{"nrhp_refnum":"10000145","name":"McMillen Apartments","other_names":["Parkview Apartments"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1320 S. Fillmore","address_restricted":false,"city":"Amarillo","county":"Potter County","state":"TX","lat":35.20113715800005,"lon":-101.83683014999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-04-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story red and brown brick apartment building at 1320 S. Fillmore in southeast downtown Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, built in 1926 for ranch operator and real estate developer John S. McMillen. It sits just north of Sanborn Park.","why_significant":"The building is argued to be significant under Criterion A in Community Planning and Development. It represents the quickly built, modest apartment housing that answered the housing shortage of Amarillo's 1926 oil-and-gas boom. It is also described as a good example of a Commercial Style apartment building with Craftsman details (Criterion C is also marked). It is one of a dwindling number of such apartments in central Amarillo.","narrative":"Built in 1926, this three-story brick apartment building at 1320 S. Fillmore in Amarillo faces Sanborn Park on the southeast edge of downtown. John S. McMillen, a ranch operator and real estate developer, built it as the oil and gas boom brought thousands of newcomers to the city. It originally held twelve apartments along central corridors and combines Commercial Style massing with Craftsman touches, including a gabled entrance portico with knee braces and red tile. Early tenants included geologists, oil exploration workers and merchants. Occupancy declined from the late 1950s, and a 1966 highway ramp altered the setting. The building was largely vacant from 1997 and faced condemnation before a 2007 purchase and a 2008 rehabilitation that replaced windows, doors and the fire escape in kind. It is recognized as a modest example of the quickly built apartment housing that reflected Amarillo's growth and changing workforce during the 1920s boom.","period_of_significance":"1926","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and early 20th Century American Movements: Commercial Style (with modest Craftsman details)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Vacant from 1997 until purchased in 2007, then rehabilitated in 2008 using federal preservation tax credits; now in use again as apartments.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.624392-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/0/9732/40973200/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/10000145.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000145/5e10aa650a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000145/5e10aa650a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"BriceWi999","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McMillen_(Parkview)_Apartments_1320_S._Fillmore_Amarillo_20140916.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">BriceWi999</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:McMillen_(Parkview)_Apartments_1320_S._Fillmore_Amarillo_20140916.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973200","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002694"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/potter-county/mcmillen-apartments-10000145/"}