{"nrhp_refnum":"02000909","name":"Roosevelt School Auditorium and Classroom Addition","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"407 E. 3rd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mission","county":"Hidalgo County","state":"TX","lat":26.208603383000025,"lon":-98.32264111499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-08-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Hispanic"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story tan brick school auditorium built in 1929 and a classroom building added about 1949, at 407 East 3rd Street in Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas. They are the surviving parts of the former Roosevelt School, which served the town's Hispanic children.","why_significant":"The buildings are the only surviving elements of Mission's segregated school system and the district's only surviving historic school buildings. They are significant under Criterion A for Hispanic ethnic heritage and for education, reflecting the school expansion that followed the town's growth from the 1910s through the post-World War II era. Alterations and the loss of the original school ruled out Criterion C.","narrative":"Two surviving buildings on East 3rd Street in Mission, Texas, an auditorium completed in 1929 and a classroom building added around 1949, are all that remain of Roosevelt School. The school was built in 1921 for Mexican-American children in a segregated district and stood on a block used for Hispanic schooling since 1910. The original school was condemned and razed in 1968. The tan brick auditorium, built by J.E. Walsh and Company, has a symmetrical front, quoins, arched openings, and a carved panel showing an owl atop a scroll dated 1929. Locally made Madero brick was used for both buildings. The school district renovated them in 1978 after they had stood vacant. They are recognized for their link to Mission's Hispanic community and for what they show about school construction during the town's early growth. They are the district's only surviving historic school buildings, though later classroom buildings on the site do not contribute.","period_of_significance":"1928-1952","architect_builder":"Walsh, J.E. and Company, Builder","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Mission / Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"The auditorium and classroom building stood vacant after the original school was razed in 1968, then were renovated in 1978. Current functions are listed as education and auditorium use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.802126-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/99/9695/40969599/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/02000909.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000909/b6cf885746-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000909/b6cf885746-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Onleal91","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roosevelt_School_Auditorium_and_Classroom_Addition.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Onleal91</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roosevelt_School_Auditorium_and_Classroom_Addition.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969599","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000035"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/hidalgo-county/roosevelt-school-auditorium-and-classroom-addition-02000909/"}