{"nrhp_refnum":"99001600","name":"Navy Park Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by W. Dewey Ave., Farragut St., Cooper's Gully Tract and 6th Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Orange","county":"Orange County","state":"TX","lat":30.107595688500055,"lon":-93.73179258115714,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-12-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 100-acre World War II defense housing development in northeast Orange, Texas, built in 1941 by the U.S. Navy. It consists of steel-frame, stucco-clad single, duplex and quadruplex houses on a planned street layout.","why_significant":"The nomination cites Criterion A in Planning and Community Development, as the first federal defense housing project in Orange, built during a wartime housing shortage caused by shipyard expansion. It cites Criterion C in Architecture for its standardized Navy-designed steel-frame houses, which follow plans used at other Navy projects. The district keeps most of its original buildings and its planned layout.","narrative":"Navy Park is a 100-acre housing development in northeast Orange, Texas, built by the U.S. Navy in 1941 as shipyard work along the Sabine River drew thousands of workers and Navy personnel and caused a severe housing shortage. Construction began in February 1941, and the project was finished that May at a cost of $1.5 million. Its one-story, gable-roofed houses have steel frames and stucco over fiberboard and metal lath, and come as singles, duplexes and quadruplexes in nine plan variations. The streets combine a straight grid with a U-shaped curve and include grassy boulevard medians, along with a creek tract used as a park and two small bridges. The plans were shared with Navy defense housing projects in Norfolk, Long Beach and Jacksonville. About 80 percent of the original buildings survive, and most still serve as homes. It was recognized for its role in wartime community planning and for its standardized, utilitarian architecture.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Brown-Lane Company of Beaumont and Central Contracting Company of Dallas (contractors); designed by the Navy's Bureau of Yards and Docks","architectural_style":"No style (utilitarian)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is single and multiple dwelling; about 80% of the original buildings remain, and 183 of 208 resources are contributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.145549-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/40/9731/40973140/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/99001600.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973140","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109999607"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/orange-county/navy-park-historic-district-99001600/"}