{"nrhp_refnum":"95000912","name":"West Side Historic District","other_names":["Carriage House Neighborhood"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by W. 3rd Ave., 15th St., W. 6th Ave. and 31st St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Corsicana","county":"Navarro County","state":"TX","lat":32.08738784500005,"lon":-96.47878489763724,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-07-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 69 blocks roughly three blocks west of downtown Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, developed piecemeal from the late 19th to the mid-20th century. It has 392 contributing and 204 noncontributing resources.","why_significant":"The district is described as one of Corsicana's most intact late 19th and early 20th century neighborhoods. Its housing reflects the town's cycles of prosperity as a rail-served trade center based on cotton and oil. It holds many of the city's best examples of Queen Anne, Classical Revival, Prairie School and Craftsman bungalow architecture, and is significant locally under Criteria A and C.","narrative":"West Side Historic District covers roughly 69 blocks of houses just west of downtown Corsicana, Texas. Built up between about 1885 and 1945 by individuals and small-scale developers, it mixes large Queen Anne and Classical Revival residences along West 3rd and 4th avenues with modest vernacular houses and many bungalows, including airplane bungalows, Four Squares and Tudor Revival cottages. Three 1920s public schools, a few neighborhood stores, a water tower and red brick streets laid after a 1915 bond issue add to its character. Of 596 properties, 392 contribute to its historic character. The neighborhood reflects Corsicana's growth as a rail-connected trade center whose cotton and oil economy enabled merchants, businessmen and attorneys to build substantial homes here. It is recognized for community development and for its collection of early twentieth-century residential architecture.","period_of_significance":"c.1885-1945","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Craftsman/Bungalow; Classical Revival; Colonial Revival; Queen Anne; Tudor Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still largely in residential use, with continuing school and commercial functions; historic brick streets survive in places.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.621077-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/98/9698/40969898/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/95000912.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969898","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109999745"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/navarro-county/west-side-historic-district-95000912/"}