{"nrhp_refnum":"78002963","name":"Mildred Buildings","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1400 block of Calder Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Beaumont","county":"Jefferson County","state":"TX","lat":30.085635436000075,"lon":-94.11012121499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-12-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Landscape Architecture","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Mediterranean Revival complex of an apartment building, a store building and a garage, covering half a city block in the 1400 block of Calder Avenue near downtown Beaumont, Texas. It was designed and built in 1929-30.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an excellent example of the elegant structures built in Beaumont during the oil boom that followed the 1925 deep oil discovery at Spindletop. It is also described as an outstanding example of planned area development, with buildings and landscaped spaces integrated with one another. It was commissioned by oilman Miles Frank Yount and named for his adopted daughter.","narrative":"Occupying half a city block near downtown Beaumont, the Mildred Buildings form a Mediterranean Revival complex of apartments, shops and a garage. Built in 1929-30 by the Austin Co. of Texas for $700,000, the group was commissioned by Spindletop oilman Miles Frank Yount and named for his adopted daughter. The three-story apartment building holds 18 apartments and a penthouse, while a one-story arcaded commercial building contains office and store spaces. Exterior walls combine terra cotta and brick, with bronze and wood rejas, tile roofs and landscaped courtyards with a fountain and bird baths. The complex reflects the prosperity that followed the Yount-Lee Oil Company's deep oil discovery at Spindletop in 1925, which brought Beaumont its most rapid growth. It is also noted as a carefully planned development in which buildings and outdoor spaces relate closely to one another. The buildings remain largely unaltered, retain original systems and furnishings, and continue to be well occupied.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"The Austin Co. of Texas, Architects & Engineers of Dallas","architectural_style":"Mediterranean Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"All three buildings are described as in excellent condition, unaltered, and still in use with a high occupancy rate.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.887532-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/92/9726/40972692/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/78002963.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002963/eb6a70a55a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002963/eb6a70a55a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mildred_buildings_apts_beaumont_tx_2014.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mildred_buildings_apts_beaumont_tx_2014.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972692","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107317945"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/jefferson-county/mildred-buildings-78002963/"}