{"nrhp_refnum":"05001459","name":"Oblate Park Historic district","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Doherty, Keralum, W. 16th St. and W 10th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mission","county":"Hidalgo County","state":"TX","lat":26.222423815500036,"lon":-98.32198912647662,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-12-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 140-acre early twentieth-century middle-class residential historic district in the northeast quadrant of the original 1907-08 Mission townsite, Hidalgo County, Texas, centered on a plaza now called Oblate Park. Development began around 1910 and continued to 1955.","why_significant":"The district is significant as a cohesive neighborhood shaped by the Conway and Hoit town plat and by the Oblate Fathers, who added a Plaza Square and the Oblate Addition. It reflects Mission's growth through 1955 and holds a concentration of Craftsman bungalows and other period house types, along with churches and schools. The form lists it as locally significant.","narrative":"Oblate Park Historic District is a residential neighborhood of about 140 acres in the northeast part of Mission, Texas, laid out as part of the original 1907-08 townsite by land speculators John J. Conway and James W. Hoit. A plaza introduced by the Oblate Fathers of Mary Immaculate, who moved their church into town in 1910 and bought sixteen blocks in 1916, gives the regular street grid a picturesque focal point. Houses were built between about 1910 and 1955, and the Craftsman bungalow is by far the most common type. Folk Victorian, Tudor Revival, Mission Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival and Ranch houses also appear, along with duplexes, courtyard apartments that housed seasonal Winter Texans, and garage apartments. Churches and two school blocks anchor sub-areas of the neighborhood, and the 1950 Mission Junior High gym and stadium are local landmarks. The district contains 223 contributing and 127 noncontributing resources. Consistent lot sizes, setbacks and a limited range of materials give the neighborhood a unified appearance.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals (Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival, Tudor, Colonial, Classical), Craftsman, Ranch, Art Deco, International Style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used for housing, churches, religious schools, a park, sports facilities and some neighborhood businesses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.933133-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/91/9695/40969591/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/05001459.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969591","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000250"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/hidalgo-county/oblate-park-historic-district-05001459/"}