{"nrhp_refnum":"03000559","name":"Azalea Residential Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by S. Robinson Av., Sunnybrook Dr., Fair Ln., Old Bullard Rd., College Av., W. 4th St., Highland Av..","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tyler","county":"Smith County","state":"TX","lat":32.32669760750005,"lon":-95.30539956844314,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-06-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 76-block residential historic district in south central Tyler, Smith County, Texas, about one to two miles south of the original town square. It covers roughly 458.9 acres of housing built between about 1900 and 1953.","why_significant":"The district documents Tyler's 20th-century residential growth, especially the building boom after the 1931 discovery of the East Texas Oil Field. It contains a wide mix of revival and modern house styles, from architect-designed homes for the city's elite to modest houses built by local craftsmen. Azalea plantings, mature trees, brick streets, stone drainage channels and a public park add to its character, and it retains a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Located in south central Tyler, Texas, this district spans 76 blocks and about 459 acres of homes built mainly between 1925 and 1953. Most of its 1,614 resources are single-family houses and their garages or garage apartments, with a school, two churches, a civic building and a few commercial buildings. Development sped up after the East Texas Oil Field was discovered in 1931, bringing large architect-designed houses for wealthy residents alongside modest and middle-class homes built by local craftsmen. Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival dominate, joined by Ranch, Craftsman, Monterey and other styles. Mass azalea plantings, mature oaks and pecans, stone and brick walls, red brick streets, stone-lined drainage channels, footbridges and a park improved with Depression-era federal funds give the area a wooded, park-like feel. Alterations have been modest, and 1,047 of the 1,614 resources are classed as contributing, so the neighborhood keeps a strong sense of its mid-20th-century character.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architects named in the text include T. Shirley Simons, Sr., AIA and Arthur Elliott Thomas, FAIA; most houses were built by local carpenters and contractors.","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival; Tudor Revival; Classical Revival; Mission Revival; Spanish Colonial Revival; Mediterranean Revival; Monterey Revival; French Eclectic; Bungalow/Craftsman; Art Deco; Art Moderne; Minimal Traditional; Ranch; International Style; Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still largely residential and in use; most properties are in good to excellent condition, with 1,047 of 1,614 resources contributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:22.971215-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/57/9699/40969957/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/03000559.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969957","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109999615"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/smith-county/azalea-residential-historic-district-03000559/"}