Chevrolet Motor Company Building
National Register of Historic Places

Chevrolet Motor Company Building

Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Listed
April 17, 2003
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
03000277

About this property

The 1923 Chevrolet Motor Company Building is a 4-story Commercial Style concrete and brick building at 3221 Commerce Street, in a historically commercial and industrial area east of downtown Dallas, Texas. Designed by the Dallas firm Lang and Witchell and built by Hughes-O'Rourke Construction Co., the flat-roofed building features an expressed concrete structure separating wide window bays and red brick spandrels. Like many buildings in the area, the open, industrial plan of the Chevrolet Motor Company Building has recently been divided into apartments for residential reuse. With few exterior changes, the building retains a high degree of historic and architectural integrity. Chevrolet remained in the building until 1935, and in 1936 the United States government operated a US Resettlement Administration office in the building that included Rural Resettlement Regional Office No. 8 and the District Finance Office. In 1939, the U.S. Department of Agriculture moved into the building. The agriculture department included the Resettlement Administration and the Farm Security Administration. The United States Treasury Department had their State Accounts Section in the building as well. Texas Rural Communities, Inc. also briefly had an office in the building. National Register of Historic Places listings in Dallas County, Texas Media related to Chevrolet Motor Company Building at Wikimedia Commons

Location

3221 Commerce
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
32.78468, -96.77699

Categories

INDUSTRYARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Chevrolet Motor Company Building listed on the National Register?

Chevrolet Motor Company Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 17, 2003.

What type of historic resource is Chevrolet Motor Company Building?

Chevrolet Motor Company Building is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Chevrolet Motor Company Building?

The period of significance for Chevrolet Motor Company Building is recorded as the civil_war era, specifically around 1861.

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