{"nrhp_refnum":"94000611","name":"Miller and Stemmons Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by W. Davis St., Woodlawn Ave., Neches and Elsbeth","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dallas","county":"Dallas County","state":"TX","lat":32.751479457000045,"lon":-96.82789938036942,"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 roughly 124-acre residential historic district in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas, made up of 381 properties, mostly 1- and 2-story single-family houses and 1920s apartment buildings dating from about 1910 to the late 1930s.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be an excellent collection of domestic buildings representing the typical suburban neighborhood that developed in Oak Cliff in the early 20th century. It is significant under Criterion C for architecture, chiefly its bungalows and four-square houses. It is linked to the historic context of suburban development in Oak Cliff, 1887-1944.","narrative":"Miller and Stemmons Historic District covers about 124 acres in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, roughly seven blocks west of the original Oak Cliff subdivision platted in 1887. Laid out on a flat gridiron plan of about 22 blocks, it is bounded by Neches Street, Woodlawn Avenue, Elsbeth Street and Davis Street, with Bishop Avenue running through the middle. Most of its 381 properties are one- and two-story wood-frame or brick houses built from about 1910 to the late 1930s, many of them bungalows and four-square homes with craftsman details or Classical Revival porches. Brick apartment buildings from the 1920s cluster along Bishop Avenue, and a brick fire station stands at Bishop and West Davis. Of the total, 243 properties contribute to the district's character. It was recognized for architecture as a typical early 20th century suburban neighborhood of Oak Cliff, with a period of significance of about 1910 to 1944.","period_of_significance":"c. 1910-1944","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Late 19th and early 20th century American Movements: bungalow; other: four-square","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Historic and current functions are both domestic, single and multiple dwellings. Of 381 properties, 243 are contributing and 138 are noncontributing; most noncontributing buildings were built after 1944.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.132197-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/42/9686/40968642/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/94000611.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968642","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109999688"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dallas-county/miller-and-stemmons-historic-district-94000611/"}