{"nrhp_refnum":"98000407","name":"San Felipe Courts Historic District (Boundary Decrease)","other_names":["See also:San Felipe Courts Historic District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1600 Allen Pkwy","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":null,"lon":null,"geom_source":null},"listed_date":"1998-11-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":[],"significance_levels":[],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary-reduced historic district of public housing at 1600 Allen Parkway in Houston, Harris County, Texas, known as San Felipe Courts and later Allen Parkway Village. It was built between 1941 and 1944 and now holds 18 surviving buildings.","why_significant":"The complex was described as the most substantial public housing project built in Texas in the decade after the National Housing Act of 1937. It reflects New Deal-era social ideals and planning, and its Defense Housing designation links it to the World War II effort in Houston. Its flat roofs, horizontal form and contrasting brick show Bauhaus influence on American public housing.","narrative":"San Felipe Courts, later called Allen Parkway Village, is a public housing complex west of downtown Houston, built between 1941 and 1944. It was laid out on a 37-acre site in parallel rows of brick-faced buildings separated by pedestrian courtyards. Redevelopment led to the demolition of about three-quarters of the complex under a Programmatic Agreement. What remains is sixteen two- and three-story housing blocks, two public buildings, courtyards and two open recreation areas. The buildings share flat concrete roofs, horizontal lines, buff and chocolate brown brick, terra cotta trim and metal casement windows, reflecting Bauhaus influence. The complex was considered the largest public housing project in Texas in the decade after the 1937 National Housing Act. It was also designated Defense Housing shortly before the United States entered World War II. The revised district was found to keep enough of its character to convey its architecture, planning and social history, although the interiors have been stripped and the buildings are vacant.","period_of_significance":"1941-1948","architect_builder":"Associated Housing Architects of Houston (architects) / R.F. Ball Construction Company; Knutson Construction Company (builders)","architectural_style":"Modern Movement: International Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant/not in use; about three-quarters of the original complex was demolished under a Programmatic Agreement, and the remaining buildings are to be stabilized and rehabilitated.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.168521-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/98/9723/40972398/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/98000407.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972398","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/san-felipe-courts-historic-district-boundary-decrease-98000407/"}