{"nrhp_refnum":"01000103","name":"Turtle Creek Pump Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3630 Harry Hines Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dallas","county":"Dallas County","state":"TX","lat":32.768538747000036,"lon":-96.80279483099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-02-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Conservation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story brick and cast stone waterworks pump station at 3630 Harry Hines Boulevard in Dallas, Texas, designed by Dallas architect C.A. Gill and built in 1909 after a flood destroyed an earlier facility.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion A in the area of Conservation at the local level. It is the only surviving building of Dallas' first water diversion and purification complex and represents early efforts to harness the Trinity River. It is also tied to Progressive Era public health campaigns led by Dallas women's clubs.","narrative":"Built in 1909 on a hill above the old Trinity River channel in Dallas, this four-story red brick and cast stone building served as a pump station for the city's water supply. Architect C.A. Gill, a former alderman and water commissioner, designed it in a mix of Richardsonian Romanesque and Italianate styles to replace a facility destroyed by the 1908 flood. It is the only building left from a 46-acre complex of pumps, settling basins and related structures that formed Dallas' first water diversion and purification facility. The station stopped serving as a waterworks before World War II, and a corner was rebuilt in 1953 for road widening. The city preserved it in 1983, dividing the tall pump room into four floors and converting the building to offices, rehearsal space and recital halls for arts groups. It was listed for its role in early Dallas water management and for its link to women's public health campaigns of the Progressive Era.","period_of_significance":"1909-1950","architect_builder":"C.A. Gill","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Italianate, Romanesque","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated in 1983 and adapted for use as a center for small arts organizations; described as in excellent condition and now used as a music facility.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.151255-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/41/9717/40971741/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/01000103.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000103/9a4f3f2ef7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000103/9a4f3f2ef7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turtle_Creek_Pump_Station_Dallas_Wiki-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:Turtle_Creek_Pump_Station_Dallas_Wiki-1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971741","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_Creek_Pump_Station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001847"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dallas-county/turtle-creek-pump-station-01000103/"}