{"nrhp_refnum":"85001122","name":"Morningside Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by 9th St., Morningside Dr., Pembroke Lane and Buchanan St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wichita Falls","county":"Wichita County","state":"TX","lat":33.90594651550006,"lon":-98.52343730693998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-05-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 38.4-acre residential historic district in Wichita Falls, Texas, with 103 structures (69 contributing, 34 noncontributing), developed mainly between 1918 and 1928 on winding streets around Morningside Park.","why_significant":"The district holds a cohesive collection of early twentieth-century houses in nearly all the prominent styles of the period, including Bungalow, Tudor Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, Colonial Revival and American Foursquare. It was a planned neighborhood with deed restrictions and was the first real attempt in Wichita Falls to move away from the grid street system. Its street system, park, pond and landscape buffers remain intact.","narrative":"Morningside is a 38.4-acre residential neighborhood in Wichita Falls, Texas, made up of 103 structures, 69 of them contributing. Development began in 1918-19 with houses on Ninth and Grant streets in the Floral Heights Addition, then expanded after 1920 when the Morningside Park Development Company platted its addition with deed restrictions. The covenants required single-family homes costing at least $10,000, set review of plans, and required outbuildings to match the main house in style. Most building took place from 1923 to 1928 and produced a wide range of styles: Bungalow, Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, Mediterranean Revival and American Foursquare. Winding streets, deep setbacks, a central park and a scenic pond distinguish the layout, which was the first real attempt in Wichita Falls to avoid the street grid. Building stopped in 1928 with the depression and resumed in 1938. The area remains largely occupied, well-kept single-family housing.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Dave Williams (architect, Stringer House); Roy Kee (designer, Reagan House)","architectural_style":"Bungalow, Tudor Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, Colonial Revival, American Foursquare, Georgian Revival, Mediterranean Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Primary structures remain occupied single-family residences, well maintained and in excellent or good condition. Only two undeveloped parcels remain.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.67469-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/65/9739/40973965/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/85001122.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001122/ad34db9084-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001122/ad34db9084-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morningside_Historic_District.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:Morningside_Historic_District.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973965","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109999527"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/wichita-county/morningside-historic-district-85001122/"}