{"nrhp_refnum":"86002458","name":"Second Trinity University Campus","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1200 blk. of Sycamore","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waxahachie","county":"Ellis County","state":"TX","lat":32.40444555500005,"lon":-96.85330439510113,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-09-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A campus of three surviving buildings (Administration Building, Drane Hall and Gymnasium) at 1200 Sycamore in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas, built between 1902 and 1926 while Trinity University was based there.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the campus as an important architectural and educational landmark in Waxahachie. The Administration Building is cited for its architecture and the three buildings for their role in education. They are the surviving buildings from the forty years Trinity University operated in the town, and they still dominate the college and retain their architectural integrity.","narrative":"Three buildings on Sycamore Street in Waxahachie, Texas, survive from the campus Trinity University occupied from 1902 until 1942. The three-story brick and limestone Administration Building, designed by the Dallas firm Hubbell & Greene in a Jacobethan or Collegiate Gothic style, has a crenelated tower entry and anchors the campus at the end of University Avenue. Drane Hall, built in 1911 as a women's dormitory, and the 1926 gymnasium complete the group. Trinity, a Presbyterian-founded school, moved here from Tehuacana around the turn of the century and grew in its early years in Waxahachie. The Depression cut enrollment and revenue, and in 1942 the university relocated to San Antonio. The campus was then acquired by what became Southwestern Assemblies of God College, which still uses the buildings for education. Two other Trinity-era buildings have been razed. The group was recognized for the Administration Building's architecture and for the educational history all three buildings represent.","period_of_significance":"1902-c.1930","architect_builder":"Administration Building: Hubbell & Green (Hubbell & Greene in the narrative), contractor Dennis Mahoney; Drane Hall: contractor Fred Jones of Dallas; Gymnasium: unknown","architectural_style":"Administration Building: Jacobethan Revival (also called Collegiate Gothic); Drane Hall: Renaissance Revival (also described as Beaux-Arts inspired); Gymnasium: Renaissance Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as an educational facility, now the Southwestern Assemblies of God College; condition listed as good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.008646-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/16/9691/40969116/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002458.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969116","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109999790"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/ellis-county/second-trinity-university-campus-86002458/"}