-Tilton Milling Company of St. Louis after a 1908 Trinity River flood destroyed its earlier plant. The site offered rail access and safety from floodwaters. Reinforced concrete, brick and industrial steel sash define the buildings, which include a mill, warehouse, office, boiler room, grain silos and head house. Russell-Miller Milling Company of Minneapolis bought the operation in 1941 and expanded it in 1948, adding a corn milling facility and raising daily capacity to 8,500 hundredweight, about 20 percent of the state's milling capacity. The mill became the largest in its region and employed about 180 men when it closed in 1974. It is recognized locally for its role in Dallas industry and as a typical vertical grain-processing plant, one of only two such properties surviving in the city. It is now vacant.","period_of_significance":"1912-48","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"No Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant/not in use; the mill closed in 1974, and plans called for conversion to housing as a tax-incentive rehabilitation project.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.940972-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/61/9717/40971761/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/97001187.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001187/c7bd03a029-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001187/c7bd03a029-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StanardTiltonFlourMill2_(1_of_1).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</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:StanardTiltonFlourMill2_(1_of_1).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971761","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000937"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dallas-county/stanard-tilton-flour-mill-97001187/"}