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Historic Resources

Survey Report

Northcrest Park and Fielder Place

Additions

Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas

Report prepared by

www.meadhunt.com

August 2011


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Table of Contents

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Table of Contents

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1. Project Description ............................................................................. 12. Research and Survey Methodology .................................................. 2

A. Research .................................................................................... 2B. Survey ......................................................................................... 2C. National Register of Historic Places Evaluation Criteria............. 4

3. Previously Designated Historic Properties ...................................... 54. Historic Context .................................................................................. 6

A. Postwar growth in Arlington ........................................................ 6B. Transportation Trends ................................................................ 8C. Government programs and policies............................................ 9D. Social and economic trends ....................................................... 9E. Planning and development ......................................................... 9F. Architecture, site, and landscape ............................................. 10

5. Survey Results .................................................................................. 12A. Northcrest Park ......................................................................... 12B. Fielder Place ............................................................................. 12

6. National Register Eligibility Recommendations ............................ 14A. Northcrest Park ......................................................................... 14B. Fielder Place ............................................................................. 14

7. List of Preparers ................................................................................ 16Bibliography ................................................................................................. 17Appendix A. Survey Location Map ........................................................ 1Appendix B. Resource Location Map .................................................... 1Appendix C. Historic Resources Inventory ........................................... 1Appendix D. Field Survey Forms ........................................................... 1

Appendices

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B Resource Location Map

C Historic Resources Inventory

D Field Survey Forms


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Section 1

Project Description

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1. Project Description

Located in the city of Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas, this reconnaissance survey of post-World War II

(postwar) housing was completed to test the model context outline and survey and evaluation

methodologies being developed as part of the National Cooperative Highway Research Project (NCRHP)

08-77. The context outline and survey and evaluation methodologies are outlined in TechnicalMemorandum 2 Developing Regional Historic Contexts for Post-World War II Housing: A Model for

Identification and Evaluation.

The areas chosen for survey include two residential postwar additions within Arlington: Northcrest Park

(platted in 1963) and Fielder Place (platted in 1965). Both subdivisions are located on the north side of

Interstate 30 (IH-30) on the northwest side of the city (see the location map in Appendix A). Plat maps of

each addition are included in Section 2: Research and Survey Methodology.


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Section 2

Research and Survey Methodology


2. Research and Survey Methodology

A. Research

Prior to field survey, Mead & Hunt, Inc. (Mead & Hunt) completed a limited literature review to gain an

understanding of the history and background of the survey area. Mead & Hunt utilized the established

historic context included in the Final Arlington Historic Resources Survey Update(2007) as a basis for the

historic background for the city of Arlington.1 The City of Arlington Planning Department provided original

plat maps for both additions. Other sources consulted include Handbook of Texasentries, Texas

Department of Transportation (TxDOT) highway designation files, several years of Texas Almanacs, and

maps. The Tarrant County Appraisal District website was used to confirm construction dates for surveyed

properties. Mead & Hunt staff also examined research materials at the Arlington Public Library, including

city directories; newspaper advertisements from 1964, 1966, and 1968; and clippings files located in the

local history/genealogy section.

B. SurveyMead & Hunt historians Rick Mitchell and Sara Gredler performed a reconnaissance-level historic

resources survey of the Northcrest Park Addition (see Figure 1) and Fielder Place (see Figure 2). The

first and second plat filings of the Northcrest Park and the first plat filing of the Fielder Place Addition were

included in the survey.

During the reconnaissance-level field survey, Mead & Hunt identified and documented historic-age

resources that met the threshold for individual survey under the survey methodology established in

Technical Memorandum 2: A Model for Identification and Evaluation. The survey methodology requires

that a historic-age resource retain its original massing and materials, as well as a minimum number of

original architectural features. For this survey, historic-age resources are defined as buildings, structures,objects, or designed landscape features constructed prior to 1976. Mead & Hunt took high-resolution

digital photographs and gathered physical information on historic-age resources in the survey area.

Identified resources were keyed to field maps based on aerial images of the project area. Mead & Hunt

staff also examined the areas immediately adjacent to the survey area to identify the potential for historic

districts and gain information on neighborhood development patterns.

1Komatsu Architecture, HHM, Inc., Susan Kline, and Brenda McClurkin,Final Arlington Historic Resources

Survey Update, 2007, prepared for the Arlington, Texas, City Community Services Office.


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Figure 1. Northcrest Park Addition, sections 1 (1963) and 2 (1965). City of Arlington Planning

Department.

Figure 2. Fielder Place Addition, section 1 (1966). City of Arlington Planning Department.

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C. National Register of Historic Places Evaluation Criteria

Surveyed resources were evaluated for National Register of Historic Places (National Register) eligibility

through application of the National Register Criteria for Evaluation, as codified in Title 36 of the Code of

Federal Regulations, Chapter 60.4.

To be eligible for listing in the National Register, a property must meet the 50-year age guideline or

possess exceptional significance, meet the criteria for significance, and retain historic integrity with

respect to location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. The following

criteria and areas of significance were used to evaluate surveyed properties:

Criterion A: Eventfor significant historical associations with events, trends, or patterns

Criterion B: Personfor associations with significant persons

Criterion C: Design/Constructionfor significant physical design or construction in the area of

architecture.


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Section 3

Previously Designated

Historic Properties


3. Previously Designated Historic Properties

As part of the literature review, Mead & Hunt reviewed the Texas Historic Sites Atlasto identify properties

listed in the National Register or designated as Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks (RTHLs), State

Archeological Landmarks (SALs), or Official State Historical Markers (OSHMs). No previously designatedhistoric properties were identified within 1,300 feet of the projects survey areas during these searches. In

addition, no properties in the survey areas were identified in the Final Arlington Historic Resources

Survey Update.


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Section 4

Historic Context


4. Historic Context

This brief historic context follows the model context outline prepared for the NCHRP project. For a more

detailed account of Arlingtons post-World War II history, see the historic context included in the Final

Arlington Historic Resources Survey Update.

A. Postwar growth in Arlington

The end of World War II marked a new beginning in the development of the city of Arlington. In 1940

Arlington was a small agricultural community of 4,240 people located between two large urban areas:

Dallas and Fort Worth. After the war, Arlington came into its own through a rise in industry, commerce,

and educational opportunities. The influx of residents began with the establishment of the General

Motors Corporation (GM) plant in 1951 and the growth of the North Texas Agricultural College (later

Arlington State College), a result of the large number of returning veterans enrolled there. The increase

in industry and commerce required new infrastructure to support these new developments. The new

workers and students needed homes, places to shop, schools for their growing families, and places to

worship. Nearly 200 subdivisions were platted in the city between 1945 and 1960 to accommodate theincreasing numbers of new residents.2 Arlington also served as a bedroom community with residents

commuting to Dallas and Fort Worth during the postwar period.

The City of Arlington responded to this growth by producing master plans. The 1952 Master Plan

examined the entirety of the citys development, provided guidance for new residential construction, and

recommended keeping an identifiable downtown commercial core in response to the continued outward

expansion of the city. The plan had also noted that early subdivisions were not using existing plats

efficiently, causing dead end streets and needless jogging between streets. 3 By 1959 the city limits had

nearly doubled and the updated master plan laid out recommendations with regard to residential

subdivisions, including lot size and dedicated green space, as well as land use and zoning practices.

These residential development recommendations were necessary due to a steep increase in the

population of Arlington; it grew 482 percent between 1950 and 1960. By 1960 the population of Arlington

totaled 44,775 people. As of 1958, 80 percent of the population lived south of the Texas and Pacific

Railroad.4 United States Geological Survey maps from 1959 show most development in Arlington

between the Dallas-Fort Worth Toll Road (now IH 30) on the north and Arkansas Lane on the south. 5

This left large swaths of area still open for development.

The Northcrest Park and Fielder Place additions met or exceeded most of the recommendations outlined

in the 1959 Master Plan. The majority of lots in these plats measure at least 60 feet at their most narrow

point (60 feet was the minimum recommended width) and are greater than 10,000 square feet (7,200

2Final Arlington Historic Resources Survey Update, Appendix E, 1-8.

3Final Arlington Historic Resources Survey Update, 10.


5U.S. Geological Survey, Arlington, Tex., 1:62,500 scale topographic quadrangle, 1959; U.S. Geological Survey,

Grapevine, Tex., 1:62,500 scale topographic quadrangle, 1959.


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square feet was the minimum recommended lot size).6 While neither plat included dedicated green

space, Northcrest Park abutted Randol Mill Park on the west, and the area east of Fielder Place was

undeveloped until it became part of the Lamar High School campus grounds in 1970, serving as an

informal green space.

Arlington continued to grow during the 1960s and 1970s. Arlington State College became part of the

University of Texas system and attained university status. The City worked to lure more employers into

the area, such as Bell Helicopter and Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV), a conglomerate in the aerospace and

electronics industry.7

The population approximately doubled during the 1970s to 90,643 people. This exponential growth

required the Arlington Independent School District (AISD) to establish new schools nearly every year; in

1970 Mirabeau B. Lamar High School opened just east of Fielder Road, near the survey area, and in

1975 Shackelford Junior High School opened on the northwest corner of Lamar Boulevard and Fielder

Road.

Figure 3. Survey Area at intersection of Fielder Road (Henry Road) and the Toll Road.

Areas in purple indicate development since 1959.

Source: Perry-Castaeda Library, University of Texas at Austin.


7Arlington Initiative Movement, Special insert to theArlington(Texas) Citizen-Journal, 18 September 1983, 5.


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B. Transportation Trends

US 80, which ran through the center of Arlington, served as the primary transportation corridor between

Dallas and Fort Worth during the early stages of Arlingtons postwar development. In the mid-1950s the

state approved the creation of a limited access tolled highway between Dallas and Fort Worth to replace

US 80.8

The Dallas-Fort Worth Toll Road (Toll Road), also known as The Turnpike, opened in 1957 andwas located north of the US 80 corridor. Though access to and from the Toll Road was limited via toll

interchanges, neighborhoods were developed along the road, including the Northcrest Park and Fielder

Place additions near the Toll Roads intersection with Fielder Road.

The establishment of the Toll Road provided a foundation for new development in northern Arlington.

Soon after the road opened, the Great Southwest Corporation (GSC) planned an industrial area known as

the Great Southwest Industrial District, as well as warehouse space and community centers with a

multitude of amenities and services for the public. One of the companys later developments along the

Toll Road was the Texas Under Six Flags amusement park that opened in 1961 (see Figure 4). Later

renamed Six Flags Over Texas, it was the largest tourist attraction in Texas by 1964. 9 In 1965 the City

constructed a new stadium south of the Toll Road, near the Great Southwest Industrial District. Known

as Turnpike Stadium, it was home to a minor league baseball team transferred from Fort Worth. In 1971

the stadium became the new home of the Texas Rangers, formerly the Washington Senators, and was

renamed Arlington Stadium.10

Figure 4. 1962 Dallas and Fort Worth Map, by Humble Oil, showing the location of the Great SouthwestIndustrial District and Six Flags Over Texas. Source: Dallas-Fort Worth Freeways, available at

http://www.dfwfreeways.info/pages/oldroadmaps.aspx.8

Mead & Hunt, Inc., Development of Texas Road Networks: A Historic Context, prepared for the Texas

Department of Transportation, 2011, 131-132.


10Arlington Initiative Movement, 5.

Survey Area


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By 1977 the Toll Road had paid for itself and was no longer tolled. Under the auspices of the State

Department of Highways and Transportation, the Toll Road became part of the Interstate System as a

portion of IH-30.11

C. Government programs and policies

Research did not reveal evidence of specific government programs or policies within the survey area.

D. Social and economic trends

Tens of thousands of new residents moved to Arlington during the postwar period, buoyed by an influx of

new industrial and commercial opportunities in the city. In 1970 nearly two-thirds of Arlingtons population

worked in white collar occupations, with 13 percent of those as government workers, and the remaining

one-third worked in the manufacturing industry.12

By 1970 Arlingtons median household income was over $11,000, which was higher than Dallas, FortWorth, or any other large urban area in the state.13 This is not surprising given Arlingtons history of luring

large-scale, innovative technological and industrial employers to the city. Also indicative of Arlingtons

prosperity was the large number of residents that drove. In 1970 more than 93 percent of the population

traveled to work by car.14 The houses built in the postwar era, including those in the survey area, reflect

this trend, with many featuring an original integrated one- or two-car garage.

Throughout the postwar period Arlingtons population was predominately white. While minorities settled

in some areas of the city, by 1970 they accounted for only one percent of the population. 15 Deed

restrictions that prevented the selling of property to minorities were commonly used in Arlington. 16 While

the survey area was in an area with predominantly white population, there is no direct evidence of deed

restrictions that were in place.

E. Planning and development

The first section of Northcrest Park was platted in 1963, with Section 2 platted in 1965. Sections 3 and 4,

located north of the survey area, were platted in 1966. The entire addition was owned and developed by

Elmer Wooldridge, who had previously developed subdivisions in Fort Worth.17 City directories show him

11Development of Texas Road Networks: A Historic Context, 131-132.

12U. S. Department of Commerce,1970 Census of Population, Volume 1: Characteristics of the Population,

Texas(Washington, D.C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1973), 419.

131970 Census of Population, 591.




17Wini Klein, Linwood, Wiki Klein: BrokerAssociate, 2007,

http://www.winiklein.com/neighborhoods2/linwood.html(accessed 27 July 2011).


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living in Fort Worth and working as a salesman for Foster Homes, Inc. in 1964. 18 Foster Homes was a

contracting firm run by Ray and Peggy Foster that sold homes in Northcrest Park, as well as other areas

of the city. No Foster Homes advertisements were found for homes or lots in in Northcrest Park during

examination of local newspapers from the mid- and late 1960s. Instead, Foster Homes ran large

advertisements in the local newspapers for its The Oaks subdivision for over two years. The Oaks was a

custom home neighborhood located south of the Toll Road.

Fielder Place was platted in 1965, with the developer listed as the Fielder Place Development Company.

W.H. Harber was the signatory and trustee of the company. No information has been found on the

company or Harber; rather, local builders and real estate companies ran small advertisements in the local

Arlington Citizennewspaper for properties in Fielder Place (see Figure 5 for an example). These homes

were marketed to young executives, which matches the population statistics seen in the census

enumerations from the 1970s. Other advertisements by the Area Sales Company described the area as

near shopping, schools and the turnpike and the lots as large and wooded. The architectural styles are

variously described as Definitely Spanish, Traditional Styling, and Early American. Advertisements

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F. Architecture, site, and landscape

During the postwar period, the one-story Ranch house began to dominate the popular housing market.

The open floorplan was ideal for both young families with children and for retirees. The two-story

floorplan was also popular during the period, particularly in Colonial Revival styles. Key to postwar home

design was an open floor plan, zoned planning with bedrooms segregated from the family area of the

house, and large picture windows and sliding glass doors to provide visual and physical access to the

outdoors.

Nationally, wood was the predominant exterior cladding material during the early postwar period, and by

1956 brick veneer had become more popular than wood siding. Residences built during the period often

18Polks Arlington (Tarrant County, Texas) City Directory, 1964(Dallas, Tex.: R. L. Polk & Co., 1966), 497.

19Arlington(Texas) Citizen, various Issues, 1963-1968.

Figure 5. Advertisement for properties in Fielder Place

Addition, Arlington Citizen, 1968.


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featured a combination of cladding materials, including clapboard, board-and-batten, brick or stone

veneer, simulated stone veneer, or aluminum siding.

Within the survey area, one-story Ranch houses and Colonial Revivals dominate the residential

collection. The homes feature primarily brick veneer with a variety of accent materials, including wood,

aluminum siding, vinyl siding, and other manufactured siding materials. Brick is also commonly used to

create a textured wall surface, particularly at the join between the wall and the beginning of the roofline.

Common window types of residences in the survey area include one-over-one and six-over-six hung,

horizontally sliding windows, and groupings of casement windows.

Ranch houses are one story with a strong horizontal emphasis and a long eave wall elevation to the

street. Roofs are low pitched gable or hip forms with wide overhanging eaves. Garages are generally

attached or integrated into the house, forming a prominent feature on the front elevation. It is not

uncommon for the integrated garages to have a cross gable or cross hip roof perpendicular to the

primarily mass, creating an L-shaped dwelling. The surveyed Ranch typically feature large expanses of

windows, textured brickwork, accent materials, and applied Colonial Revival and Spanish Colonial

Revival stylistic influences. Although the Ranch is the most common postwar form in the survey area, the

Colonial Revival and Contemporary styles are also represented in smaller numbers.

Within the survey area, the residences feature 25-foot setbacks that create an open lawn with mature

trees and varied plantings and landscaping adjacent to the homes. Curvilinear streets and cul-de-sacs

characterize the neighborhoods.


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Section 5

Survey Results


5. Survey Results

Survey results for the two areas are presented below. A map of the surveyed resources, from both

additions, is located in Appendix B, and an inventory of all surveyed resources is located in Appendix C.

A. Northcrest ParkA total of 64 properties are located within the surveyed portion of the Northcrest Park Addition. Mead &

Hunt surveyed 29 of these properties that met the survey criteria set in Technical Memorandum 2. The

properties that met the survey criteria are residences constructed between 1964 and 1973. Table 1 lists

the architectural styles and forms of the surveyed properties in Northcrest Park.

Overall the residences display features such as accent materials, colonnaded porches (full and entry

width), textured brickwork, patios, wingwalls, wrought iron porch supports, and large bands of windows.

Many of the dwellings also display Colonial Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, or Spanish Eclectic stylistic

influences. These features are common and simplistic details that are found on numerous postwar

residences in Arlington and throughout Texas. Northcrest Park did not include areas set aside forschools, churches, or commercial development.

The properties that did not meet the survey criteria have large additions, replacement materials that are

not in-kind to the original materials, or enough original architectural features to meet the threshold for

individual survey. Individual inventory forms with brief descriptions and photographs of the surveyed

properties are located in Appendix D.

Table 1. Styles and Stylistic Influences Found in Northcrest Park

Style (with additional stylistic influence if applicable) Number

Colonial Revival 4

Contemporary 2

Ranch (no stylistic influence) 11

Ranch (Colonial Revival or Spanish Colonial Revival stylistic influence) 7

Ranch (Spanish Eclectic stylistic influence) 4

Vernacular (no style) 1

B. Fielder Place

A total of 56 properties are located within the surveyed portion of the Fielder Place addition. Mead &

Hunt surveyed 20 of these properties that met the survey criteria set in Technical Memorandum 2. The

properties that met the survey criteria are residences constructed between 1965 and 1970. Table 2 lists

architectural styles and forms of the surveyed properties in Fielder Place.

Overall the residences display accent materials, colonnaded porches (full and entry width), textured

brickwork, patios, wingwalls, wrought iron decorative details, and large bands of windows. Several

dwellings also display Colonial Revival, French Colonial, or Spanish Colonial Revival stylistic influences.

These features are common and simplistic details that are found on numerous postwar residences in


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Arlington and throughout Texas. Fielder Place did not include areas set aside for schools, churches, or

commercial development.

The properties that did not meet the survey criteria had large additions, replacement materials that are

not in-kind to the original materials, or enough original architectural features to meet the threshold for

individual survey. Individual inventory forms with brief descriptions and photographs of the surveyed

properties are located in Appendix D.

Table 2. Styles and Stylistic Influences Found in Fielder Place

Style (with addition stylistic influence if applicable) Number

Ranch (no stylistic influence) 11

Ranch (Colonial Revival, French Colonial, or Spanish Colonial stylistic influence) 8

Vernacular (no style) 1


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Section 6

National Register Eligibility

Recommendations


6. National Register Eligibility Recommendations

A. Northcrest Park

Residences within Northcrest Park were evaluated both individually and as an area that could constitute a

historic district for National Register eligibility under Criterion A: Community Planning and Development

and Criterion C: Architecture. Under Criterion A, the residences within Northcrest Park, both individually

and collectively, do not convey a significant association with postwar development patterns or trends in

Arlington, Texas. The citys most dramatic decade of population and housing increases was in the 1950s,

when the population increased 482 percent between 1950 and 1960. Between 1960 and 1970 the

population continued to increase by 102 percent. More than 200 residential subdivisions were

established between 1945 and 1960 to accommodate this increasing population. However, Northcrest

Park was not platted until 1963-1966, and as such is a common example of the residential response to

Arlingtons rapid postwar housing boom. Earlier and more distinctive examples that better represent

postwar development trends exist in the greater Arlington area, including the Woodland Westneighborhood. Located in west Arlington, Woodland West also developed in the 1960s and early 1970s.

Compared with Northcrest Park, Woodland West is larger, received greater attention in the local press,

and included an adjacent shopping center and school.

Under Criterion C, while the residences within Northcrest Park represent the type, period, and method of

construction of postwar Ranch, Colonial Revival, and Contemporary houses, they are not distinctive or

exemplary examples of the postwar forms and styles. More distinctive and significant individual and

collective representations of these housing types are present in Arlington.

As a result, Mead & Hunt recommends the individual and collective properties within Northcrest Park asnot eligible for the National Register.

B. Fielder Place

Residences within Fielder Place were evaluated both individually and as an area that could constitute a

historic district for National Register eligibility under Criterion A: Community Planning and Development

and Criterion C: Architecture. Under Criterion A, the residences within Fielder Place, both individually

and collectively, do not convey a significant association with development patterns or postwar trends in

Arlington, Texas. The citys most dramatic decade of population and housing increases was in the 1950s,

when the population increased 482 percent between 1950 and 1960. Between 1960 and 1970 the

population continued to increase by 102 percent. More than 200 residential subdivisions wereestablished between 1945 and 1960 to accommodate this increasing population. However, Fielder Place

was not platted until 1965, and as such is a common example of Arlingtons rapid postwar housing boom.

Earlier and more distinctive examples that better represent postwar development trends exist in the

greater Arlington area, including the Woodland West neighborhood. Located in west Arlington, Woodland

West also developed in the 1960s and early 1970s. Compared with Fielder Place, Woodland West is

larger, received greater attention in the local press, and included an adjacent shopping center and school.


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Recommendations


Under Criterion C, while the residences within Fielder Place represent the type, period, and method of

construction of postwar Ranch, Colonial Revival, and Contemporary houses, they are not distinctive or

exemplary examples of the postwar forms and styles. More distinctive and significant individual and

collective representations of these housing types are present in Arlington.

As a result, Mead & Hunt recommends the individual and collective properties within Fielder Place as not

eligible for the National Register.


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Section 7

List of Preparers


7. List of Preparers

Survey documentation and evaluation activities were performed by qualified Mead & Hunt staff meeting

the Secretary of the Interiors Standards for Professional Qualifications. Mead & Hunt staff who worked

on the project were:

Name Title Role

Emily Pettis Senior Professional

Historian

Project Manager

Directed survey documentation and

evaluation activities

Richard E. Mitchell, AICP Senior Professional

Historian

Directed survey documentation and

evaluation activities

Sara Gredler Assistant Historian Conducted field survey documentation

Prepared survey report

Prepared survey documentation forms andinventory

Prepared survey maps

Dustin Nielsen Technical Editor/

Clerical

Edited and formatted survey report


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http://www.winiklein.com/neighborhoods2/linwood.html (accessed 27 July 2011).

Komatsu Architecture, HHM, Inc., Susan Kline, and Brenda McClurkin. Final Arlington Historic Resources

Survey Update. 2007. Prepared for the Arlington, Texas, City Community Services Office.

Mead & Hunt, Inc. Development of Texas Road Networks: A Historic Context. Prepared for the Texas

Department of Transportation, 2011.

Polks Arlington (Tarrant County, Texas) City Directory, 1964. Dallas, Tex.: R. L. Polk & Co., 1966.

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Appendix A. Survey Location Map


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Appendix B. Resource Location Map


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Appendix C. Historic Resources Inventory


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Inventory of Surveyed ResourcesNorthcrest Park Addition and Fielder Place Additions


Resource: Address:Property Type/Subtype:

ArchitecturalStyle: Date:

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AlteraDescr



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18 1708 Park Ridge Terrace DOMESTIC/Singledwelling Ranch 1965 This pfollowarchitematerwrougscreenReviva


19 1710 Park Ridge Court DOMESTIC/Singledwelling

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Ranch 1964 This pfollowarchitestone plantecolonn

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23 1720 Park Ridge Court DOMESTIC/Single

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Ranch 1969 This pfollowarchitetexturecolonnColoninfluen

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AlteraDescr




texturea patiowalls.

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architematerporchstylisti

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Ranch 1968 This pfollowarchitematerbrickw

Rectangular/Hip

35 1709 Cedar Elm East Drive DOMESTIC/Singledwelling

Ranch 1969 This pfollowarchitemater

brickwporch

L-shape/Side gable

36 1711 Cedar Elm East Drive DOMESTIC/Singledwelling

Ranch 1968 This pfollowarchitetexturecolonnColoninfluen

Rectangular/Hip

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AlteraDescr


37 1422 Ridgeview Drive DOMESTIC/Singledwelling


texturepromicolonnColoninfluen

Rectangular/Hip


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dwelling

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L-shape/Cross hip


Ranch 1967 This pfollowarchiteaccenbrickwReviva

L-shape/Side gable withprotruding frontgable bay

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AlteraDescr




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L-shape/Side gable


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Appendix D. Field Survey Forms


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Surveyed Resources

Address: 1710 Northcrest Drive

City: Arlington

County: Tarrant

Property Type/Subtype DOMESTIC/Single dwelling

Building Form/Roof: Rectangular/Side gableWall/Roof Materials: Brick veneer/Asphalt shingles

Architectural Style: Ranch

Construction Date: 1965

Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials, entryporch, and a window pattern (diamond-paned).

Resource Number 1

Facing southwest

Historic Resources Survey ReportNorthcrest Park and Fielder Place Additions



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Facing southeast


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant

Property Type/Subtype: DOMESTIC/Single dwelling




Description/Alterations This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials, entryporch, and a window pattern (diamond-paned).

Resource Number: 1




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City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials (woodsiding in gable ends), entry porch, and textured brickwork, located at the join between the walland roofline.

Resource Number 2

Facing southwest




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Facing southeast


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials (woodsiding in gable ends), entry porch, and textured brickwork, located at the join between thewall and roofline.

Resource Number: 2




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Surveyed Resources


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant


Building Form/Roof: Rectangular/Cross gable with protruding hipWall/Roof Materials: Brick veneer/Asphalt shingles



Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: textured brickwork, patio,Spanish Contemporary stylistic influences, and wingwalls.

Resource Number 3

Facing southwest




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Surveyed Resources

Facing south


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant


Building Form/Roof: Rectangular/Cross gable with protruding hipWall/Roof Materials: Brick veneer/Asphalt shingles



Description/Alterations This property exhibits the following original architectural features: textured brickwork, patio,Spanish Contemporary stylistic influences, and wingwalls.

Resource Number: 3




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Surveyed Resources

Address: 1702 Parkcrest Terrace

City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials, prominentchimney, and wrought iron supports. It also has a protruding front gable porch on the frontelevation.

Resource Number 4

Facing northwest




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Facing west


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials, prominentchimney, and wrought iron supports. It also has a protruding front gable porch on the frontelevation.

Resource Number: 4




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City: Arlington

County: Tarrant


Building Form/Roof: Rectangular/Cross gableWall/Roof Materials: Brick veneer/Asphalt shingles



Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials, a patio,and Spanish Contemporary stylistic influences.

Resource Number 5

Facing northwest




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Facing west


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials, a patio,and Spanish Contemporary stylistic influences.

Resource Number: 5




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Facing southwest


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials, a patio,and Spanish Contemporary stylistic influences.

Resource Number 5




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Surveyed Resources

Address: 1728 Park Ridge Terrace

City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials, a fulllength porch, and Colonial Revival stylistic influences.

Resource Number 6

Facing southwest




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Facing south


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials, a fulllength porch, and Colonial Revival stylistic influences.

Resource Number: 6




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Surveyed Resources

Facing southeast


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials, a fulllength porch, and Colonial Revival stylistic influences.

Resource Number 6




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Surveyed Resources


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant



Architectural Style: Colonial Revival


Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: a full width porch, sashwindows, and a decorative door surround.

Resource Number 7

Facing east




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Facing southeast


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations This property exhibits the following original architectural features: a full width porch, sashwindows, and a decorative door surround.

Resource Number: 7




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City: Arlington

County: Tarrant


Building Form/Roof: Rectangular/Side gable with protruding hipWall/Roof Materials: Brick veneer/Asphalt shingles



Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: textured brickwork, SpanishContemporary stylistic influence, a colonnaded entry, and window screens.

Resource Number 8

Facing southeast




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Surveyed Resources

Facing southeast


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant


Building Form/Roof: Rectangular/Side gable with protruding hipWall/Roof Materials: Brick veneer/Asphalt shingles



Description/Alterations This property exhibits the following original architectural features: textured brickwork, SpanishContemporary stylistic influence, a colonnaded entry, and window screens.

Resource Number: 8




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City: Arlington

County: Tarrant


Building Form/Roof: Rectangular/Side gableWall/Roof Materials: Brick veneer and wood siding/Asphalt siding

Architectural Style: Vernacular


Description/Alterations: Two story vernacular residence with two car garage and rear addition. Arched windowslocated on second story.

Resource Number 9




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City: Arlington

County: Tarrant


Building Form/Roof: Rectangular/Side gableWall/Roof Materials: Brick veneer and wood siding/Asphalt siding

Architectural Style: Vernacular


Description/Alterations Two story vernacular residence with two car garage and rear addition. Arched windowslocated on second story.

Resource Number: 9




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City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials, ColonialRevival stylistic influences, a colonnaded entry, and wingwalls.

Resource Number 10

Facing west




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Facing southwest


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials, ColonialRevival stylistic influences, a colonnaded entry, and wingwalls.

Resource Number: 10




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Surveyed Resources


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant


Building Form/Roof: Rectangular/Wall/Roof Materials: Brick veneer/Asphalt shingles

Architectural Style: Contemporary


Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: Spanish Eclectic stylisticinfluences, wrought iron ornamentation, and large vertical bands of windows.

Resource Number 11

Facing northwest




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Facing southwest


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant


Building Form/Roof: Rectangular/Wall/Roof Materials: Brick veneer/Asphalt shingles



Description/Alterations This property exhibits the following original architectural features: Spanish Eclectic stylisticinfluences, wrought iron ornamentation, and large vertical bands of windows.

Resource Number: 11




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City: Arlington

County: Tarrant


Building Form/Roof: Rectangular/Cross hipWall/Roof Materials: Brick veneer/Asphalt shingle



Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: textured brickwork, wroughtiron supports, and wingwalls.

Resource Number 12

Facing northeast




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Facing north


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant


Building Form/Roof: Rectangular/Cross hipWall/Roof Materials: Brick veneer/Asphalt shingle



Description/Alterations This property exhibits the following original architectural features: textured brickwork, wroughtiron supports, and wingwalls.

Resource Number: 12




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City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials, ColonialRevival stylistic influences, and a colonnaded entry.

Resource Number 13

Facing north-northeast




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Facing northwest


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials, ColonialRevival stylistic influences, and a colonnaded entry.

Resource Number: 13




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City: Arlington

County: Tarrant


Building Form/Roof: Complex/ComplexWall/Roof Materials: Brick veneer and wood siding/Asphalt shingles



Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: Spanish Eclectic stylisticinfluence, a patio, wrought iron accents, and prominent chimney.

Resource Number 14

Facing north-northeast




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Surveyed Resources

Facing north


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations This property exhibits the following original architectural features: Spanish Eclectic stylisticinfluence, a patio, wrought iron accents, and prominent chimney.

Resource Number: 14




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Surveyed Resources

Facing northwest


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: Spanish Eclectic stylisticinfluence, a patio, wrought iron accents, and prominent chimney.

Resource Number 14




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City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: textured brickwork, accentmaterials, prowed eaves, and wingwalls.

Resource Number 15

Facing northeast




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Facing northwest


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations This property exhibits the following original architectural features: textured brickwork, accentmaterials, prowed eaves, and wingwalls.

Resource Number: 15




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Surveyed Resources


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant


Building Form/Roof: Rectangular/Front gableWall/Roof Materials: Brick veneer/Asphalt shingles



Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: a full width porch, adecorative door surround, a pedimented front gable, a round vent in the gable end, and sashwindows. The property exhibits some Classical stylistic influences.

Resource Number 16

Facing southwest




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Facing south


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations This property exhibits the following original architectural features: a full width porch, adecorative door surround, a pedimented front gable, a round vent in the gable end, and sashwindows. The property exhibits some Classical stylistic influences.

Resource Number: 16




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Facing southeast


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: a full width porch, adecorative door surround, a pedimented front gable, a round vent in the gable end, and sashwindows. The property exhibits some Classical stylistic influences.

Resource Number 16




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City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials, acolonnaded entry, and wingwalls.

Resource Number 17

Facing southwest




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Facing southeast


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials, acolonnaded entry, and wingwalls.

Resource Number: 17




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City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials, a fulllength porch, wrought iron window screens, and Colonial Revival stylistic influences.

Resource Number 18

Facing southwest




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Facing south


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials, a fulllength porch, wrought iron window screens, and Colonial Revival stylistic influences.

Resource Number: 18




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Surveyed Resources

Facing southeast


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials, a fulllength porch, wrought iron window screens, and Colonial Revival stylistic influences.

Resource Number 18




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Surveyed Resources

Address: 1710 Park Ridge Court

City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials, acolonnaded entry, and wingwalls.

Resource Number 19

Facing southeast




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Facing east


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials, acolonnaded entry, and wingwalls.

Resource Number: 19




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City: Arlington

County: Tarrant


Building Form/Roof: Rectangular/Side gable with front gable protruding bayWall/Roof Materials: Brick and stone veneer/Asphalt shingles



Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent stone and brick,integrated planter box, and a colonnaded entry.

Resource Number 20

Facing southeast




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Facing south


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant


Building Form/Roof: Rectangular/Side gable with front gable protruding bayWall/Roof Materials: Brick and stone veneer/Asphalt shingles



Description/Alterations This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent stone and brick,integrated planter box, and a colonnaded entry.

Resource Number: 20




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City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials, ColonialRevival stylistic influence, and a colonnaded entry.

Resource Number 21

Facing south




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Facing southwest


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials, ColonialRevival stylistic influence, and a colonnaded entry.

Resource Number: 21




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City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials, decorativeporch supports, and Spanish Eclectic stylistic influence. The property also has a decorativecircular window.

Resource Number 22

Facing northwest




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Facing west


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials,decorative porch supports, and Spanish Eclectic stylistic influence. The property also has adecorative circular window.

Resource Number: 22




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Surveyed Resources

Facing west


City: Arlington

County: Tarrant





Description/Alterations: This property exhibits the following original architectural features: accent materials,decorative porch supports, and Spanish Eclectic stylistic influence. The property also has adecorative circular window.

Resource Number 22




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Post World War II Housing in Arlington Texas