{"nrhp_refnum":"92000219","name":"McDonald Hall","other_names":["749"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2083 N. Second St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Abilene","county":"Taylor County","state":"TX","lat":32.45147400400003,"lon":-99.74361426499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-03-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick dormitory building at 2083 North Second Street in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, completed in 1924 on the original grounds of Abilene Christian College. It has since been converted to apartments.","why_significant":"The building is nominated under Criterion A in the area of Education. It is a tangible link to the early history of Abilene Christian College and one of only two historic buildings still standing on the college's original grounds. It was built during the final year of President Jesse P. Sewell's tenure.","narrative":"McDonald Hall is a three-story, rectangular brick building at 2083 North Second Street in Abilene. It was completed in 1924 as a boys' dormitory for Abilene Christian College, now Abilene Christian University. The front elevation has nine bays, brick string courses, paired wood windows with mullions, and a brick parapet on a corbeled cornice that hides the flat roof. Its modest, symmetrical detailing refers to Classical Revival design. Historic photographs show a tile pent roof once crossed the parapet, though the date of its removal is unknown. The hall was built in the last year of President Jesse P. Sewell, who is credited with 12 buildings on the old campus; only this hall and the former gymnasium remain. The college moved to a new campus east of the city in 1929, and the building was later converted to apartments. It was listed for its link to early education in Abilene and remains in good condition.","period_of_significance":"1924-1929","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition, retaining integrity, and recently rehabilitated into an apartment building; current use is multiple dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.717181-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/4/9701/40970104/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/92000219.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000219/f56d0ad503-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000219/f56d0ad503-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McDonald_Hall_Abilene_Texas.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:McDonald_Hall_Abilene_Texas.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970104","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108073320"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/taylor-county/mcdonald-hall-92000219/"}