{"nrhp_refnum":"91001901","name":"Cedar Springs Place","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"2531 Lucas Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dallas","county":"Dallas County","state":"TX","lat":32.81403505050005,"lon":-96.8209238184748,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-12-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Cedar Springs Place is a public housing district in Dallas, Texas, made up of 28 one- and two-story International Style buildings with 182 units on about 12.5 acres, built in 1936-1937.","why_significant":"It was one of only 51 Public Works Administration low-income housing projects built nationwide and the first in Texas and west of the Mississippi River. It reflects New Deal housing reform and community planning (Criterion A). Its early use of the International Style by a group of well-known Dallas architects led by Walter Sharp is significant under Criterion C.","narrative":"Cedar Springs Place is a public housing complex in Dallas made up of 28 one- and two-story buildings containing 182 units. Built in 1936-1937, it is arranged symmetrically around a central open space called \"The Mall,\" with parallel alley streets and a cross axis dividing the site into identical quadrants. The buildings are reinforced concrete block with stucco finish, flat concrete roofs, steel casement windows and cast stone sills, and almost no ornament. It was one of only 51 Public Works Administration low-income housing projects in the country, and the first in Texas and west of the Mississippi. A group of Dallas architects led by Walter Sharp, who were also working on the Texas Centennial buildings at Fair Park, chose the International Style, which was new to the region. The design drew on European mass-housing ideas of light, air and green space. Despite some deterioration, the complex remains intact and shows 1930s housing reform and planning ideals.","period_of_significance":"1935-1941","architect_builder":"Walter Sharp and the Centennial architects (see text)","architectural_style":"International Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Some buildings show deterioration, but the complex is described as intact and retaining its original architectural and open-space planning integrity. It is still used as public housing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.253941-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/39/9717/40971739/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/91001901.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001901/394fa2a9db-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001901/394fa2a9db-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cedar_Springs_Place1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</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:Cedar_Springs_Place1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971739","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107322050"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dallas-county/cedar-springs-place-91001901/"}