evaluation review of historic resource classifications and conducted the Planning Sector meetings . As subconsultants to Komatsu , Hardy · Heck · Moore , Inc . ( HHM ) of Austin , Texas , conducted all phases of fieldwork and architectural assessment and served as the survey report ’ s primary authors . Freelance historians Susan Kline of Fort Worth , Texas , and Brenda McClurkin of Arlington , Texas , conducted archival research and authored the report ’ s historic overview . Janie McGuigan , Charlie Price , and Pablo Calderon , with City of Arlington ’ s Community Services Department , represented the City and provided technical assistance with the project ’ s completion .
By undertaking this survey , the City of Arlington has demonstrated its continued commitment to the preservation of its historic resources . The project comes at a crucial time in the city ’ s development . Rapid growth and redevelopment throughout Arlington has threatened many of the city ’ s historic properties . It is our hope that the results of the survey and the recommendations outlined in the survey will be part of a well-planned and coordinated effort to preserve Arlington ’ s valuable and irreplaceable historic resources .
SURVEY METHODOLOGY
PREVIOUS SURVEY RESULTS
Prior to initiating fieldwork , HHM staff reviewed the Historic Resources Survey of Arlington , Texas . The survey , which HHM conducted in 1987 , was sponsored by the City of Arlington Planning Department and was undertaken soon after the establishment of the Arlington Landmark Preservation Commission and the adoption of the City ’ s Landmark Preservation Overlay District Ordinance . The 1987 survey included the entire city of Arlington . The survey team identified and documented the city ’ s pre-1940 historic resources and prepared a series of maps plotting their locations . A total of 564 individual properties were documented , and each was assigned a preservation priority designation based on a three-tiered system . Specifically , 130 resources were recommended in the HIGH priority category ; 130 were classified in the MEDIUM priority category ; and , the remaining resources were ranked in the LOW priority category . The report also included a series of recommendations for short- and long-term utilization of the survey report . In addition to the report , the survey also included the submittal of survey forms for properties in the HIGH priority category , research data for properties ranked in the HIGH and MEDIUM priority categories , and photographic documentation . For the survey update , HHM converted the 1987 survey data and imported the information into a new database file created specifically for the project .
In addition to gleaning important information from the 1987 historic resources survey report , the survey team reviewed files and databases maintained by the Texas Historical Commission , including the NRHP database and the Texas Historical Atlas . As a result of this research , the survey team obtained copies of the National Register nominations for the Old Town and South Center Street Historic Districts . The Old Town Historic District , listed in the NRHP in 2000 , is located in central Arlington . The district , which is roughly bounded by Sanford , Elm , North , Prairie and Oak Streets , originally included 142 buildings that were erected between ca . 1890 and ca 1974 . The District was listed in the NRHP under Criteria A and C in the areas of Community Planning and Development and Architecture . The South Center Street Historic District was listed in the NRHP in 2004 as one of Arlington ’ s best extant examples of an early twentieth century , bungalow-dominated residential neighborhood . The district , which included 20 residential buildings and two structures , is bounded on the north by East First Street , South Center Street on the west , the southern edge of 607 South Center Street ’ s lot on the south , and the eastern edge of
FINAL REPORT
ARLINGTON HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY UPDATE
SEPTEMBER 2007
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