{"nrhp_refnum":"01000258","name":"Goliad State Park Historic District","other_names":["Goliad State Historical Park","Memorial Aditorium"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"US 183 at San Antonio River","address_restricted":false,"city":"Goliad","county":"Goliad County","state":"TX","lat":28.655030480500045,"lon":-97.38481207040911,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-03-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1930s-1940s commemorative state park district on the San Antonio River just southeast of Goliad, Goliad County, Texas, containing reconstructed Spanish mission buildings, a custodian's complex, a Memorial Auditorium, highway features and a Fannin burial monument.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the park as a New Deal-era commemorative landscape built with state and federal funds, including Civilian Conservation Corps labor, to memorialize Goliad's role in Texas history. It includes reconstruction of Mission Espiritu Santo, the 1937 Texas Centennial auditorium, and the 1939 Fannin monument. It is considered significant statewide, with 20 contributing resources retaining high integrity.","narrative":"Goliad State Park Historic District occupies prairie and riverside woodland along a bend of the San Antonio River southeast of Goliad, Texas. Developed mainly in the 1930s and 1940s with New Deal funds and Civilian Conservation Corps labor, it commemorates the region's Spanish and Texas Revolution history. Its 20 contributing resources include the reconstructed Mission Espiritu Santo, a stone custodian's residence and compound with Spanish Colonial-inspired details, stretches of US Highway 183 with limestone pylons and walls, and the 1939 granite monument marking the burial of Colonel James Fannin's men. The concrete Memorial Auditorium, completed in 1937 as a Texas Centennial project and designed by Raiford Stripling and Samuel Vosper, blends Mission Style and Beaux-Arts references in an Art Moderne form, with sculpted panels and a stadium. Fourteen newer utilitarian structures do not contribute. The district is nominated as significant at the state level.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Raiford Stripling and Samuel Vosper (architects, Memorial Auditorium); Willard Simpson (consulting engineer); H. J. Von Rosenberg (general contractor); H. B. Zachry (contractor, J. A. White Bridge)","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial (reconstruction); Art Moderne; NPS Rustic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Historic functions continue: auditorium, museum, outdoor recreation and cemetery within a state park. Some original acres, including the auditorium, reverted to city and county ownership in 1971. The original 1934 J. A. White Bridge was demolished in 1999 and replaced in 2000.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.473703-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/29/9721/40972129/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/01000258.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000258/9f2a951d4f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000258/9f2a951d4f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_Portal_Goliad_State_Park_Texas_2024.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:Entrance_Portal_Goliad_State_Park_Texas_2024.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972129","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98099258"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/goliad-county/goliad-state-park-historic-district-01000258/"}