{"nrhp_refnum":"96000539","name":"Silk Stocking Residential Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Sweeney--Royston House","Adams,Charles,House","Kempner,"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Ave. K, 23rd St., Ave. P, and 26th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Galveston","county":"Galveston County","state":"TX","lat":29.295378408500056,"lon":-94.79188891803831,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-05-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of several blocks southwest of Galveston's central business district in Galveston, Texas, roughly bounded by Avenue K, 23rd Street, Avenue P and 26th Street. It contains late 19th and early 20th century houses, a corner store and the Rosenberg Avenue Esplanade.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be significant as an enclave of middle- and upper-middle-class housing developed between the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its eclectic mix of Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and bungalow houses reflects Galveston's economic cycles and responses to flooding and hurricanes. Economic stagnation after the port's decline helped preserve much of its historic fabric.","narrative":"Southwest of Galveston's central business district, this residential district covers four complete blocks and portions of twelve others between the beach and Broadway. Single-family frame houses on narrow lots dominate, with Greek Revival cottages in the northern and eastern parts and Queen Anne residences along the 1300-1600 blocks of 24th and 25th streets. Bungalows and period revival houses fill in the early 20th century development. Many houses sit on raised foundations, a response to repeated flooding, and feature porches and projecting bays to catch Gulf breezes. Land that once held the Texas Cotton Press Company was replatted and sold as lots in 1898, and the area was built up after the 1900 storm and the 1904 grade raising. Rosenberg Avenue, with its planted center esplanade, forms the main thoroughfare. The nomination counts 204 contributing resources and 86 noncontributing ones, and notes that the stagnation of Galveston's economy helped preserve much of its 19th and early 20th century building stock.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne; Colonial Revival; Bungalow; Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Historic and current functions are listed as domestic, single dwellings and secondary structures; the district is described as retaining a high level of historic integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.100668-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/0/9720/40972000/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/96000539.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000539/a76631c72a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000539/a76631c72a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jim Evans","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sweeney-Royston_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Evans</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:Sweeney-Royston_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972000","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000248"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/galveston-county/silk-stocking-residential-historic-district-96000539/"}