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Star Drug Star is a National Register of Historic Places-listed property in Galveston, Texas. The Star Drug Store building dates to the late 1880s, when the property was owned by Olympia Freybe. C. J. Michaelis, a drug store owner, moved his business to 510 23rd Street in 1906. The owner of the property was the Scanlan family and managed by Kate Scanlan of Houston, who commissioned Nicholas J. Clayton to design the remodeling of the building around 1909. Clayton designed the adjacent Victorian building about decades earlier, and harmonized the facade of the two buildings with similar Neo-Greek ornaments in his treatment of the Star Drug Store. Star Drug installed a U-shaped food and drink counter in 1917. A diner serving breakfast, lunch, and sodas persisted even after the drug business closed in the 1980s. In 1998, a fire in a neighboring building destroyed Star Drug. Natili Monsrud and her parents acquired the property in 2001 and embarked on a long-term restoration project that culminated in the re-opening of the diner in 2007. As of 2024, Star Drug operates as a diner and a gift shop. National Register of Historic Places listings in Galveston County, Texas Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Galveston County Beasley, Ellen; Fox, Stephen (1996). Galveston Architectural Guidebook. Houston: Rice University Press. ISBN 0-89263-345-X. Media related to Star Drug Store at Wikimedia Commons
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When was Star Drug Store listed on the National Register?
Star Drug Store was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 13, 1984.
What type of historic resource is Star Drug Store?
Star Drug Store is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.
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The period of significance for Star Drug Store is recorded as the industrial era.
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