{"nrhp_refnum":"03001552","name":"Depot Square Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by 8th St., Indiana St., 5th St. and MKT Railroad tracks","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wichita Falls","county":"Wichita County","state":"TX","lat":33.91630852150004,"lon":-98.49107418949029,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-02-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A commercial and industrial historic district in the northeast corner of downtown Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, covering portions of seven city blocks beside the Ft. Worth & Denver and MK&T (Katy) railroad tracks. Most of its buildings date from 1885 to 1925.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be significant under Criterion A, in Community Planning and Development and Commerce, at the local level. It is the core railroad-associated commercial district of a city that served as a regional commercial, industrial and civic center from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. It retains good integrity, with 31 of 40 buildings contributing.","narrative":"Depot Square is a railroad-side commercial district in the far northeast corner of downtown Wichita Falls, Texas. It covers parts of seven blocks next to the Ft. Worth & Denver and Katy tracks. Most of its buildings went up between 1885 and 1925 and are one- and two-story brick commercial blocks built to the sidewalk line, with ornament mostly limited to parapets. A few carry more elaborate detailing, including the Holt Hotel, the Kemp Wholesale building and the Route Building. The oldest brick building dates to 1885. Uses over time included livery stables, saloons, hotels, groceries, wholesale houses, garages, an ice factory and oil-field supply companies, reflecting the settlement, railroad and oil boom periods. Thirty-one of the forty buildings contribute to the district's character. It was recognized for its role in the city's commerce and community development between 1885 and 1953, as the core railroad-related business area of a regional center. Today the buildings house shops, restaurants, a theater and apartments.","period_of_significance":"1885-1953","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"1-part and 2-part commercial blocks; Commercial Style; Classical Revival, Italian Renaissance Revival, Romanesque Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Current uses include businesses, restaurants, antiques shops, a theater, a museum and multiple dwellings; some buildings are listed as work in progress or vacant/not in use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.965631-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/75/9739/40973975/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/03001552.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001552/a3428f79e0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001552/a3428f79e0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Michael Barera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wichita_Falls_October_2015_13_(Backdoor_Theatre).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Barera</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:Wichita_Falls_October_2015_13_(Backdoor_Theatre).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973975","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109999550"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/wichita-county/depot-square-historic-district-03001552/"}