{"nrhp_refnum":"08000475","name":"Building at 3525 Turtle Creek Boulevard","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3525 Turtle Creek Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dallas","county":"Dallas County","state":"TX","lat":32.81075993500008,"lon":-96.80275955499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-05-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A twenty-two-story luxury apartment tower with a rear parking garage and landscaped pool terrace, on a 2.8-acre lot in the Oak Lawn neighborhood of Dallas, Texas, completed in 1957 and designed by architect Howard R. Meyer.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it was the first Modern high-rise apartment building in Dallas and the work of Howard R. Meyer, a leading figure in Texas Modernism. It was also the first luxury high-rise built along the Turtle Creek parkway, ushering in a new era of urban living in Dallas. It is an unusual regional example of the International Style adapted to local climate and surroundings.","narrative":"Rising 230 feet above Turtle Creek Boulevard in Dallas's Oak Lawn neighborhood, this twenty-two-story apartment tower was completed in 1957 to designs by architect Howard R. Meyer. Its steel frame is clad in soft Mexican brick and wrapped in earth-toned concrete sunscreens, while a pinwheel floor plan gives each of the 102 apartments access to an outdoor terrace. A rear garage, a landscaped lawn and a round pool with a waterfall planter, designed by landscape architects Arthur and Marie Berger, complete the site. The building is recognized as the first Modern high-rise apartment building in Dallas and the first luxury high-rise along the Turtle Creek parkway, where many similar towers later followed. It also represents Meyer's adaptation of International Style ideas to the Texas climate. Changes have been limited, chiefly a replacement porte-cochère in 1998 and one enclosed penthouse terrace, and the building remains in residential use.","period_of_significance":"1957","architect_builder":"Howard R. Meyer, Architect; Arthur S. and Marie Berger, Landscape Architects; Jerome J. Frank and Edward T. Dicker, Builders","architectural_style":"Modern Movement: skyscraper","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as multiple dwellings (condominiums since the late 1970s); retains a high degree of integrity with minimal exterior alterations, including a replaced porte-cochère in 1998 and one enclosed penthouse roof terrace.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.757264-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/33/9717/40971733/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/08000475.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000475/1ae6746d19-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000475/1ae6746d19-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_at_Turtle_Creek_Blvd5.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_at_Turtle_Creek_Blvd5.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971733","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107322058"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dallas-county/building-at-3525-turtle-creek-boulevard-08000475/"}