{"nrhp_refnum":"96000276","name":"South Overton Residential Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Broadway, Ave. Q., 19th St. and University Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lubbock","county":"Lubbock County","state":"TX","lat":33.58107970100005,"lon":-101.8634222135497,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-03-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 35 blocks in Lubbock, Texas, roughly bounded by Broadway, Avenue Q, 19th Street and University Avenue, originally platted as part of the Overton Addition in 1907.","why_significant":"The district preserves a largely intact early 20th century neighborhood of modest houses, mostly from the 1920s and 1930s, in Bungalow and Period Revival styles. It reflects the development of the Overton Addition, promoted by developer M.C. Overton, and the growth of Lubbock. The form describes it as significant at the local level.","narrative":"South Overton is a neighborhood of roughly 35 blocks on flat ground just west of Lubbock's original town, laid out as part of the Overton Addition in 1907 by developer M.C. Overton. Its streets follow a regular grid, with Broadway as a wide main avenue named for Overton's hometown of Louisville. Most of the district's 597 properties are modest one- and one-and-a-half-story houses built in the 1920s and 1930s, in Craftsman bungalow, Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival styles, with some duplexes and a few foursquares. Of these, 393 are classed as contributing. Brick paving, WPA curbs and gutters, and reinstalled street lights survive from earlier improvements. Overton promoted settlement by selling lots, supplying concrete block and backing city sewer and water projects. Early residents included prominent businessmen, professors, physicians and working families. Aluminum siding, porch enclosures and window replacements account for most noncontributing buildings.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Bungalow; Tudor Revival; Colonial Revival; Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Current functions remain domestic, single and multiple dwellings; 393 of 597 resources are contributing, and some open lots mark demolished houses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.315477-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/84/9728/40972884/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/96000276.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972884","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107320805"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/lubbock-county/south-overton-residential-historic-district-96000276/"}