Westend Historic District 11/14/1978
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Fofm No 10-300 , \0-''*^ UNITEDSTATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR y\* TOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 'v NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES RECEIVED INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED NOV 14 1978 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOWTO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS NAME HISTORIC Westend Historic District AND/OR COMMON LOCATION STREET&NUMBER Bounded by Lamar, Griffin, Wood, Market, and Commerce Streets and the MKT Railroad Tracks. _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Dallas VICINITY OF STATE CODE COUNTY CODE Texas 048 Dallas JJ-L CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS PRESENT USE X.DISTRICT —PUBLIC X.OCCUPIED AGRICULTURE X.MUSEUM _eUILDING(S) —PRIVATE X_UNOCCUPIED XcOMMERCIAL X.PARK —STRUCTURE X BOTH —WORK IN PROGRESS —EDUCATIONAL —PRIVATE RESIDENCE _SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION ACCESSIBLE —ENTERTAINMENT —RELIGIOUS —OBJECT —IN PROCESS —YES: RESTRICTED XGOVERNMENT —SCIENTIFIC —BEING CONSIDERED X.YES: UNRESTRICTED XiNDUSTRIAL —TRANSPORTATION _N0 —MILITARY —OTHER OWNER OF PROPERTY NAME Multiple Ovmership (see continuation sheet Item 4). STREET & NUMBER CITY, TOWN STATE VICINITY OF [LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE. REGISTRY OF DEEDS.ETC Dallas County Courthouse STREET & NUMBER CITY. TOWN STATE Dallas Texas a REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE Historic Sites Inventory/Dallas Historic Landmark Survey DATE 1978/1974 -FEDERAL XsTATE —COUNTY X^LOCAL DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS Texas Historical Commission/ City of Dallas CITY. TOWN STATE Austin/Dallas Texas DESCRIPTION CONDITION CHECK ONE CHECK ONE X.EXCELLENT ' —DETERIORATED —UNALTERED —ORIGINAL SITE X.GOOD —RUINS XALTERED —MOVED DATE X_FAIR —UNEXPOSED DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE Dallas' Westend Historic District is located where two distinct periods of growth in the history of the city occurred. Evidence of the founding and early settlement of Dallas as well as early twentieth century commer cial development are represented by the structures and original street grid laid out in the mid-i800's. The imposing scale of the numerous ex tant warehouses connected with rail transportation, and the governmental and early twentieth century office and light industrial buildings create the highest concentration of non-residential structures of early Dallas. Situated on approximately thirty city blocks at the western edge of pre sent downtown Dallas, the district is a depiction of Dallas* early years as a flourishing trade and commerce center. Distinguishable as a district unified by its visually cohesive architec ture, the Dallas Westend is comprised of buildings constructed primarily during the first two decades of this century. During this period, Vic torian architecture's final embellishments appeared before building or nament became secondary to a simpler expression of a structure or function. Use of red brick, especially in the commercial warehouses at the northem end of the district, is prevalent. The heavily massed structures in this area are closely tied to the earlier Richardsonian courthouse of 1891. The fenestration in most of these six to eight story buildings resembles voids puncturing solidly massed blocks with segmental and flat arched windows. The three part Chicago scheme (base, shaft, and comice) is subtly incorporated into not only the warehouses but the govemmental, commerical office, and light industrial buildings in the southem portion of the district. Many of these office and industrial structures are clad similarly to the warehouses with red brick but are more expressive of the lighter commercial-style buildings and most were built in the late I9l0'8 and 1920's. Contrasting to the red brick is the terra cotta omament which helps define the three part scheme and further "lighten" the later commercial-style buildings in the district. The height of the 1920*s office buildings increases to a maximum of twelve stories but does not diminish the cohesiveness of the district. As the most omate structures in the district, the coxmty govemment complex is distinguished by the traditional architectural styles usually associated with govemmental buildings. This group of revival and eclectic style structures includes the Richardsonian Romanesque Courthouse (42), the eclectic 1912 Criminal Courts Building (40), and the late Gothic Revival coxmty Records Building (38), built in 1922. Building types are divided into several groups according to use and period of construction, the most prevalent being the early twentieth century warehouses. Public structures range in date from the 1891 Dallas County Courthouse (National Register! 1976) to the JFK Memorial designed by Philip Johnson in 1966 (43). The southem portion of the district con tains multi-storied commercial office buildings contrasting with the ware house structures that dominate the northem half of the district. Sym bolizing the beginning of Dallas as the sole residential structure in the district, the nonfunctional reconstructed log house of the founding V- Fo»i No 10-300a IHev 10 74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVE^ye 1 4 1978 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NOV 14 1978 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED CONTI NUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 4 PAGE 2 BLOCK OWNER PROPERTY MAP REFERENCE 6,7,8,9 MKT Railroad Co. of Texas Land west of 8,22,23 10,17,18 701 Commerce, Dallas, TX Record and 19 Houston 10 Dallas, Covinty of 500 Main, Dallas, TX 409 Elm 24 11,12, Dallas, City of Dealey Plaza 4l 13 Dallas, TX 20 Beer, A. Robert NW corner 21 12800 Hillcrest Rd Pacific and Suite 220, Dallas, TX Record 21 Bradburn, Marvin, Tr. 209-211 Record 26 509 Elm, Dallas, TX 21 Rose Melville R. 501 Elm 25 712 Commerce, Dallas, TX 21 Goldberg, Arthur S., Tr. 509 Elm 27 509 Elm, Dallas, TX 22 County of Dallas-Hall of 500 Main 38,39,40 Records & County Jail County Courthouse Houston and 42 Commerce 27 Shepard, Alva P. 1815 N. Market 7 3527 Westminster Dallas, TX 27 Oil Well Supply Co. Parking lot- P.O. Box 478, Dallas, TX Corbin and Diun US Steel Marke t 28 First Natl. Bank 1713 Market TR# 151-03302-0 Nadine S. Cockrell C/O Meredith Ethal y 1709 Market 10 28 Sidran Realty Co. 911 Young, Dallas,TX Fonn No 10-300a (Hev 10-74) UNITEDSTATES DEPARTMENT OF THE I NTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEivj^QG 141978 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES HOV 14 1978 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER PAGE BLOCK OWNER PROPERTY MAP REFERENCE 28 First Natl. Bank 1701 -1707 11 TR# 151-03302-0 Market Nadine S. Cockrell C/O Merdith Ethal 29 Beer, Robt. A., Trustee SW comer Mar 18 12800 Hillcrest, Suite 200 ket and Ross Dallas, TX 301-307 Market 19 602 Ross 20 30 Abemathy, R.E. et al Parking lot- 4350 N. Central Expwy. Elm and Market Dallas, TX 30 Jolliff, Lindsay G. 605 Elm 29 4524 Lorraine, Dallas, TX 30 Purse & Co. 601 Elm 28 601 Elm, Dallas, TX 31 Dallas, County of Founder's Plaza 37 Exempt 1962 32 Dallas, County of Courthouse Plaza 43 Exempt 1963 37 Richner, Irwin et al 701 Ross 12 701 Ross Avenue Dallas, TX y 37 Swan, Hugo 705 Ross 13 3801 Normandy, Dallas, TX 37 Missouri-Kansas-Texas RR lines Corbin RR Co. of Texas to Ross 38 Rader, Jane Bolton Parking lot- C/O Grissaffi & Assoc. Ross and Austin 38 Abemathy, R.E. et al 310 Market 16 4350 N. Central Expwy. Dallas, TX Fo»m No 10 300a (Hev 10-741 UNITEDSTATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED AUG 141! NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES »0V14 1978 [ INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER PAGE BLOCK OWNER PROPERTY MAP REFERENCE 38 Roberts, Summerfield G. 302 Market 17 24l5 Adolphus Twr. Dallas, TX 39 Beer, Robt. Tr. Parking lot- Austin and Pacific 39 Await Properties 208 Market 30 208 N. Market Dallas, TX 39 Dallas Co. Community Market and Elm 31 College District Exempt 1975 39 Beer, Robt. Tr. 711 Elm 32 40 DCCCD-El Centro ^ Elm and Market 36 Exempt 1967 41 Rader, Homer J. Jr. Parking lot- C/0 Grissaffi & Assoc, ^ Main and Austin 41 Southwestem States Parking lot- Management Co. Main and Market 701 Commerce, Dallas,TX 41 Lawyers Bldg of Dallas 706 Main 45 C/O First TX Sav. Assn^ 41 Southwestem States 701 Commerce 44 Management Co. 4l Strangi, Albert Parking lot- 10473 Epping Lane * Commerce and Austin Dallas, TX 42 Mel RooG ^oi3L-/2.r m-^'^'-'^^^ 712 Commerce 49 712 Commerce, Dallas,TX 7^-102 42 North American Parking lot- Mortgage Investment Co. Market and Commerce #1 Boston Place, Boston, Mass Form No 10-300a (Hev 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVE^UG 141978 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NOV 14 1978 INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER PAGE BLOCK OWNER PROPERTY MAP REFERENCE 43 Gulf-Tex Construction, Inc. 7l4 Jackson 57 Mr. Al Gonzalez, Pres. 2346 Joe Field Rd. Dallas, TX 43 R.J. Realty Co. Parking lot- P.O. Box 1768 Wood and Market Dallas, TX 46 Alexander, Wm. et al ^ Parking lot- 6l3l Curs on Pacific and Lamar C/O Mrs. F.M. Dougherty Fort Worth, TX 46 Jackson, AA III y Parking lot- 4lll W. Lawther Lamar and Pacific Dallas, TX 46 Scales Dr. John G. et al Parking lot- l24l Lausanne Elm and Pacific Dallas, TX / 46 Muntzel,Marvelle A. et al NW comer-Elm 33 C/O JP Await and Austin 208 N. Market, Dallas,TX 46 Mimtzel, Marvelle 807 Elm 34 47 DCCCD-El Centro Elm and Lamar 35 Exempt 1967 Dallas Texas Corp. 800- 804 Main 46 48 1 Main Place 810 Main 47 Dallas, TX 801- 809 Main 48 R.L. Abney SW comer - 51 49 Greyhoxmd Lines Commerce and 205 S.