{"nrhp_refnum":"10000249","name":"Parkland Hospital","other_names":["Woodlawn Hospital","Old Parkland Hospital"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3819 Maple Ave","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dallas","county":"Dallas County","state":"TX","lat":32.806238688000064,"lon":-96.81596253799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-10-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Health/Medicine","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Georgian Revival hospital building at 3819 Maple Avenue in Dallas, Texas, first opened in 1913 and expanded in 1921, designed by the architects Hubbell & Greene.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is locally significant under Criterion A for Health/Medicine, as the city's oldest hospital building and an expression of Dallas's embrace of modern, germ-theory-based medicine. It is also significant for Community Planning and Development, as the catalyst for the Oak Lawn medical district, known in the 1920s as \"hospital row,\" and as the first home of Southwestern Medical College.","narrative":"Parkland Hospital sits on a 3.26-acre parcel at 3819 Maple Avenue in Dallas, about 1.5 miles north of downtown. Designed by the local firm Hubbell & Greene, the Georgian Revival building opened in 1913 as the city's new charity hospital and was expanded in 1921. Its reinforced concrete frame is clad in dark red iron-spotted brick with white terra cotta trim. The east facade reads as a seven-part composition, with a two-story portico of limestone Corinthian columns facing a deep, tree-covered lawn. The hospital replaced an older facility from the 1890s and reflected a shift toward professionally staffed, germ-theory medicine. It also drew other medical facilities to the Oak Lawn neighborhood, which became known as \"hospital row\" and housed the first Southwestern Medical College. After sitting essentially vacant for over thirty years, the building was rehabilitated for offices. Rear portions were demolished and replaced with a modern addition, while the front lawn and primary facade were preserved.","period_of_significance":"1913-1954","architect_builder":"Hubbell & Greene","architectural_style":"Late 19th & Early 20th Century Revivals: Georgian Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Vacant for decades and in poor condition before redevelopment; the interior has since been adapted to modern office use, with a rear addition and an underground parking garage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.541871-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/37/9717/40971737/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/10000249.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000249/53bff55224-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000249/53bff55224-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Parkland_Hospital_in_Dallas,_Texas.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</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:Old_Parkland_Hospital_in_Dallas,_Texas.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971737","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107322041"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dallas-county/parkland-hospital-10000249/"}