Cedar Lawn Historic District

Cedar Lawn is a nine-block residential neighborhood in Galveston, Texas, about two miles west of downtown. The Cedar Lawn Company platted it in 1926 as an enclave for the Moody family and company officials. Its curving streets form a "butterfly" pattern that breaks from the city grid, and every house faces inward toward a round central garden. There are no sidewalks or traffic signs, and wide green lawns and mature oaks run up to the houses. The district holds 62 houses and 53 secondary buildings such as garages, built mostly between 1926 and 1957. Styles range from Tudor Revival, Spanish Eclectic and Georgian to Moderne, Ranch and Contemporary designs. Brick facades unify the mix, and the area has no commercial intrusion. It was listed for its role in early twentieth-century suburban planning and for its architecture. The record of building also tracks Galveston's 1920s prosperity, the Depression years, the pause during World War II and the postwar boom.