{"nrhp_refnum":"98001421","name":"Monte Vista Residential Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Hildebrand, Stadium, N. St. Mary's, Asby, and San Pedro Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Antonio","county":"Bexar County","state":"TX","lat":29.457779912000063,"lon":-98.49075856780905,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-12-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large residential historic district of nearly 100 blocks on a rocky hill north of downtown San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, developed from 1882 and especially in the 1920s and 1930s, with 1,718 contributing resources.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the district as a well-preserved collection of late 19th and early 20th century homes, garages and outbuildings, many designed by prominent local architects. It also highlights the neighborhood's planned subdivisions, with gateways, parkways, street trees, alleys and varied paving that keep a cohesive historic setting.","narrative":"Monte Vista is a residential neighborhood of nearly 100 blocks spread across a rocky hill about 100 feet above downtown San Antonio. Development began slowly in 1882, continued through the turn of the century, and boomed in the 1920s and 1930s. The district takes its name from the largest of its platted subdivisions and also includes Laurel Heights, Summit Place, Oakmont, Northcrest and Gray Gables, among others. Houses range from architect-designed period revival residences to modest vernacular dwellings, bungalows and a few apartment buildings. Craftsman, Colonial Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival styles predominate, and clay tile with stucco or brick veneer was common. Nearly 1,000 historic garages, carriage houses and servants' quarters remain behind the lots. Landscape features include stone gateways, palm-lined parkways, live oaks, rear alleys and early paving such as granitoid and Callaghan. The district counts 1,718 contributing resources, and most properties have kept enough integrity to convey the neighborhood's historic character through 1950.","period_of_significance":"1882-1950","architect_builder":"Various; architects named include Atlee B. Ayres, Ayres & Ayres, Ralph Cameron, Harvey P. Smith, Carleton Adams, Adams & Adams, and Ernest T. Behles","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals; Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements (Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Prairie School and others)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Historic and current uses are both domestic (single dwellings, secondary structures, multiple dwellings). Most properties are described as well maintained and essentially unaltered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.928548-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/51/9712/40971251/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/98001421.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001421/a3eca12f85-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001421/a3eca12f85-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_bushnell_2012.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_bushnell_2012.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971251","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109999652"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bexar-county/monte-vista-residential-historic-district-98001421/"}