{"nrhp_refnum":"02001570","name":"Cedar Lawn Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by 45th. St., 48th St., Ave. L, and Ave. N,","address_restricted":false,"city":"Galveston","county":"Galveston County","state":"TX","lat":29.28979144300007,"lon":-94.81801820729368,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-12-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of nine square blocks in Galveston, Texas, about two miles west of the central business district, platted in 1926 as a planned neighborhood with a curving \"butterfly\" street pattern. It holds 98 contributing and 17 noncontributing resources, mostly houses and garages.","why_significant":"The district is Galveston's first fully planned residential community and its most intact early-to-mid-twentieth-century neighborhood. Its curvilinear layout breaks from the city grid and reflects national suburban planning trends. It also holds a varied collection of revival and modern house styles built from 1926 to 1957.","narrative":"Cedar Lawn is a nine-block residential neighborhood in Galveston, Texas, about two miles west of downtown. The Cedar Lawn Company platted it in 1926 as an enclave for the Moody family and company officials. Its curving streets form a \"butterfly\" pattern that breaks from the city grid, and every house faces inward toward a round central garden. There are no sidewalks or traffic signs, and wide green lawns and mature oaks run up to the houses. The district holds 62 houses and 53 secondary buildings such as garages, built mostly between 1926 and 1957. Styles range from Tudor Revival, Spanish Eclectic and Georgian to Moderne, Ranch and Contemporary designs. Brick facades unify the mix, and the area has no commercial intrusion. It was listed for its role in early twentieth-century suburban planning and for its architecture. The record of building also tracks Galveston's 1920s prosperity, the Depression years, the pause during World War II and the postwar boom.","period_of_significance":"1926-1957","architect_builder":"Fairchild, Cameron; Finn, Alfred C.; Fraiser, Andrew; Rapp, Raymond; Williams, Williams & Williams; Zweiner, Charles L.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals (Spanish Eclectic, Italian Renaissance, French Eclectic, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Neoclassical); Prairie School, Bungalow/Craftsman; Modern Movement (Contemporary, Ranch, Moderne)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is still domestic (single dwellings and secondary structures). The form describes most properties as well maintained and retaining a high degree of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.922425-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/22/9720/40972022/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/02001570.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001570/cbae0f9df5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001570/cbae0f9df5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jim Evans","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cedar_Lawn_Historic_District.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Evans</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:Cedar_Lawn_Historic_District.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972022","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109999703"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/galveston-county/cedar-lawn-historic-district-02001570/"}