Harwood Historic District
Introduction 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.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