Grapevine Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Two rows of brick storefronts on the east and west sides of South Main Street in Grapevine, Texas, form an extension of the town's existing commercial historic district. The nominated area covers the 300 and 400 blocks and includes 27 buildings and one structure, built mainly between 1880 and 1930 with a few from the 1940s. Most are 1- or 2-part commercial blocks of locally fired brick, with corbelled cornices, three-bay storefronts and transoms. Fifteen resources retain enough integrity to contribute. The district reflects Grapevine's growth as a regional trade center supported by cotton, truck farming and the Cotton Belt Railroad, which arrived in 1887. Banks, groceries, theaters and other businesses filled Main Street over the following decades. Buckner's Cash Grocery of 1930 and the 1942 First National Bank, built in the Art Moderne style, illustrate later phases. Recent restoration of storefront facades prompted the nomination, which recognizes the area at the local level for commerce and architecture, with a period of significance of c. 1889 to 1947.