{"nrhp_refnum":"97001625","name":"1918 State Office Building and 1933 State Highway Building","other_names":["State Land Office Building:TEA Building","James Earl Rudder Bu"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1019 Brazos and 125 E. 11th Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.27223949300003,"lon":-97.74026825499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-01-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two state government office buildings at the northeast edge of Austin's central business district, southeast of the Texas State Capitol, at East 11th and Brazos streets: the 5-story State Office Building (1918) and the 9-story State Highway Building (1933).","why_significant":"The State Office Building is presented as a fine example of a modern office building in Classical Revival style, designed by noted Texas architect Atlee B. Ayres, with high integrity. The State Highway Building is described as one of Austin's best examples of Art Deco architecture and is tied to the history of the Texas Highway Department.","narrative":"Two state office buildings face each other across Brazos Street at East 11th Street in Austin, just southeast of the Texas Capitol. The 1918 State Office Building is a five-story steel-frame structure designed by Atlee B. Ayres. Its north and west faces are finished in Classical Revival style with brick, limestone and cast iron, including Ionic columns and ornamental spandrels. Inside, a vaulted lobby has terra cotta reliefs and marble floors. It first housed several agencies, including the General Land Office. The 1933 State Highway Building is a nine-story Art Deco tower of cream-colored limestone and pink granite, with stepped setbacks and an entrance topped by bas-relief panels showing stages of road building. It was built for the Texas Highway Department. Both buildings keep a high degree of architectural integrity despite window replacements and interior changes, and both continue to serve as state government offices.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Atlee B. Ayres (State Office Building); bas-relief panels on the State Highway Building signed \"H. Villa, 1933\"","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Revivals: Classical Revival; Modern Movement: Art Deco","criteria":[],"status_note":"Both buildings remain in government office use; the State Office Building was restored in the late 1980s and is occupied by the Texas Secretary of State.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.822972-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/23/9738/40973823/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/97001625.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001625/79a1f05352-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001625/79a1f05352-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dtobias","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James-e-rudder-state-office-bldg-austin.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dtobias</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:James-e-rudder-state-office-bldg-austin.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973823","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24372210"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/1918-state-office-building-and-1933-state-highway-building-97001625/"}