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North Bishop Avenue Commercial Historic District

Coordinates: 32°44′50″N 96°49′42″W / 32.74722°N 96.82833°W / 32.74722; -96.82833
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North Bishop Avenue Commercial Historic District
300 block W. 7th St. in 2012
North Bishop Avenue Commercial Historic District is located in Texas
North Bishop Avenue Commercial Historic District
North Bishop Avenue Commercial Historic District
Location of district in Texas
North Bishop Avenue Commercial Historic District is located in the United States
North Bishop Avenue Commercial Historic District
North Bishop Avenue Commercial Historic District
Location in the United States
LocationRoughly bounded by 9th St., Davis St., Adams and Madison, Dallas, Texas
Coordinates32°44′50″N 96°49′42″W / 32.74722°N 96.82833°W / 32.74722; -96.82833
Area12 acres (4.9 ha)
Architectural stylePrimarily Vernacular
MPSOak Cliff MPS[1] (64500648)
NRHP reference No.94000608
Added to NRHP17 June 1994[2]

North Bishop Avenue Commercial Historic District is located in Dallas, Texas (USA).

History

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The North Bishop Avenue Commercial Historic District is bounded by Davis St to the north, Madison Ave to the east, 9th St to the south, and Adams St to the west.[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 17, 1994 as a part of the "Oak Cliff Multiple Property Submission".[4][5] The district contains the original core of the Bishop Arts District.

North Bishop Avenue is the only street in the Oak Cliff neighborhood that can be considered a boulevard.[citation needed][6] The district is located within the Hillside Addition, one of several sub–divisions built by the Dallas Land and Loan Company which was headed by Thomas Marsalis, the founder of Oak Cliff.

Today

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Bike lanes and period lighting have been added to Bishop Avenue and recent development has been historically appropriate and scaled to fit the historical neighborhood.[6] Tax incentives may be available to neighborhoods listed on the National Register but there is no legal protection from destruction, there are no local laws that provide such protection for the North Bishop Avenue Commercial Historic District.[7]

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System – Oak Cliff MPS (#64500648)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System – North Bishop Avenue Commercial Historic District (#94000608)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  3. ^ "Texas Historic Sites Atlas". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
  4. ^ Hardy, Daniel (June 17, 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: North Bishop Avenue Commercial Historic District". National Register of Historic Places. Washington, D.C., USA: National Park Service. Retrieved February 25, 2020 – via National Archives and Records Administration.
  5. ^ Hardy, Daniel; Jones, W. Dwayne (June 17, 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form: Oak Cliff MPS" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places. Washington, D.C., USA: National Park Service. Retrieved February 25, 2020 – via Texas Historic Sites Atlas. (includes Return/Evaluation Sheet). Copy at NRHP.
  6. ^ a b Amonett, Michael; Quintans, Alicia. "8. N. Bishop Ave. and the Miller-Stemmons National Register Historic District c.1910 - 1930's". At–Risk Structures. Heritage Oak Cliff. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  7. ^ Stone, Rachel (October 15, 2014). "National historic sites not protected under local law". Oak Cliff Advocate. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
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