{"nrhp_refnum":"97001393","name":"Highland Park Shopping Village","other_names":["Highland Park Village"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of Preston Rd. and Mockingbird Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Highpark","county":"Dallas County","state":"TX","lat":32.835677795000066,"lon":-96.8054142204499,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-11-17","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"2000-02-16","areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly ten-acre shopping center at Preston Road and Mockingbird Lane in Highland Park, Dallas County, Texas, made up of seven units (A-G) designed in 1928-29 and built mainly between 1931 and 1941, with a 1953 addition to Unit E.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the center as an outstanding example of Spanish Colonial Revival design, using Plateresque and Churigueresque ornamentation, in a planned multi-building layout with internal streets and parking. It is judged nationally significant in commerce, architecture, and community planning and development, and is described as far better preserved than comparable prewar shopping centers.","narrative":"Highland Park Village is a planned shopping center of about ten acres at Preston Road and Mockingbird Lane in Highland Park, Texas. Designed in 1928-29, it was built unit by unit, chiefly from 1931 to 1941, with a 1953 addition. One- and two-story commercial buildings with white stucco walls, red terra cotta tile roofs, cast stone trim, wrought iron balconies and exposed redwood eaves recall a Spanish village. Commercial blocks line the surrounding streets and enclose two internal avenues with angled parking. The three-story tower of the Village Theater, completed in 1935, is the focal point. The center is recognized for its Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, its place in the history of retail distribution, and its early planning for automobile shoppers. Alterations to storefronts and the 1966 replacement of two filling stations are noted, yet the complex is described as remarkably well preserved compared with other prewar shopping centers. Shops, restaurants and a theater continue to operate there.","period_of_significance":"1931-1953","architect_builder":"Cheek, James B.; Fooshee, Marion F. (form text is truncated after this)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in commercial use as specialty and department stores, restaurants and shops; many storefronts altered, and a 1966 replacement building for the original filling stations is noncontributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.364578-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/17/9709/40970917/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/97001393_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001393/9fea918bed-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001393/9fea918bed-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Drumguy8800 at English Wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Highland_Park_Village_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Drumguy8800 at English Wikipedia</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:Highland_Park_Village_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970917","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Park_Village","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3135443"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dallas-county/highland-park-shopping-village-97001393/"}