{"nrhp_refnum":"80004089","name":"Florence, Fred, Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3330 University Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dallas","county":"Dallas County","state":"TX","lat":32.84533318700005,"lon":-96.78633162899996,"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":"Fred Florence Hall is a three-story brick classroom building at 3330 University Boulevard on the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas, Texas, built in 1924 and designed by DeWitt and Lemmon.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a good southwestern example of Georgian Revival architecture within a planned academic setting. Its areas of significance are architecture and education, and it is part of a thematic group of Georgian Revival buildings at SMU.","narrative":"Fred Florence Hall is a classroom building on the Southern Methodist University campus at 3330 University Boulevard in Dallas. Completed in 1924 to designs by DeWitt and Lemmon, it is a symmetrical, three-story rectangle of brick with stone trim and a hipped slate roof. The south facade is the most elaborate, with an entrance topped by a broken scroll pediment, a second-story balustrade, and an exaggerated dentilled cornice carried on pilasters. Arched, multi-paned windows of Palladian type have voussoirs and keystones. Enclosed stairwells were later added at each end and are described as compatible with the original design. The building sits south of the Law School quadrangle in a landscaped setting and is still used for classrooms, as it was originally. It was listed as a good southwestern example of Georgian Revival architecture in a planned academic environment, with significance in architecture and education, and it forms part of a group of Georgian Revival buildings on the campus.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"DeWitt and Lemmon","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Original and present use are both classrooms; enclosed stairwells were added at each end and are described as compatible.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.434518-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/14/9687/40968714/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/80004089.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004089/bf8d81939b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004089/bf8d81939b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jeffrey Beall","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fred_Florence_Hall.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeffrey Beall</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:Fred_Florence_Hall.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968714","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Florence_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54871225"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dallas-county/florence-fred-hall-80004089/"}