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1999: Historic districts

Eight National Register historic districts, listed from 1999 to January 2026.

Town and civic· 1999–2026

Tyler City SquareOakwood CemeteryGoodman-LeGrand HouseNear the ordnance plantCamp FordSmith County Jail (1881)St. James C.M.E. ChurchMarvin Methodist ChurchTexas CollegeCarnegie LibraryCotton Belt DepotBergfeld ParkThe 1910 courthouse (site)Black Wall Street (210 E. Erwin)Tyler Junior CollegeLiberty HallPeople’s National Bank BuildingU.S. Post Office and CourthouseBlackstone BuildingTyler Rose GardenLincoln ParkRose StadiumTyler Civic TheatreSmith County CourthouseUT TylerTyler Museum of ArtBroadway Square Mall
What the sources put on the map by 2026, over today’s streets.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The record

  1. August 20, 1999

    Charnwood is listed: about 59.54 acres on Charnwood Hill, half a mile south of the original square, with a period of significance of about 1870 to 1950.12

  2. June 14, 2002

    Donnybrook Duplex (18 one-story duplexes of 1947 and 1948) and East Ferguson Street (six nearly identical Craftsman bungalows built between 1926 and 1930 as rental housing) are listed.134

  3. August 22, 2002

    Short-Line is listed: 11 bungalows built for African American occupants about 1930 to 1935, five blocks northwest of the square.15

  4. June 23, 2003

    Azalea is listed: 76 city blocks and 36 platted subdivisions on about 458.9 acres one to two miles south of the square.16

  5. April 28, 2004

    Brick Streets is listed: about 132.6 acres in 29 blocks and 16 subdivisions.17

  6. October 24, 2022

    The Tyler Downtown Historic District is listed: about 71.6 acres and about 19 blocks between West Front Street, Border Avenue, the Cotton Belt tracks and Fannin Avenue. Of its 134 resources, 96 contribute.18

  7. January 29, 2026

    Pollard is listed: about 580 acres and more than 85 blocks about three miles southeast of downtown, named for Tomas and Edna Pollard, whose family owned most of its original acreage. Its period of significance is 1947 to 1974.1910

Notes

  1. THC Atlas, National Register listing: Charnwood Residential Historic District (atlas.thc.texas.gov); THC Atlas, National Register listing: Donnybrook Duplex Residential Historic District (atlas.thc.texas.gov); THC Atlas, National Register listing: East Ferguson Street Residential Historic District (atlas.thc.texas.gov); THC Atlas, National Register listing: Short-Line Residential Historic District (atlas.thc.texas.gov); THC Atlas, National Register listing: Azalea Residential Historic District (atlas.thc.texas.gov); THC Atlas, National Register listing: Brick Streets Neighborhood Historic District (atlas.thc.texas.gov); THC Atlas, National Register listing: Tyler Downtown Historic District (atlas.thc.texas.gov); THC Atlas, National Register listing: Pollard Residential Historic District (atlas.thc.texas.gov). Research notes

  2. National Register nomination, Charnwood Residential Historic District (1999) (atlas.thc.texas.gov); THC Atlas, National Register listing: Charnwood Residential Historic District (atlas.thc.texas.gov). Research notes

  3. National Register nomination, Donnybrook Duplex Residential Historic District (2002) (atlas.thc.texas.gov); THC Atlas, National Register listing: Donnybrook Duplex Residential Historic District (atlas.thc.texas.gov). Research notes

  4. National Register nomination, East Ferguson Street Residential Historic District (2002) (atlas.thc.texas.gov). Research notes

  5. National Register nomination, Short-Line Residential Historic District (2002) (atlas.thc.texas.gov); THC Atlas, National Register listing: Short-Line Residential Historic District (atlas.thc.texas.gov). Research notes

  6. National Register nomination, Azalea Residential Historic District (2003) (atlas.thc.texas.gov); THC Atlas, National Register listing: Azalea Residential Historic District (atlas.thc.texas.gov). Existing facts say about 950 houses (Historic Tyler, Visit Tyler); the nomination counts 1,614 resources, which include garages and other outbuildings. Research notes

  7. National Register nomination, Brick Streets Neighborhood Historic District (2004) (atlas.thc.texas.gov); THC Atlas, National Register listing: Brick Streets Neighborhood Historic District (atlas.thc.texas.gov). Research notes

  8. THC Atlas, National Register listing: Tyler Downtown Historic District (atlas.thc.texas.gov); National Register nomination, Tyler Downtown Historic District (NRHP 100008283) (atlas.thc.texas.gov). The nomination's form gives a period of significance of 1885-1976, but its narrative says 1890 to 1976; it also gives both 241 and 271 parcels. Research notes

  9. National Register nomination, Pollard Residential Historic District (2026) (atlas.thc.texas.gov); THC Atlas, National Register listing: Pollard Residential Historic District (atlas.thc.texas.gov). Research notes

  10. National Register nomination, Pollard Residential Historic District (2026) (atlas.thc.texas.gov). Research notes

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