{"nrhp_refnum":"96000967","name":"Camp Mabry Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"2210 W. 35th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.316837793000047,"lon":-97.76080668378609,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-08-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Military","Education"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 220-acre state-owned military district at 2210 West 35th Street in Austin, Travis County, Texas, centered on an 1892 parade ground, with buildings, structures, sites and objects built between 1892 and 1943 at Camp Mabry, the third oldest active military facility in Texas.","why_significant":"The district documents more than fifty years of Texas military and training history, including the 1918 School of Automobile Mechanics run with the University of Texas and the War Department. It also preserves 1930s-40s Works Progress Administration stonework and storage buildings. It retains a high degree of historic integrity despite newer construction.","narrative":"Camp Mabry is a 220-acre military district about three miles northwest of the Texas State Capitol in Austin. Organized around a parade ground cleared in 1892, it contains one- and two-story buildings from 1892 to 1943, including barracks, a headquarters, a mess hall, workshops, an arsenal and ten limestone motor storage buildings. Much of its present look dates to 1918, when the University of Texas and the War Department built the School of Automobile Mechanics here. Yellow brick barracks and wood-frame instructional buildings from that period still stand, and several remain in use. In the late 1930s and 1940s, Works Progress Administration crews added native limestone walls, bridges, a dam, gates and storage buildings. The district was recognized for its role in Texas military history, wartime education and training, and New Deal-era construction. Of 84 resources, 45 contribute to its character, and modern additions are buffered by trees and varied terrain. It continues to serve as a military installation.","period_of_significance":"1892-1946","architect_builder":"C.H. Page & Bro. (State Arsenal); Wyatt C. Hedrick (motor storage buildings); Works Progress Administration (builders of stone structures and workshops); University of Texas (1918 buildings)","architectural_style":"Vernacular military; vernacular Civilian Conservation Corps; Modern/International style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still an active military facility; many 1918 buildings remain in use as offices, quarters and a museum.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.114731-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/31/9738/40973831/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/96000967.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000967/1c5f8c6aef-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000967/1c5f8c6aef-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"David E Hollingsworth","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Camp_Mabry_Entrance.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">David E Hollingsworth</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:Old_Camp_Mabry_Entrance.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973831","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Mabry","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5027374"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/camp-mabry-historic-district-96000967/"}