{"nrhp_refnum":"80004091","name":"McFarlin Memorial Auditorium","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6405 Hillcrest Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dallas","county":"Dallas County","state":"TX","lat":32.84413416000007,"lon":-96.78635073299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"McFarlin Memorial Auditorium is a brick and stone auditorium building at 6405 Hillcrest Road on the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas, Texas. It was built in 1926 and designed by R. H. Hunt.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a good southwestern example of Georgian Revival architecture in a planned academic setting. It is evaluated under architecture and education, with significance at the regional and state level. It is part of a thematic group of Georgian Revival buildings at SMU.","narrative":"McFarlin Memorial Auditorium is a large rectangular auditorium on the Southern Methodist University campus at 6405 Hillcrest Road in Dallas. Built in 1926 to designs by R. H. Hunt, it faces the main campus quadrangle. Its brick and stone walls and slate roof are arranged in stepped planes. Doric columns mark the main entrance, reinforced by pilasters, a heavy dentilled cornice and Grecian motifs carved in stone. An interior remodeling by H.G. Barnard took place in 1961, and the building remains in good condition. It still serves as an auditorium and as offices. The building was listed as part of a thematic group of Georgian Revival buildings at the university. The nomination describes it as a good southwestern example of Georgian Revival architecture in a planned academic setting, and it records significance in architecture and education at the regional and state levels. The nominated area is about one acre including the building and its apron.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"R. H. Hunt","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Physical condition is listed as good. Original use was auditorium; present use is auditorium and offices. An interior remodeling was carried out in 1961 (H.G. Barnard).","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.567535-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/18/9687/40968718/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/80004091.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004091/6f8b8dab90-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004091/6f8b8dab90-1600.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_106_(McFarlin_Auditorium).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_106_(McFarlin_Auditorium).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968718","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McFarlin_Memorial_Auditorium","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6801161"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dallas-county/mcfarlin-memorial-auditorium-80004091/"}