{"nrhp_refnum":"95000800","name":"Mills Place Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by W. 2nd Ave., Mills Place Dr. and W. Park Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Corsicana","county":"Navarro County","state":"TX","lat":32.102163056500046,"lon":-96.47807779255182,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-06-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small residential historic district in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, about six blocks west of the county courthouse. It centers on the Mills Place Addition, platted in 1924, and the surviving part of the Roger Q. Mills homestead tract, and holds 32 contributing and 6 noncontributing buildings.","why_significant":"The district is argued to hold Corsicana's finest collection of 1920s and 1930s period revival houses (Mediterranean, Tudor and Colonial Revival). It also reflects the oil-boom-driven, master-planned suburban development of the 1920s, with curving streets, a cul-de-sac and large lots for affluent residents. It includes the 1850s Greek Revival house of Roger Q. Mills, a U.S. congressman and senator.","narrative":"Mills Place Historic District is a compact residential enclave about six blocks west of the Navarro County Courthouse in Corsicana. It grew from the homestead tract of Roger Q. Mills, a Kentucky-born attorney who became a U.S. congressman and senator. His Greek Revival house, begun in the 1850s and enlarged in the 1880s, still stands. In 1924, developers J. Ruben Neece and J. Elmer Butler platted the Mills Place Addition, prompted by the housing demand of a regional oil boom. Curving streets, a cul-de-sac, large lots and a $10,000 minimum construction cost aimed the neighborhood at affluent buyers. Most houses date from the 1920s and 1930s and show Mediterranean, Tudor and Colonial Revival styles. Dallas architect David R. Williams and local architect H.O. Blanding designed several of them. By 1935 nearly every lot was built on. The district contains 32 contributing and 6 noncontributing buildings and keeps a high level of historic integrity.","period_of_significance":"1924-1945","architect_builder":"Williams, David R.; Blanding, H.O.","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival; Tudor Revival; Italian Renaissance; Craftsman/Bungalow","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Houses are described as well maintained with minimal alterations; current use is single-family dwellings and secondary structures.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.617808-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/96/9698/40969896/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/95000800.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000800/082a85d064-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000800/082a85d064-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mills_Place_Historic_District1.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:Mills_Place_Historic_District1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969896","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109999744"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/navarro-county/mills-place-historic-district-95000800/"}