{"nrhp_refnum":"98000602","name":"Holden Properties Historic District","other_names":["Adobe Row"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"3103, 3105, 3105A, 3105B, 3107, 3109, and 3111 20th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lubbock","county":"Lubbock County","state":"TX","lat":33.576308374000064,"lon":-101.88254295899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-05-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A district of seven adobe residences and apartments known as \"Adobe Row,\" at 3103-3111 20th Street in Lubbock, Texas, just south of the Texas Tech campus. The Pueblo Revival buildings were built from 1930-31 through the early 1970s by Dr. William Curry Holden and his family.","why_significant":"The district is a rare, cohesive group of Pueblo Revival adobe residences that keeps the character of the original complex. It is also tied to Dr. William Curry Holden, a Texas Tech historian and archeologist whose career at the college spanned four decades. The form notes that the buildings are in good condition and retain a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Adobe Row is a cluster of Pueblo Revival homes and apartments on 20th Street in Lubbock, two blocks south of the Texas Tech University campus. Built between 1930 and the early 1970s, the seven buildings share adobe walls, flat roofs with parapets, exposed vigas, rounded corners, and turquoise-blue trim. Two large houses, Casa Grande and Casa del Gallo y Sirena, anchor the group, with smaller apartments and a workshop around them. A seven-foot adobe wall with gates links the properties and creates private courtyards. Adobe was used in every building before 1962, after which pumice concrete block was substituted for additions. The complex was developed by Dr. William Curry Holden, who joined the Texas Tech faculty in 1929 and taught history and anthropology there for four decades. He led archeological field schools and expeditions across Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico. Five of the seven buildings, along with the walls and a well, contribute to the district, which remains largely intact and in residential use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Dr. William Curry Holden (builder); drawings for Casa Alan credited to Olive Holden and James Atcheson","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals: Pueblo Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Buildings are in good condition and still used as single and multiple dwellings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.648569-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/76/9728/40972876/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/98000602.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000602/53e8d0d718-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000602/53e8d0d718-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Fredlyfish4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holden_Properties_Historic_District.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Fredlyfish4</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:Holden_Properties_Historic_District.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972876","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109999552"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/lubbock-county/holden-properties-historic-district-98000602/"}