{"nrhp_refnum":"94001473","name":"Magnolia Petroleum Company City Sales and Warehouse","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1607 Lyte St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dallas","county":"Dallas County","state":"TX","lat":32.792840363500034,"lon":-96.81045915676333,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-12-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of six masonry buildings, a corrugated metal building, a retaining wall and two tank cradle compounds on about 5.1 acres at 1607 Lyte Street, Dallas, Texas. Magnolia Petroleum Company built it between 1911 and 1918 as its Northern Division sales and storage complex.","why_significant":"The complex served as Magnolia Petroleum's Northern Division distribution base, and its layout follows the company's oil and gasoline distribution process. The buildings are largely fireproof reinforced concrete and brick with shared decorative details such as the 'sun burst' medallions. The form states the district retains a high degree of integrity despite its 1993-94 conversion to rental housing.","narrative":"Three miles north-northwest of downtown Dallas, on a chalk escarpment above the Trinity River, sits a former oil distribution complex built by Magnolia Petroleum Company between 1911 and 1918. Six brick and reinforced concrete buildings, a corrugated metal building, a retaining wall and two tank cradle compounds occupy about 5.1 acres. The buildings were scattered to limit the spread of fire, and their layout follows the company's process for receiving oil and gasoline by rail, storing it, and sending it out by truck and barrel. Functions included a warehouse, barrel repair shop, truck repair shop, pump house, garage and a former office converted into a document vault. Shared details include stone-capped parapets and square stone medallions set in brick patterns. The complex served Magnolia's Northern Division. Developers rehabilitated it in 1993-94 as rental housing, and the district keeps a high degree of integrity despite the changes.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"S.B. Scott (contractor, Building D, 1911); Childs and Lasell Construction Company (Building A, 1918)","architectural_style":"No style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Rehabilitated by private developers and adapted for rental housing in 1993-94; current function 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 02:54:23.797878-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/59/9717/40971759/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/94001473.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971759","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109999786"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dallas-county/magnolia-petroleum-company-city-sales-and-warehouse-94001473/"}