{"nrhp_refnum":"06001063","name":"Orange Show, The","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2401 Munger St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.717705169000055,"lon":-95.32427887799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story folk art environment at 2401 Munger Street in southeast Houston, Harris County, Texas, built by Jefferson Davis McKissack between 1955 and 1979 as a walled, maze-like monument to the orange.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the Orange Show as an outstanding example of a Texas folk or 'outsider' art environment, built by a self-taught creator from salvaged materials. It fits the pattern of handmade visionary environments discussed by art scholars and has been published widely and ranked among the top US sites of this type. It also reflects recognition of outsider art in Houston from the 1960s and 1970s.","narrative":"Behind a white concrete wall on Munger Street in southeast Houston sits the Orange Show, a two-story maze of decorated walls, balconies, stairways and display areas. Jefferson Davis McKissack built it between 1955 and 1979 as a monument to the orange, which he considered the perfect food. He worked largely from salvaged material, including steel, tile and ornamental metal from downtown Houston buildings being demolished, plus wagon wheels and tractor seats. The grounds include an oasis, a museum, a pond with a model showboat, a wishing well, a steam engine and a small sideshow stage. Displays explain the nutritional value of the orange. Conservation work in 1981 and 1982 documented the original color schemes and repaired the most endangered elements, using visible new materials. The property is recognized as an example of a folk art environment, made by a self-taught builder who did not call himself an artist, and it has been featured in many books and art publications.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Jefferson Davis McKissack (Jeff McKissack)","architectural_style":"Other: Folk Art Environment","criteria":[],"status_note":"Conservation and stabilization work was carried out in 1981-1982; the original exit is extant but no longer in use. The site continues to function as a work of art.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.504033-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/60/9724/40972460/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/06001063.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001063/38778a8f84-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001063/38778a8f84-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Ed Uthman, Houston, Texas, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Orange_Show_Houston_Concert_Venue.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ed Uthman, Houston, Texas, USA</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Orange_Show_Houston_Concert_Venue.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972460","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orange_Show","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7755259"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/orange-show-the-06001063/"}