{"nrhp_refnum":"94000606","name":"King's Highway Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"900--1500 Blocks of King's Highway between W. Davis St. and Montclair Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dallas","county":"Dallas County","state":"TX","lat":32.751835125500065,"lon":-96.84205055381304,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-06-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 30-acre residential historic district along the 900-1500 blocks of King's Highway in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas, made up of 100 properties, mostly houses and small apartment buildings built from about 1920 through the 1930s.","why_significant":"The district is significant locally under Criterion C in architecture as a cohesive collection of early 20th century domestic buildings. It sits on the most distinctively platted street in Oak Cliff, which cuts diagonally across the surrounding street grid. Few comparable Oak Cliff concentrations keep this level of integrity, and few post-1944 or non-residential buildings intrude.","narrative":"King's Highway is a six-block residential street in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas that runs diagonally across the surrounding street grid. The district covers about 30 acres and includes 100 properties, 65 of them contributing. Most are brick or wood-frame bungalows, four-square houses and small four-to-eight-unit apartment buildings dating from about 1920 through the 1930s, with Craftsman, Prairie School and period revival details. The street was part of the Oak Cliff Annex, platted in 1909 and slow to develop until the 1920s. Buildings here were larger than elsewhere in the Annex, and the lower southeast end held many apartments and duplexes while the northwest end had mostly single-family houses. Consistent setbacks, compatible materials and the unusual diagonal layout give the street a cohesive character. It was listed for its architecture, with a period of significance from about 1920 to 1944. Some alterations have occurred, but rehabilitation is returning many houses to single-family use.","period_of_significance":"c.1920-1944","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Bungalow; also four-square and one-part commercial block","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in residential use, with a grocery store at one end. Some houses were converted to apartments and show poor maintenance, while rehabilitation work has restored many smaller houses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.421835-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/44/9686/40968644/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/94000606.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000606/394fb336eb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000606/394fb336eb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kings_Highway_Historic_District_1.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:Kings_Highway_Historic_District_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968644","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Highway_Conservation_District,_Dallas","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6412931"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dallas-county/kings-highway-historic-district-94000606/"}