The Harwood Street Historic District is a historic commercial district and Dallas Landmark District on the east end of downtown Dallas, Texas lying in parts of the City Center District, Main Street District and Farmers Market District. The locally protected district generally encompasses structures in the blocks fronting Harwood Street from Pacific Avenue to Canton Street.
The district represents a cross-section of Dallas commercial architecture from the 1880s to the 1950s. Styles range from Italianate to Beaux-Arts, Sullivanesque, Neo-classical, Renaissance Revival, Art Moderne, Art Deco and Modern.
History At the turn of the twentieth century, Harwood Street carried merchants and bankers from their mansions in The Cedars to their offices downtown and back home again at night. In the 1920s it was scene shop row, home to the city's vaudeville suppliers.David Dillon. "HISTORIC HARWOOD STREET - It's a little jewel that gets lost in big-city plans for downtown rejuvenation." The Dallas Morning News 18 Oct. 1988, HOME FINAL, TODAY: 1C. NewsBank. Web. 15 Jan. 2010.
In 1990 the area was designated a local historic district. Most of the area became part of the larger Dallas Downtown Historic District in 2009.
Contributing structures The following structures are considered contributing properties of the Harwood Historic District and were constructed over a period of six decades. Many of them have been re-purposed for residential or commercial uses with few alterations to their historical appearance. Others await restoration and are currently vacant.
Building NameAddressConstructed Hart Furniture Building 1933 Elm Street1888 Dallas Scottish Rite Temple 500 S. Harwood Street 1910-1913 First Presbyterian Church 401 S. Harwood Street 1912, 1948 Dallas Municipal Building and Annex 106 S. Harwood Street 1914, 1954 Majestic Theatre 1923 Elm Street 1920 Lone Star Gas Company (south building) 1915 Wood Street 1924 Dallas Hilton 1933 Main Street 1925 Film Exchange Building 310-314 S. Harwood Street 1925 Titche-Goettinger Building 1900 Elm Street 1929, 1955 Warner Brothers (Vitagraph) Film Exchange Building 508 Park Avenue 1929-1930 Desco Tile Company 1908 Canton Street 1930 Lone Star Gas Company (north building) 301 S. Harwood Street 1931 Tower Petroleum Building 1907 Elm Street 1931 Paramount Pictures Building 412 S. Harwood Street 1934 Masonic Temple 501 S. Harwood Street 1941 Masonic Relief 1910 Young Street 1941 Old Dallas Central Library 1954 Commerce Street 1955
See also
List of Dallas Landmarks
References
External links
Harwood Historic District Map of the District