{"nrhp_refnum":"96000523","name":"Texas Technological College Historic District","other_names":["Texas Tech University","See Also: Dairy Barn","Silo"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by 6th St., University Ave., 19th St., and Flint St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lubbock","county":"Lubbock County","state":"TX","lat":33.58405564600005,"lon":-101.87504572190014,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-05-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 110-acre historic district covering the core of the Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University) campus in Lubbock, Texas, built between 1924 and 1951 around a cruciform plan with a central circular common.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion A in Education for its role in developing higher education to serve West Texas students and the region's agricultural economy. It is also significant under Criterion C in Architecture for a coherent Spanish Renaissance-influenced design by prominent Texas architects, set on a formal campus plan embodying Beaux Arts principles.","narrative":"Texas Tech University's historic core in Lubbock covers about 110 acres and preserves the campus built from 1924 to 1951 for Texas Technological College, which the legislature established in 1923. Its layout follows a cruciform plan with a circular common and esplanades, lined with two- and three-story masonry buildings of buff brick, carved stone and ceramic tile roofs. The designs, led by William Ward Watkin and the firm Sanguinet, Staats and Hedrick, especially Wyatt C. Hedrick, apply Spanish Renaissance detailing to collegiate forms. The district holds 32 contributing resources, including the Administration Building, library, museum, dormitories, agricultural buildings and a bronze Will Rogers sculpture, plus four noncontributing ones. It was recognized for its role in meeting West Texas's need for higher education tied to farming and ranching, and for its cohesive Spanish-influenced architecture on a formal Beaux Arts plan. The dairy barn and silo were already individually listed in 1992, and the buildings remain in educational use.","period_of_significance":"1924-1951","architect_builder":"Hedrick, Wyatt C.; Sanguinet, Staats & Hedrick; Watkin, William Ward","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revival: Spanish Colonial Revival/Mission Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"All extant resources remain in use for education; the district retains a high degree of integrity and has been well maintained.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.182874-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/88/9728/40972888/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/96000523.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000523/87ca3785a5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000523/87ca3785a5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Johan Hendrikse","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TTUadmin.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Johan Hendrikse</a>, <a href=\"http://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:TTUadmin.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972888","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Technological_College_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7708165"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/lubbock-county/texas-technological-college-historic-district-96000523/"}