{"nrhp_refnum":"92000584","name":"Llano Cemetery Historic District","other_names":["Amarillo Cemetery"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"2900 South Hayes","address_restricted":false,"city":"Amarillo","county":"Randall County","state":"TX","lat":35.18074283000007,"lon":-101.82975356994595,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-05-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 52-acre cemetery historic district about 1.5 miles southeast of downtown Amarillo, Randall County, Texas, with Rustic and Gothic Revival buildings, a pond, mausoleums and burial sections dating from 1917 to 1941.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the cemetery shows how a simple 1890s gridiron plot became a Romantic, naturalistic park with Rustic architecture in the early 1930s. This was made possible during the Depression through Reconstruction Finance Corporation support and donated local materials, services and labor. It also contains distinctive Rustic and Gothic Revival architecture.","narrative":"Llano Cemetery is a 52-acre burial ground southeast of downtown Amarillo, Texas, laid out in the 1890s and reshaped in the early twentieth century. Its north half has curving roads, lawns, a pond with two islands and imported trees and shrubs that contrast with the surrounding prairie. The south half keeps a formal gridiron plan. Rustic buildings from 1933, including the administration office, superintendent's cottage and pump house, use undulating courses of red brick on a rough granite base. Nearby stands the Gothic Revival Llano Pantheon, begun in 1927-28 and enlarged later. Family mausoleums, a section of 1917-1919 influenza epidemic graves and a south gate complete the historic resources. The district was listed for its role in community planning and for its architecture. Its transformation into a naturalistic park during the Depression was carried out with Reconstruction Finance Corporation help and donated materials, services and labor. The period of significance runs from 1917 to 1941.","period_of_significance":"1917-1941","architect_builder":"Carlander, Guy A.; Berry, Joseph Champ; Lowell & Lowell","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Gothic Revival; Other: Rustic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a cemetery; the Llano Cemetery Association has expanded it and added later mausoleums, though the district's overall feeling is described as relatively intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.929096-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/47/9732/40973247/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/92000584.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973247","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llano_Cemetery_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107320628"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/randall-county/llano-cemetery-historic-district-92000584/"}