{"nrhp_refnum":"80004087","name":"Clements Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3200 Dyer St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dallas","county":"Dallas County","state":"TX","lat":32.84342218900008,"lon":-96.78433869699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Clements Hall is a four-story brick administrative and classroom building at 3200 Dyer Street on the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas, Texas, dating from 1915 and designed by Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge.","why_significant":"The nomination describes it as a good southwestern example of Georgian Revival architecture in a planned academic setting. Its areas of significance are architecture and education. It is part of a group of Georgian Revival buildings at Southern Methodist University.","narrative":"Clements Hall is a four-story brick building at 3200 Dyer Street on the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas. Completed in 1915 to designs by the firm Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, it follows a three-part Palladian plan with a recessed central block flanked by pedimented, gabled pavilions. Pilasters mark the recessed facade, which is crowned by a prominent balustrade. Multipaned, arched and Palladian-type windows with voussoirs and keystones, a dentilled cornice, wood detailing and a slate roof complete the design. The building was listed for its architecture and its role in education. The nomination calls it a good southwestern example of Georgian Revival design in a planned academic setting, where educational buildings are linked by landscaping. It was built for administrative and classroom use and still serves those purposes. Its condition is described as good, and the only recorded alteration is an interior modification carried out in 1965 by Collins and Dryden.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Physical condition is listed as good; the building is still used for administrative and classroom purposes. An interior modification was made in 1965 by Collins and Dryden.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.419359-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/12/9687/40968712/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/80004087.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004087/51bef3f28e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004087/51bef3f28e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Michael Barera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southern_Methodist_University_July_2016_077_(Clements_Hall).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Barera</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:Southern_Methodist_University_July_2016_077_(Clements_Hall).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968712","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clements_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55607772"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dallas-county/clements-hall-80004087/"}