{"nrhp_refnum":"92000019","name":"Washington Square Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Blount, Stephen William and Mary Price, House","Old N"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Houston, Logansport, N. Lanana, E. Hospital and N. Fredonia Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Nacogdoches","county":"Nacogdoches County","state":"TX","lat":31.607176534000047,"lon":-94.64985666885943,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-02-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 80 buildings (55 contributing) covering roughly 10 blocks around Washington Square on N. Mound Street in Nacogdoches, Texas, with houses, churches and schools dating from 1859 to 1940.","why_significant":"The district is nominated under Criterion C for architecture. It was once one of the city's most affluent neighborhoods and contains many of its grandest houses in Queen Anne, Classical Revival, Craftsman and Tudor Revival styles. The Old Nacogdoches University Building (1859) anchored its development, and many houses were designed by architect Dietrich Rulfs.","narrative":"Washington Square Historic District is a residential neighborhood of about 80 buildings spread over roughly ten blocks in Nacogdoches, Texas. It centers on Washington Square along N. Mound Street, where the Old Nacogdoches University Building, a two-story Greek Revival structure with Doric columns, was erected in 1859. The area grew slowly and piecemeal, so no single style dominates. Queen Anne houses from the 1890s and early 1900s, Craftsman bungalows, Classical Revival institutional buildings and Tudor Revival houses of the 1920s and 1930s all appear. Once among the most prestigious addresses in the city, it holds many of Nacogdoches' grandest homes, several designed or enlarged by architect Dietrich Rulfs. Churches, schools and school-related buildings stand alongside the houses, and only two small commercial buildings are present. Of the 80 buildings, 55 contribute to the district's historic character; most noncontributing ones are either recent or heavily altered historic structures. The district was recognized for its architecture, with a period of significance from 1859 to 1940.","period_of_significance":"1859-1940","architect_builder":"Rulfs, Dietrich A. W.","architectural_style":"Late Victorian (Queen Anne); Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals (Classical Revival, Tudor Revival); Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Largely intact residential neighborhood with current use still domestic and educational; only a small number of vacant lots and relatively little new construction after 1941.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.054336-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/76/9698/40969876/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/92000019.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969876","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109999736"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/nacogdoches-county/washington-square-historic-district-92000019/"}