MEDIUM
A total of 244 properties has been assigned MEDIUM priority ratings . Resources in this category include properties that are not eligible for individual historic designation because they possess only a moderate level of significance for their physical attributes and / or historical associations . Though not identified as architecturally significant , these properties are valuable resources that add to the area ’ s overall character and contribute moderately to local history or broader historical patterns . If located within a historic district , they are considered to be Contributing elements . Some MEDIUM priority resources are typical examples of building forms , architectural treatments , or plan types common throughout Arlington and other Central and North Texas cities from the early to the mid-twentieth century . Examples include the houses at 106 W . North and 607 S . Center Streets . Though these dwellings are good , highly intact examples of the bungalow plan-type , they display few unique or noteworthy stylistic exterior details that distinguish them from other bungalows in Arlington . Later , ca . 1940s and 1950s resources that represent more recent plan-types , such as the dwellings at 401 N . Pecan and 207 W . North Streets , were given MEDIUM priority ratings only if they had no alterations .
The MEDIUM category also includes those early folk plans that have undergone moderate deterioration and / or alterations that have diminished their ability to convey their historic character , significance , and integrity . Despite alterations or deterioration , these resources still retain their original form and character to the extent that they remain recognizable to their period of significance . Examples include the modified L-plan houses at 402 N . Pecan Street , 910 Meadow Oaks Street , and 2500 N . Cooper Street . Typically , these houses display minimal alterations to exterior materials , small rear additions that are not easily visible from the street , or non-historic windows . Despite alterations , these buildings retain their original windows , roof form , and porch and remain recognizable to their period of construction . The dwelling at 311 Orange Street is a ca . 1920 one-story square house with alterations to the original exterior cladding and porch . Although asbestos shingles have been added to the building ’ s exterior walls , the building retains its distinctive pyramidal roof and windows and is recognizable to its original period of construction .
LOW
Each of the remaining 257 properties has been assigned a LOW priority rating . Properties in this category are not considered individually eligible for historic designations because they represent typical examples of more recent common local building forms , architectural styles , or plan types with no known historical associations . Also included in the LOW category are examples of distinctive building forms , architectural styles or plan types that have been moderately to severely altered using noncompatible methods , materials or scale , or are deteriorated . An example of a severely altered building in the LOW category is the house at 1200 Park Row . Alterations to this ca . 1900 L-plan dwelling include the replacement of the windows and a conspicuous rear addition . This dwelling has been assigned a LOW rating because these alterations have so severely impacted this dwelling ’ s integrity that it is no longer recognizable to its historic period .
POSTWAR SUBDIVISIONS
In the years immediately following World War II , the City of Arlington experienced unprecedented growth that resulted in the construction of an estimated 10,000 properties between 1949 and 1959 . Due to the large volume of properties erected during this period , Phase III of the survey focused on overall patterns of development rather than identifying , documenting , and evaluating every postwar building . Specifically , this phase of the survey targeted all subdivisions
FINAL REPORT
ARLINGTON HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY UPDATE
SEPTEMBER 2007
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