{"nrhp_refnum":"99000617","name":"Veterninary Hospital","other_names":["Alfred N. Poindexter Veterinary Hospital"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E.M. Norris St., building #0517","address_restricted":false,"city":"Prairie View","county":"Waller County","state":"TX","lat":30.09351642400003,"lon":-95.98401357199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-06-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Black"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick veterinary teaching facility and animal hospital on E. M. Norris Street at the east side of the Prairie View A&M University campus in Prairie View, Waller County, Texas, built in 1925 and designed by architect Louis E. Fry.","why_significant":"It is nominated at the state level for its role in vocational and veterinary education at a historically Black college and its link to Dr. E.B. Evans, the first African American veterinarian licensed in Texas. It is also one of two surviving campus works by African American architect Louis Fry, and it shows modest Classical Revival influence.","narrative":"Built in 1925 on the east side of the Prairie View A&M University campus, this one-story brick building served as a teaching facility and animal hospital for the school's veterinary training program. Architect Louis E. Fry, a Prairie View graduate and faculty member, designed it with modest Classical Revival touches, including cast stone quoins at the entry and a centered hipped dormer. Students, faculty and staff built it. Dr. E.B. Evans, the first African American veterinarian licensed in Texas, oversaw construction and later became the first president of Prairie View A&M University. The building is the campus's second oldest and one of two surviving Fry designs there. A 1972 renovation replaced doors and windows and reworked the interior, including a classroom and small-animal surgery area. A horse barn and large-animal quarantine area sit behind it. The hospital continues to serve the university and nearby communities, and it is named for longtime veterinary professor Dr. Alfred N. Poindexter.","period_of_significance":"1925 - 1948","architect_builder":"Fry, Louis E. (architect)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Still used as an education and research facility serving the university and surrounding communities; the form notes the building needs repairs and a planned renovation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.017255-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/91/9705/40970591/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/99000617.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000617/d5de7bcc47-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000617/d5de7bcc47-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poindexter_veterinary_hospital_2013.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poindexter_veterinary_hospital_2013.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970591","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107317530"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/waller-county/veterninary-hospital-99000617/"}