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U N IT E D S T A T E S D E P A R T M E N T OF L A B O R
Frances Perkins, Secretary
B U R E A U OF L A B O R ST A T IS T IC S
Isador Lubin, Commissioner (on leave)
A . F. Hinrichs, A cting Commissioner
in cooperation w ith
W O R K PROJECTS A D M IN IS T R A T IO N

Building Permit Survey, 1939
Volume VH —West South Central Cities

Prepared b y D IV IS IO N O F C O N S T R U C T IO N A N D PUBLIC E M P L O Y M E N T
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I s a d o r L u b i n , Commissioner (on leave)

A. F. H i n r i c h s , Acting Commissioner
D onald H. D avenport, Chief,
Em ploym ent and Occupa­
tional Outlook Branch

Aryness Joy, Chief, Prices and
Cost of Living Branch

Henry J. Fitzgerald, Chief,
B u s in e s s M a n a g e m e n t
Branch

N. Arnold Tolies, Chief, W ork­
ing Conditions and Industrial
Relations Branch

Hugh S. Hanna, Chief, Edi­
torial and Research

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and Public Em ploym ent

Florence Peterson, Industrial
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J. M . Cutts, Wholesale Prices

Charles F. Sharkey,
Law Inform ation

W . Duane Evans, Productivity
and Technological D evelop­
ments

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R obert J. Myers, W age and
H our Statistics

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Summary___________________________________________________________________
Residential construction:
Units added, converted, and demolished______________________________
Privately financed residential construction:
Type of structure_________________________________________________
Exterior construction material___________________________________
Permit valuations________________________________________________
Rooms per dwelling unit_________________________________________
Demolitions_______________________________________________________
Housing projects financed from Federal funds________________________
Nonhousekeeping residential construction:
Type of structure and permit valuations_________________________
Demolitions_______________________________________________________
Nonresidential construction:
Type of structure and permit valuations______________________________
Demolitions___________________________________________________________
Appendix:
T able A.— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping resi­
dential and nonresidential structures for which building
permits were issued in West South Central cities, by type
of structure and specified materials, 1939_______________

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1.— Number of new family-dwelling units provided, units added
and eliminated by additions and alterations, and units
demolished, in West South Central cities, 1939 and 1938____
2. — Number of family-dwelling units in privately financed struc­
tures for which building permits were issued in West South
Central cities, by type of structure, 1939____________________
3. — Number of family-dwelling units in privately financed struc­
tures for which building permits were issued in West South
Central cities, by type of structure and specified materials,
1939__________________________________________________________
4. — Number of family-dwelling units in privately financed struc­
tures for which building permits were issued in 23 West
South Central cities, by permit valuation per unit and type
of structure, 1939____________________________________________
5. — Number of privately financed 1-family dwellings for which
building permits were issued in West South Central cities,
by permit valuation, 1939___________________________________
6. — Number of units with specified number of rooms in privately
financed structures for which building permits were issued in
18 West South Central cities, by type of structure, 1939__




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— Number of privately financed 1-family dwellings without com­
mercial space with specified number of rooms for which
building permits were issued in 18 West South Central cities,
1939______________________________________________________
— Number of family-dwelling units in structures for which demoli­
tion permits were issued in 18 West South Central cities, by
type of structure, 1939____________________________________
— United States Housing Authority projects in 6 West South
Central cities, 1939_______________________________________
— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential
structures for which building permits were issued in West
South Central cities, by type of structure, 1939 and 1938__
— Number of nonhousekeeping residential structures for which
demolition permits were issued in 6 West South Central
cities, 1939________________________________________________
— Number and permit valuation of nonresidential structures for
which building permits were issued in West South Central
cities, by type of structure, 1939 and 1938_________________
— Number of nonresidential structures for which demolition per­
mits were issued in 18 West South Central cities, 1939_____




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U n it e d S tates D e p ar tm en t of L ab o r ,
B u r e a u of L ab o r S tatistics ,
W a sh in g to n , D . C ., October 1 5 , 1 9 4 1 .

The S e c r e t a r y

of

L abor:

I have the honor to transmit herewith the seventh of a series of
nine reports on residential and nonresidential construction and
demolition. This report covers cities in the West South Central
States. An explanation of the purposes of the survey was given
in the preface to the first report, which covered the New England
cities.
A. F . H in r ic h s , A c tin g C o m m issio n e r .
Hon. F ran ces P e r k in s ,




S ecreta ry o f L a b o r .




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V I I ) o f the

U n ited States B u rea u o f Labor Statistics

Building Permit Survey, 1939

Residential and Nonresidential Construction and
Demolition, West South Central Cities, 1939 1
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has secured summary figures on
building construction in the principal cities of the country annually
since 1921 and monthly since September 1929. These figures are
published in the monthly report entitled “ Building Construction”
and in annual bulletins. In response to the demand for more detailed
information on building construction than that available from the
monthly summary figures, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in coopera­
tion with the Work Projects Administration, made an intensive survey
of building-permit data for the period since 1929 in cities with a
population of 10,000 and over. This bulletin, covering West South
Central cities with a population of 25,000 and over for the year 1939,
is 1 of a series for each of the 9 geographic divisions of the United
States. The years 1929 to 1935 and 1936 to 1938 are covered in
earlier bulletins.2

Summary
The results of the Building Permit Survey indicate the construction
of new buildings containing 16,013 privately financed family-dwelling
units in 23 West South Central cities3 in 1939. This number of new
units represented an increase of about one-fifth over 1938. Further­
more, 2,673 dwelling units were provided by Federally financed con­
struction— 2,660 in projects of the United States Housing Authority
and 13 at a Federal institution; only 118 Federally financed dwellings
were authorized in 1938. From point of dollar volume, nonhouse1 Analysis and presentation by Lynn K. Finnegan. Planning of tables by Henry F. Haase, assistant
director of the survey. Tabulation of data under the supervision of Joseph H. Feingold, regional super­
visor, region I.
2 Such discrepancies as appear between the figures in this bulletin and those presented in monthly reports
previously released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics arise from varying causes. In some cases differences
result from the fact that more accurate interpretation was possible on the basis of the detailed information
collected by the agents of the Building Permit Survey. In some instances, buildings are not erected or
demolished after the permit is issued. The Bureau makes no attempt to collect such information in order
to adjust the figures.
3 The U. S. Census of Population for 1930 was used to determine the size of the cities. In 1930 the West
South Central Division had 26 cities with a population of 25,000 or more. Texarkana, Ark. and Tex.,
New Orleans, La., and Laredo, Tex., are not included in the bulletin because complete data are not available.




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BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1 939

keeping residential construction was 26 percent higher in 1939, with
a total valuation of $1,816,000. Nonresidential construction, on the
other hand, amounted to $24,659,000 in 1939 as compared with
$34,363,000 in 1938— a 28 percent decrease.
Several similar characteristics in construction were indicated by
permits issued in the 23 cities in 1939 for the privately financed dwell­
ing units. For example, the single-family detached house was the
outstanding type of structure in each of the cities. Frame predomi­
nated as exterior construction material in all but 2 of the cities; nearly
7 out of every 10 of the new dwelling units were specified in frame
buildings. Many of the new dwellings were in the lower-cost range;
more than four-fifths of the new dwelling units were to cost less than
$4,500 per unit. The 5-room unit was the most popular size for
living quarters.
In the housing projects nearly all of the dwelling units were single­
family attached houses, or in two-family structures. The materials
used on the new buildings were brick, a combination of tile and
stucco, or tile.
As in private construction, the five-room size was
favored.
Hotels accounted for the bulk of the dollar volume reported for
nonhousekeeping residential construction, and stores and other mer­
cantile buildings constituted the most important type, on the basis
of valuations, of nonresidential construction.
In addition to permits issued for private construction, the tables
include the value of contracts awarded for Federal, State, and muni­
cipal buildings in the cities covered by this report. The data con­
cerning Federal and State buildings are collected by the Bureau from
the various Federal and State agencies which have the power to award
contracts for building construction.

Residential Construction
U n i t s A d d e d , C o n v e r t e d , a n d D e m o lis h e d

Permits were issued in 1939 in the 23 West South Central cities for
the erection of privately financed dwellings containing a total of
16,013 family-dwelling units. Houston, the largest among the cities
covered by this report, had the greatest number of new units in 1939
(3,596), while Dallas, second in size among these communities, reported
2,089 units. Permits were issued for more than 1,000 new dwelling
units in Oklahoma City, Austin, and Fort Worth, and for more than
900 units in Shreveport, Tulsa, and San Antonio. Corpus Christi,
however, with 864 units, had a larger proportion of new dwelling
units in relation to population than did these other cities. The
number of units in the remaining cities ranged from 397 in Beaumont
to 61 in Muskogee.
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RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

Table 1 shows the number of family-dwelling units provided in
new buildings, units resulting from additions and alterations to
existing structures, and units demolished in 1939 compared with
similar data for 1938.
T a b l e 1 .— N um ber of new fam ily-dwelling units provided , units added and elim­
inated by additions and alterations, and units demolished , in W est South Central
cities, 193 9 and 1938
Family-dwelling units
Additions and
alterations

New dwellings

Demolitions

Population,
United States
census

State and city
Private
1939
Total____
Arkansas..
Fort Smith __
Little Rock..
Louisiana.
Baton Rouge__
Monroe_______
Shreveport____
Oklahoma..

Federal

Increase

1938

1939 1938 1939 1938

16,013 13, 213 2,673
404

254

186
218

146
108

(2)
39

(2)
(4)

San Angelo...
San Antonio..
Waco_______
Wichita Falls__

108
962
258
158

101
619
208
134

(2)

(2)
0)

(2)

(2)

(4)

(2)

(2) 2,198

(2)

(2)

86

314
515
360

118
100

18

543 _09

31,429 +16.4
81,679 +7.8

68
25
61
208

15
(4)
47
25

43

+20.8

14
6
23

30, 729 +13.0
26,028 +8.8
76,655 +28.1
385,072

(2)

_<*)

15
28
8
20
260

41
(4)
47
643
22
(4)
62
15
(3)

+5.'7

26, 399 +6.4
32,026 +1.0
185,389 +10.3
141, 258
+ .6
2,198

1
10
41
12
169
(4)

2,089,240 +14.4
113,108 +10.2

(4)

11

(4)

12,218 10,124 2,673

218
183
1, 222
925
331
260
3,596 3,457
241
222

(2)

2
6
21

2,128 1,891

342
255
Amarillo____
Austin______
1,432 1,119
397
Beaumont__
229
Corpus Christi.. • 864
665
2,089 1, 747
Dallas______
El Paso____
Fort W orth..
Galveston__
Houston____
Port Arthur.

(2)

35

(2)
299
56
589

115
105
Enid________
36
Muskogee___
61
Oklahoma City.. 1,015 1,124
937
Tulsa.........
626
Texas.

(2)

(3)

1,263
173
108
982

Per­
cent­
age
change
1930-40

Federal1

Decrease

1,457,648 +16.5
43,132 +19.8
53,120 +65.5
57,732 +2.3
27,741 +106.6
260,475 +13.2

440
479

102,421 -5 .5
163,447 +8.7
52.938 +15.0
292,352 +31.5
50,902 -9 .4
25,308
231, 542
52,848
43,690

+2.0
+9.6
+5.9
+3.3

1 Permits were not issued for demolitions in connection with Federal housing projects with the exception
of 440 units at the site of the Alamito project at El Paso and 929 units at the site of Alazan Courts at San
Antonio. The sites of D. N. Leathers Center at Corpus Christi and Cuney Homes at Houston were vacant
land; therefore, no demolitions were necessary.
2 Information not complete.
3 Demolition permits not required.
4 Data not available.
5Includes 255 units for which demolition contracts were awarded in 1940 at the site of Navarro Place hous­
ing project.
6 Does not include family-dwelling units contained in 6 buildings to be demolished, for which the number
of units was not reported.

In addition to the privately financed residential facilities 2,660
units were authorized in 10 projects of the United States Housing
Authority, and 13 Federally financed dwellings at the Public Health
Service Hospital in Fort Worth. The housing projects were all
4 2 9 6 3 4 ° — 4 2 -------- 2




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BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1 9 3 9

located in Texas cities. All but 2 of these developments were slumclearance projects and authorization was granted for the demolition of
2,198 family-dwelling units at the sites of the various projects.
It is impossible to ascertain the net increase in housing in the 23
cities as data concerning additions and alterations to existing struc­
tures, and private wrecking operations, were not available in several of
the cities. Available information indicates, however, the addition of
645 units and the elimination of 36 units through conversions in 22
of the cities; such data were not available in Muskogee. Demolition
permits were not required or not available in 5 of the communities;
however, about 550 units were demolished by private wrecking
operations in the other cities.
P r iv a te ly

F in a n c e d R e s id e n tia l C o n s t r u c t io n

Type of structure

The single-family dwelling predominated in new privately financed
residential construction in 1939, accounting for nine-tenths of the total
number of units. A large majority of these residences were detached
(84 percent of all new units provided), 6 percent were semidetached,
and less than 1 percent attached. Four percent of all the units
were in five-or-more-family apartment buildings without commercial
space and 3 percent were in two-family, two-decker structures. Table
2 shows the distribution, by city, of units in the various types of struc­
tures for which permits were issued in 1939.
In three cities (Monroe, La., and Enid and Muskogee, Okla.) all
of the new family-dwelling units provided in 1939 were single-family
houses, while in all but three of the remaining cities approximately
nine-tenths or more were one-family homes. Although relatively
fewer one-family dwellings were reported in the three cities of Shreve­
port, Galveston, and Houston, approximately four-fifths of the units
were single-family houses. Apartment buildings without commercial
space contained 12 percent of the dwelling units at Shreveport, and
10 percent at Houston.




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T

2 .— N um ber o f fam ily-dw elling units in privately financed structures fo r
which building permits were issued in W est South Central cities , by typ e o f struc­
ture , 1 939

able

Type of structure
1-family
State and city

Total

2-fam­
ily, 2decker
De­
At­ Semi­
de­
tached tached tached

5-or-more3- and family, with­
4- fam­ out commer­
ily and
cial unit
commercial
unit Build­
ings Units

948

428

48

72

340

Arkansas __________

404

314

60

2

5

3

20

Fort Smith______
Little Rock ____

186
218

159
155

20
40

2

5

3

20

Louisiana___________

1,263

975

21

66

48

5

12

16

173
108
982

151
106
718

6

2

21

10
2
54

42

3

__ 2,128

1,996

90

24

4

4

Enid________ __
115
61
Muskogee_______
Oklahoma City__ 1,015
937
T u lsa_______ . .

113
59
913
911

2
2
86

8
16

4

4

Total------- ---------------- 16,013 13,427

Baton Rouge_____
Monroe. _ _____ _
Shreveport__ _
Oklahoma._____

Texas_______________ 12, 218 10,142
Amarillo_________
342
Austin___________ 1,432
Beaumont_______
397
Corpus Christi___
864
Dallas___________ 2,089

300
1,242
377
757
1, 605

El Paso__________
218
Fort W o rth _____ 1,222
G alveston.______
331
Houston_________ 3,596

199
1,116
261
2,706

Port Arthur . . . _.
San Angelo. ______
San Antonio. ___
W aco... . . . .
Wichita Falls____




241
108
962
258
158

226
107
890
200
156

54

1and
2- fam­
4-fam­
ily and 3-fam­
com­ ily, 3ily
mercial decker
unit

12

12

732

354

38

57

300

3

26
80
10
30
294

36
4
18
20

3
5
2
5
7

6
21
3

4
28
4
32
28

16
54
6
132

10
28
200

2

3
6
6
9

4
24
160

8

6

50
26

8
24

1
1
2
1
2

3

12
4

12
6

7

62

692

1

120

1

120

1

10

4

33

12

4

1

10

60

562

3

20

1
11

10
132

2
1
42

18
6
376

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Exterior Construction Material

Table 3 indicates that frame and brick veneer were the predominant
exterior materials in new residential construction in the 23 cities during
1939. Sixty-eight percent of the 15,774 new dwelling units for which
information concerning materials was collected were in buildings sur­
faced with frame, and 22 percent were in brick-veneer dwellings.
Frame was specified more often than any other type of exterior con­
struction material in 21 of these West South Central cities and was
utilized on buildings containing approximately nine-tenths or more of
the new dwelling units in Baton Rouge, Monroe, Enid, Muskogee,
Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Port Arthur, San Antonio, and Waco.
Conversely, frame was not utilized on any of the new dwellings in El
Paso, but 63 percent of the units were authorized in stone buildings.
In Tulsa, 38 percent were in brick-veneer buildings, 33 percent in
frame, and 18 percent in brick structures.
The type of material authorized for the new dwellings had a direct
relationship to the type of structure. Frame predominated for single­
family residences, but its use decreased in two-family buildings and
became even less important in multifamily structures. Of the 14,327
single-family dwellings for which data were available, 72 percent were
frame, 19 percent brick veneer, 3 percent stone veneer, and 3 percent
brick. Only 49 percent of the units in two-family structures were in
frame buildings, while 40 percent were in brick-veneer structures.
Frame construction accounted for only 17 percent of the units in
multifamily buildings, brick veneer for 60 percent, and brick 19
percent,




T a b l e 3 . — N u m b er o f fa m ily -d w ellin g units in 'privately fina nced structures f o r w hich building p erm its were issu ed in W e s t South Central cities ,
by typ e o f structure and specified m aterials, 1 9 3 9

Type of structure and material
1-family

State and city

Total_____________

Frame

Brick

2-family i

Brick Stone Other Not re­
veneer veneer materi­
ported Frame
als

Multifamily 2

Brick Stone Other Not re­ Frame
veneer veneer materi­
ported
als

Brick

359

2,653

402

529

102

229

9

31

260

2

82

15

9

6

3

3

1

Fort Smith________
Little Rock_______

123
137

2

35
47

10
5

5
4

6

3

3

1

Louisiana_____________

913

2

94

10

43

34

3

Baton Rouge____ .
Monroe. _________
Shreveport________

146
105
662

2

6

2

2

13
3
78

Oklahoma......................

920

220

635

Enid.. _ _____
Muskogee_________
Oklahoma City____
Tulsa_____________

103
54
469
294

4
1
52
163

8, 288

Amarillo________
Austin____________
Beaumont_________
Corpus Christi____
Dallas........ ..............

224
998
361
749
1, 214

El Paso______ ____
Fort Worth. _____
Galveston__ _____
Houston__________
Port Arthur_______

924
214
2,157
232

San Angelo..............
San Antonio_______
Waco. . _ ______
Wichita Falls...........

89
838
206
82

Texas______ ____

186

4

10

7

168

183

4
4
2

7

591

7

16

3

16

3
120

17

120

4

8

43

28

1

10

2

3

4

27

12

4

4

4

4

4

5
2
285
343

1
122
22

1
3
64
71

2
7
18

6
6

2
2

4

4

4

4

135

1,845

242

371

26

180

7

172

6

26

153

175

558

8
17
1

73
126
10
10
596

1
106
10

23
74
5
21
17

1

1

4

4

3
13

19

19
6
21
9

2

15

20

6
41
4
10
139

1

9
26
63
2

53
8
13
2
6
1
11

57

3
250
38
645
2

11
6

159
4
22

4
18
11
59

7
39
3
2

3
36
5
2

2
3

1
4
18
2

2
2

130

17

139

15

29

4

145

1 Includes 1- and 2-family dwellings with stores.




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Brick Stone Other Not re­
veneer veneer materi­
ported
als

4

1
1

10

15
1

24
4

3
12

3
2
142

2
4

1

3
2

2
3

12
87

8
3

2 Includes multifamily dwellings with stores.

10

140

4

29

4

4
9
8

16
24
318

4
4

RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

10,381

Arkansas____________ .

Brick

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Permit Valuations

The new privately financed residential construction in the West
South Central cities was definitely in the low-cost field. More than
four-fifths of the units had valuations of less than $4,500. The ac­
companying chart indicates, however, that slightly higher valuations
were reported for cities with 100,000 population or over than in the
smaller communities, those with a population of 25,000 to 100,000.
For example, the valuation most frequently stated on the permits
granted in the larger cities was between $3,000 and $3,500, while in
the smaller cities the valuation reported most often was between $1,500
and $2,000.
Although there was no outstanding concentration of the units for
which permits were granted in the 23 cities in any one cost group,
45 percent of the dwelling units had valuations ranging from $1,500
to $3,500. From 60 to 70 percent of the units in several of the cities
—Enid, Muskogee, Beaumont, Corpus Christi, and Port Arthur—
appeared within this $2,000 interval.
Among the various types of structure, single-family detached houses
had higher valuations in both city-size groups than did other types of
dwellings, as shown by table 4. Valuations of the single-family
detached homes ranged from $500 to $25,000 and over. In the group
of smaller cities, units in all other types of structure ranged from $500
to $5,500 per unit; and units in apartment buildings without com­
mercial space were to cost from $1,000 to $4,500. In the larger cities
apartment buildings were to cost from $500 to $7,000 per unit, and
valuations for 1- and 2-family dwellings with commercial space ranged
upwards to $15,000.




RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION




10
T

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939

4 . — Num ber of fam ily-dwelling units in privately financed structures fo r which
building permits were issued in 2 3 W est South Central cities , by permit valuation
per unit and type of structure, 1 939 1

able

7 CITIES OF 100,000 OR M ORE POPULATION
Type of structure
1 - and
3- and 5-or-more2fam­
family,
with­
4famiiy, out commer­
ily, 3-fam­
-fam- and
4-fam­
cial
unit
and
ily, 2 - com­ ily, 3com­
ily
De­
At­ Semide­ decker mer­ decker
mer­
tached tached tached
cial
cial Build­ Units
unit
ings
unit
1

Permit valuation per
family-dwelling unit

All
types

2

10,039

8,340

$25,000 and over______
$22,500-$24,999______
$20,000-$22,499_______
$17,500-$19,999_ _..........
$15,000-$17,499............

17
7

17
7

17

17

$12,500-$14,999_______
$10,000-$12,499______
$9,500-$9,999_________
$9,000-$9,499 __ ____
$8,500-$8,999________

30
84
37
40
39

29
83
37
40
39

$8,000-$8,499
$7,500-$7,999 ________
$7,000-$7,499_________
$6,500-$6,999 . . .
$6,000-$6,499................

58
84
103
231
318

100

$5,500-$5,999
.
.
$5,000-$5,499 _ _____
$4,500-$4,999
$4,000-$4,499
$3,500-$3,999 ..............

144
535
368
648
899

128
510
313
588
716

$3,000-$3,499
_____ 1,226
$2,500-$2,999 ________ 1 , 1 0 2
979
$2,000-$2,499 __
935
$1,500-$1,999
_ _
1,049
$1,000-$1,499

1,147
955
850
703
810

1,069

843

Total...................... .

$500-$999 ___

10
10

-family

18

632

262

18

21

208

4

56

536

17
14

144
140

10
10

1
1

58
79

4

81
170

1

3

6
8

4
2
10

14

4
4
10

20

42

12
12

1
1

3
1

3
3

8

20
22

1

6

24
48

140
156

24
18
18

176

20

68

4
1

42
38
18

3
1

3
3
3

4

1
2
1
1
2

20

64
32
4

2

15

4

8
8

144
8

28
10
6
20

1

20

6

156

1

120

2
1

12

2

18

16 CITIES OF 26,000 TO 100,000 POPULATION
Total........................... 5,974
1
$25,000 and over
1
$22,500-$24,999
2
$20,000-$22,499
1
$17,500-$ 19, 999
8
$15,000-$17,499
11
$12, 500-$14,999
$10 0flft-$12r499
29
11
$9 500-$9 999
14
$9 ’ 000-$9,499
$ 8 500-$8 999
24
$8 , 000-$8,499
17
23
$7, 500-$7,999
29
$7,000-$7 499
47
$ 6 500-$6,999
$fi’ 000-$6 499
81
79
$5 500-$5,999
161
$5 000-$5 499
284
$4 ’ 500-$4,999
$4 000-$4 499
505
$3* 500-$3, 999
471
700
$3,000-$3,499
765
$2, 500-$2,999
666
$2,000-$2,499_________
890
$1,500-$l, 999
. _
597
$1,000-$l, 499 _______
557
$500-$999____________

5,087

36

316

166

30

51

132

2
1

3

1

3
9
9
9
3

24
16

6

20

9

16

1
1
2
1
8
11

29
11

14
24
17
23
29
47
81
79
156
271
377
433
636
675
540
750
434
437

4
4
10

14
6
6
10

14
32
44
66

82
60

8

4
16
14
16
30
32
28
18

3
5
3
5
3
7

8

20

28

6

i When the structure provided for a built-in or attached garage or a commercial unit, the cost of such unit
was included. Data for family-dwelling units with permit valuations less than $500 are not included.




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RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

Although the valuations for single-family houses were distributed
throughout all cost groups as indicated by table 5, three-fourths of
the units had valuations ranging from $500 to $4,000 per unit. In
several of the cities, however, slightly higher valuations were reported
for the single-family homes for which permits were issued in 1939.
For example, more than one-half of the 1-family dwellings in Tulsa,
El Paso, and Wichita Falls, and approximately two-fifths in Shreve­
port and Oklahoma City were to cost $4,000 or more.
T able

5 . — N u m b er o f p riv a tely fin a n ced 1 -fa m ily d w ellings f o r w hich bu ild in g
p e rm its w ere iss u ed i n W e s t S o u th C entral cities , b y p e rm it va lu a tion , 1 9 3 9 1
Arkansas

Permit valuation
per family-dwelling Total
unit

Louisiana

Oklahoma

Texas

Okla­
Am­ Aus­
Fort Little Baton Mon­ Shreve­ Enid Mus­ homa
Smith Rock Rouge roe
kogee City Tulsa arillo tin
port

Total. __ _______ 14,429

179

195

161

108

793

115

61

999

1

$25,000 and over___
$22,500-$24,999____
$20,000-$22,499____
$17,500-$19,999__
$15,000-$17,499____

18
8
12
11
25

$12,500-$14,999____
$10,000-$12,499____
$9,500-$9,999______
$9,000-$9,499__ _
$8,500-$8,999_____

40
112
48
54
63

$8,000-$8,499______
$7,500-$7,999__
$7,000-$7,499______
$6,500-$6,999______
$6,000-$6,499_____

75
102
129
128
251

3
2
4
7

$5,500-$5,999______
$5,000-$5,499______
$4,50O-$4,999______
$4,000-$4,499.. .
$3,500-$3,999______

207
670
590
979
1,173

1
2
10
21

3
14
16
12
22

$3,000-$3,499___ . . . 1,817
$2,500-$2,999______ 1,708
$2,000-$2,499______ 1, 520
$1,500-$1,999______ 1,665
$1,000-$1,499______ 1,498

15
24
36
21
26

$500-$999_________

20

1
1

1,526

4
2
1
3

329

1,322

1

1

1
1

1
1

911

1

1

1
1
1
2

1
1
2
1
2
4

2

1

1
1

1
1
2
1
11

2
2
6
4
3
9

1

1
1

5
2
2
3

9
11
12
11
26

1
1
5
3
5

8
7
6
10
19

6

1
3

2
1
7
10
27

1

5
1
8
8
15

3
5
7
9
11

1
2
3
8
14

12
40
55
149
95

1
3
7
5
11

1

257
40
73
116

4
83
46
249
74

13
21
38
49
45

22
38
64
60
96

21
17
11
13
5

13
33
16
14
10

28
18
5
12
7

139
60
41
38
54

24
32
12
7
3

8
8
9
14
8

136
86
63
30
65

240
32
22
9
22

49
17
11
25
11

151
183
154
195
159

33

27

4

53

6

11

88

42

20

125

4
3

1 Includes units in 1-family detached, attached, and semidetached structures, without commercial space.
Data for family-dwelling units with permit valuations less than $500 are not included.

429634°—42-




3

12

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY,

1939

5 . — Number o f 'privately financed 1-family dwellings for which building
permits were issued in West South Central cities, by permit valuation, 1989—
Continued

T able

Texas—Continued
renm c valuation
per family dwelling
Wich­
El
Fort Gal­ Hous­ Port
San
San
unit
Beau­ Corpus
ton Arthur Angelo Antonio Waco ita
m ont Christi Dallas Paso Worth ves­
ton
Fads
Total____________

387

799

1,899
1

$25,000 and over
$22,500-$24,999____
$20^000-$22'499____
$17^500-$19,999____
$15,000-$17,499____

1

$12,500-$14,999____
$10,000-$12,499____
$9,500-89,999______
$9,000-89,499______
$8,500-88,999______

2
2
1
1

4

$8,000-88,499______
$7,500-87,999______
$7,000-87,499______
$6,500-86,999______
$6,000-86,499......... .

1
1
1

2
8

3
3
6

$5,500-$5,999.........
$5,000-$5,499______
$4,500-$4,999___
$4,000-$4,499______
$3,500-83,999.........

4
4
7
12
16

$3,000-83,499______
$2,500-82,999______
$2,000-$2,499______
$1,500-81,999______
$1,000-$1,499 _
$500-$999____ ____

267 2,844

1

2
2
2

....I

2

234

107

940

226

156

13
7
8
6
13

1

23
59
34
34
32

3
2
2
2

1
1
1

5
2
4
5
26

3

1
2
8
8
2

9
11
39
50
151

5
8
3

1

1

3

2
1
2
2

1

2
4

8

3
3
6
2

2
6
16
6
17

1
5

34
53
51
45
76

12
24
32
.28
40

7
23
32
58
90

18
10
24
39
42

6
71
45
54
76

2
1
4
7
22

84
59
89
75
181

6
17

3
6
12

20
55
75
116
32

70
127
89
221
73

162
282
308
267
316

24
22
8
4

243
156
115
85
121

24
31
41
50
40

269
321
262
354
375

36
35
42
46
30

16
22
9
5
10

93
102
144
94
77

18
21
41
37
54

18
24
6
8

37

67

327

3

155

28

287

18

21

117

35

2

3
1

2

1

215 1,182

1
1

2
1

1
1
1

1

1

1

5
3
32
12
17

Room s per D w elling U n it

Information concerning the number of rooms per dwelling unit was
available for 12,936 of 13,665 units in 18 of the cities covered by this
report as shown in table 6. The 5-room unit was the favored size in
th^se cities; 44 percent of the units had 5 rooms, 21 percent 4 rooms,
14 percent 6 rooms, and 11 percent 3 rooms. Approximately half of
the single-family detached dwellings, and nearly three-fifths of the
units in 2-family, 2-decker structures contained 5 rooms. Four
rooms were reported more often than any other size in 4-family and
5-or-more-family structures, while 3 rooms were favored for single­
family attached and semidetached houses, units in 1- and 2-family
houses with commercial space, and 3-family, 3-decker buildings.
There was very little variation between the larger and smaller
cities in regard to the size of the dwelling units. The 5-room unit
predominated in both groups, accounting for about the same per­
centage of units in cities with populations of 100,000 and over (44
percent) as in cities in the 25,000-100,000 population group (45
percent).




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RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

T a b l e 6.— Number o f units with specified number of rooms in privately financed

structures for which building permits were issued in 18 West South Central cities,
by type of structure, 1989
Number of family-dwelling units with specified number of rooms
T o­
tal 1

Type of structure

2

Total 1

4

3

5

6

8

7

15 or
11 12 13 14 more

9
10 l

18 W EST SOUTH C E N TRAL CITIES
All types------------------------- 13, 665 12,936 ‘ 22 234 1,473 2,717 5,746 1,766 516 253 90 71 22 13

5

4

4

846 1,902 5,235 1,698 502 248 90 71 22 13
1
8
14
22
363 302
90
5
74 196
38
33 9

5

4

4

1-family, detached________ 11, 232 10,836 14 182
54
4
1-family, attached __ _____
27
1-family, semidetached____
804
22
850
352
2
2-family, 2-decker._______
398
1- and” 2-family, and com42
3
45
mercial unit____________
1
72
63
3-family, 3-decker. _ _ ___
332
312
12
4-family
__ __ _____ _
5-or-more-family, without
682
commercial u n i t .______
500 8 8

13
27
106

11
16
172

6
16
22

7

66

232

181

5

2
3

5 CITIES OF 100,000 OR M ORE POPULATION
All types_________ _______ *8,087 7, 878

6 164

890 1,697 3,483 1,035 302 152 59 54 15 10

4

4

3

1-family, detached________ 6,516 6,407
7
18
1-family, attached _______
1-family, semidetached____
546
540
238
230
2-family, 2-decker
_____
1- and 2-family, and com­
16
18
mercial unit. ________ _
21
18
3-family, 3-decker
204
196
4-family__________ ______
5-or-more-family, without
464
commercial unit___ ____
526

6 135
4
10
2

479 1,124 3,087
3
60
251 198
16
34 144

4

4

3

4

1
6
86

7
9
98

1
3
8

8

52

224

180

989 291 147 59 54 15 10
16
25 ~~9
5

5

2

13 CITIES OF 25,000 TO 100,000 POPULATION
All types-------------------------

583 1,020 2, 263

731 214 101 31 17

7

3

1...

1

709 211 101 31 17
1
6
8

7

3

1

1

12

367
14
112
22

2
1
8

13
21
20

4
7
74

5
13
14

2

14

8

1

5

5,578 5, 058 16 70

l-family, detached _
_ 4, 716 4, 429
36
20
1-family, attached
_ _ _
304
264
l-family, semidetached__ _
122
160
2-family, 2-decker
____
1- and 2-family, and com­
27
26
mercial unit
51
45
3-family, 3-decker
128
116
4-family
____
5-or-more-family, without
mm mcroial unit
156
36

8 47

8

778 2,148
5
104
30
40
52

3

i Includes units for which number of rooms was not reported.

Table 7 presents the number of 1-family dwellings by specified
number of rooms for each of the 18 cities for which room data were
available. Forty-six percent of the 11,667 single-family houses con­
tained 5 rooms, 19 percent had 4 rooms, 15 percent 6 rooms. The
5-room was the most important size dwelling in each of the cities
except Little Rock, where 27 of the 92 single-family houses for which
information was available contained 6 rooms.




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BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1 9 3 9

T a b l e 7 . — Number of 'privately financed 1-family

dwellings without commercial
space with specified number of rooms for which building permits were issued in 18
West South Central cities, 1939 1
Number of family-dwelling units with specified number of rooms
State and city

Total2
Total

Total_______________ 12,136 11,667

1

2

14

3

4

5

6

15
9 10 11 12 13 14 and
over

8

7

208 1,223 2,212 5,325 1,721 502 253 90 71 22 13

Arkansas.-. _______

374

269

25

58

97

58

23

6

1

1

Fort Smith_____
Little Rock_____

179
195

177
92

12
13

49
9

74
23

31
27

8
15

1
5

1

1

901

702

2

52

82

413

127

22

4

108
793

108
594

1
1

6
46

8
74

71
342

15
112

7
15

4

61

58

2

2

18

23

6

5

2

Louisiana

_______

M o n ro e________
Shreveport..
_
Oklahoma: Muskogee

10,800 10,638

14

A m a rillo -__ _
329
323
Austin _______ 1,322 1,311
Beaumont _____
387
387
Corpus Christi__
799
790
Dallas.......... ........ 1,899 1,899

6
1

Texas____ ________

El Paso ______
215
215
Fort Worth__ _ 1,182 1,121
Glaveston. _____
262
267
Houston________ 2,844 2,796
Port Arthur_____
234
234
San A ntonio____
Waco ______ _
Wichita Falls

940
226
156

923
221
156

3

1
2
1

204 1,144 2,054 4,792 1,530 452 241 89 71 22 12
19
45
6
66
42

1
4
1
9
2

8
23
6
5
54

33
164
31
86
220

30
276
94
175
363

173
589
170
275
981

46
179
64
111
223

1
20
4
62
4

4
126
36
301
30

17
193
45
552
50

122
634
110
969
118

1 2 2 1
52 13
8
113 26
44 12
5 3 2
463 195 123 49 48 14
29
3

12
4
1

79
30
4

200
52
7

441
97
113

154
28
24

15
7
3

3 2
20 5
13 1
43 17
5 5

15
2
3

3
1
1

2

3
1
3

2

5

4

4

5

4

4
31

1
1

1
8

4

3

43

1

1 Room data not available for Baton Rouge, La.; Enid, Oklahoma City, and Tulsa, Okla.; and San
Angelo, Tex.
2Includes units for which number of rooms was not reported.
3 1 unit of 17 rooms.
* 1 unit of 15 rooms; 1 unit of 17 rooms; 1 unit of 18 rooms.

Demolitions

Permits were issued for the demolition of approximately 550 family­
dwelling units by private wrecking operations in 18 of the West South
Central cities, and 1,369 units at the sites of 2 of the 10 housing proj­
ects, as indicated in table 8.
In the cities where demolition data were complete, approximately
1 dwelling unitwas razed by private wrecking operation,on the average,
for every 19 new units provided by private construction. The num­
ber of privately financed demolitions in the individual cities ranged
from 169 in Dallas to 1 in Amarillo. Approximately four-fifths of
the units demolished by private wrecking operations were single­
family, detached houses.




15

RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

T a b l e 8 , — Number o f family-dwelling units in structures fo r which demolition

permits were issued in 18 West South Central cities, by type of structure, 1989 1
Type of structure
1-family

1- and
2fam­
Total
ily, 3-fam­
2-fam­ and
4-family, 2 ily, 3At­ Semidecker com­
decker iiy
De­
de­
mer­
tached tached tached
cial
unit

State and city

Arkansas: Fort Smith_____________

5

5

Louisiana:
Baton Rouge _- _____________
Monroe ____________________
Shreveport
__________

14
6
23

14
6
19

Oklahoma:
Enid _______________________
M uskogee__ _ ______________
Tulsa. ___ ___________________

3
28
9

1
28
9

Texas:
Amarillo______________________
Austin
___________________
Beaumont____________________
Corpus Christi
_______
_____________________
Dallas

1
10
41
12
169

1
8
33
1
142

10

El P a so___________ _____ _

102

4
2

4

2
4
4

__

481

68

Private wrecking operations.
Alamito housing project
(U. S. H. A .)____________

41

9

440

59

Galveston_____________________
Houston ___ _________ _______
Port Arthur___________________

47
2 43
22

30
42
14

San Antonio

991

740

96

6

62
929

52
688

4
92

6

15

13

_____ _

Private wrecking operations.
Alazan Courts (U. S. H. A.)__
W aco..

_

________________

5-ormorefamily,
with­
out
com­
mer­
cial
unit

4
3
33

7
10

24

254

24

222

32
102
4

4

33
2

2
1

5

8
15

12

122

15

12

122

2

1 Demolition permits were not required in Little Rock, Ark., and Wichita Falls, Tex., and such data
were not available in Oklahoma City, Okla., and Fort Worth and San Angelo, Tex.
2 Does not include family-dwelling units contained in 6 buildings to be demolished for which the number
of units was not reported.

Housing Projects Financed From Federal Funds

In addition to the privately financed residential facilities provided
in 1939 in the West South Central cities, 2,660 units in 2,401 buildings
were authorized in projects of the United States Housing Authority.
Also 13 single-family, detached dwellings of Federal construction
were authorized for workers at the Public Health Service Hospital
at Fort Worth. These dwellings consisted of 2 six-room brick houses
for the senior medical officer and clinic director, 4 five-room brick
houses for junior medical officers, and 7 four-room frame houses for
helpers.
As indicated by table 9, housing projects of the United States
Housing Authority were authorized in 6 Texas cities and provided
low-rent housing facilities for 2,660 families. The largest single
project was Alazan Courts at San Antonio, planned for 932




BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY,

16

193 9

families. This was a slum-clearance project and 929 units were
demolished at the site.
The units in the projects were all of the 1-or 2-family type. The
single-family, attached building predominated, however, and ac­
counted for 72 percent of the 2,660 units. Nineteen percent were
in 2-family- structures, while the remainder were single-family,
semidetached buildings. As in privately financed residential construc­
tion the 5-room unit was the favored size unit. Fifty-five percent
of the dwelling units in the projects contained 5 rooms, and 21 per­
cent were 3-room units. The buildings at the 4 projects at Corpus
Christi were constructed of a combination of tile and stucco, and tile
was used for Alazan Courts at San Antonio. Brick was the construc­
tion material specified for the rest of the developments.

Administration buildings were constructed in connection with
seven of the projects and several other types of nonresidential struc­
tures—gas-meter houses, tenant storage buildings, and yard stations—
were provided at the various developments.
T a b l e 9. — United States Housing Authority projects in 6

West South Central

cities, 1989 1
Residential

Number of family­
dwelling units
with—

T otal.._ ____

ooa

Sh
T*

6 rooms

CO

5 rooms

3 rooms

| 2-family

Attached

Semide| tached

Units

Buildings

1-family—

__________________ 2, 401 2,660 1,910 232 518 566 418 1,461 215 2,198

7

2

21

Yard stations

Units by
type of
structure

Gas-meter houses

Number
of—

Tenant storage buildings

State, city, and name of project

Administration buildings

New construction

On-site housekeeping demoli­
tions (units)

|

Nonresidential

4

Texas

Austin: Chalmers Court__________
Corpus Christi:
D. N. Leathers Center________
Kinney Place________________
Kinney Place Addition___ ___
Navarro Place_____________ __
El Paso: Alamito________________
Port Worth:
Butler Place_________________
Ripley Arnold Place__________
Houston: Cuney Homes ______ _
San Antonio: Alazan Courts______

80

86

74

12

50

93
126
22
202
282

98
134
24
210
314

88
118
20
194
250

10
16
4
16
64

16
44
4
70
32

6

198
196
270
932

250
252
360
932

104 52 60
146
112 56 60
140
180
180
180
242
700 "232

iu

24

6

41

62
58
12
108
126

20
32 \> 0K4A f 1
8
l—
32 J 255
1
1
44 440

99
136
146
690

39
34

215
264
929

1
1
1
1

8
2
11
1
1

2
2

1 Brick was the exterior construction material for all projects with the exception of the 4 projects at Corpus
Christi, which were surfaced with a combination of tile and stucco, and Alazan Courts at San Antonio, which
was surfaced with tile.




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17

Nonhousekeeping Residential Construction
T yp e o f Structure and Permit Valuations

Nonhousekeeping residential construction in 1939 in the West
South Central cities amounted to $1,816,000 for 331 buildings com­
pared with $1,439,000 for 417 buildings in 1938— a 26-percent increase
in dollar volume. Table 10 presents the number, type, and permit
valuations of nonhousekeeping residential structures by city for 1939
and 1938.
From point of dollar volume, hotels made up the bulk of nonhouse­
keeping residential construction, accounting for $1,123,000 or 62
percent of the total valuation. Convents stood second among the
types of structure1from point of dollar volume and represented 14
percent of the total. Summer camps and cottages were third, account­
ing for 10 percent of the total valuation, and for 92 percent of the
total number of buildings authorized in 1939.
More than three-fifths of the volume of $1,816,000 reported in 1939
was accounted for by Corpus Christi, where permits were issued for
104 structures valued at $1,132,000. Not only is Corpus Christi the
main Gulf port for south Texas, but a popular seaside resort, and with
a large tourist trade arises the demand for hotels and tourist cabins.
The city has a large area where low-rent tourist cottages are in demand
by people not planning to make Corpus Christi their permanent home.
Nonhousekeeping residential construction in the city consisted of a
hotel valued at $1,106,000 and 103 summer camps and cottages with
a total valuation of $26,000.




T a b l e 10.— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential structures for which building permits were issued in West South Cen-

J—*

tral cities, by type of structure, 1939 and 1938 1

00

[For more detailed analysis of data, see appendix table A]
Association
buildings

Convents

Dormitories

Guest houses

Lodging
houses

Hotels

Nurses'
homes

Summer camps
and cottages

6,241
75

1938
1939

1
11

20,000
13,000

1939
1938

37
6

33,050
25,800

1939
1938
Oklahoma City........ 1939
1938
Tulsa_____________ 1939
1938

19
1
2
2
16
2

7,400
1,000
11,500
14,500
14,150
10, 300

1939
1938

267
410

1939
1938
1939
1938
Beaumont................. 1939
1938

Corpus Christi_____ 1939
1938
Dallas........................ 1939
1938
El Paso..................... 1938

Oklahoma_______ _____
Enid______________

Texas......... ............... .
Amarillo................ .

Austin................ ......




1

$250,000
—

6
4

$43,400
272,493

1

$6,000

2 $1,123,000
616,000
7

10
8

1

5,000

3
5

5,000

1, 763,315
1, 393, 568

4
4

100,925
123,800

1
1

1

39
18
24
60
11
20

17,050
74,064
168,015
484,107
4,200
10,000

2
3

66,300
115,800

104
102
13
42
1

1,131,955
28,700
42,220
24,650
40,000

1

250,000

6
4

43,400
272,493

4

272,493

4

11,500

$173,755
197,339

3,811

15
1

2,430
75

20,000

6,000
13,000
1

1

303
389

1

13,000

2
6

1,123,000
603,000

1

15,000

4,500

1

4,500

9
8

80,215
40, 614

76, 215
24,814

8,300
4,000

1

28,000

8
3

1

1,106,000
~
10,000

3
1

1

Valuation

Number

Valuation
$84,715
40, 614

1

1

$28,811
189,197

l

Number

! Valuation

Number

Valuation

| Number

Valuation

Number

Valuation

! Number

Number

Valuation
$105,925
123,800

1

10,000

10

7,000

35
3

23, 550
2,800

19

7,400
1,000
7,000
1,500
9,150
300

1

10,000

1
1
15
1

2
3

25,000
159,197

243
385

140,775
194,464

1

52,214

39
16
14
39
11
20

17,050
6,850
25, 500
43,000
4,200
10,000

2

25,000

25,955
20,400
1,720
14, 650

1

40.666

103
99
6
41

1939

16
1

_ _ _ _ 1939
1938

Louisiana:
Baton R ou g e_____
Shreveport. ____

5
4

Number

331 $1,815,606
417 1,439,443

Valuation

Arkansas:
Fort Smith

_ . 1939
1938

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY,

Total___________

Valuation

Year

State and city

Number

l

Total

Fort Worth..............

1939
1938
1939
1938
Houston. .................. 1939
1938

5
19
6
12
22
120

17,400
76,497
3.000
18,700
324,000
667,250

1939
1938
1939
1938
1938

1
1
42
19
6

14,000
5.000
41,375
63,650
950

.......... .

429634'

San Angelo____
San Antonio______
Wichita Falls..

1

17,000

1

Galveston..
1

1

250,000

2

2
31,900

8,000

1

14,000

1

20,625

1

495,000

1

50,000

1

5,000

7,500

66,983

4
18
6
10
19
118

400
9,514
3,000
11,200
42,200
64,250

41
18
6

20,750
13,650
950

1 Includes only cities where permits were issued in 1939 or 1938.

RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION




CO

BUILDING P E R M I T SURVEY,

20

1939

Demolitions
Demolition of nonhousekeeping residential structures occurred in
only 6 of the cities covered by this report. Nine lodging houses,
five hotels, and three summer camps and cottages were razed in 1939,
as shown by table 11.
T able

1 1 . — Num ber o f nonhousekeeping residential structures fo r which demolition
permits were issued in 6 W est South Central cities , 1 93 9 1
State and city
T exa s

Beaumont________________________
Dallas_________ ____ ________________
Galveston_______ __________ _______
Houston__________________________
Port Arthur_______________________ .
San Antonio________________________

All types

Lodging
houses

Hotels

1
5
1
6
2
2

2
1
2

Summer camps
and cottages

1
3
4
1

2
1

i Cities reporting no demolitions were omitted from this table.

Nonresidential Construction
T y p e o f S tr u c tu r e a n d P e r m it V a lu a tio n s

The total valuation of nonresidential construction in the West
South Central cities was $24,659,000 as compared with $34,363,000
in 1938. This 28-percent decrease was largely the result of lower
construction expenditures for public buildings, public works and
utilities, and schools. On the other hand, valuations of several types
of structure, especially stores and other mercantile buildings, increased.
Table 12 shows the comparison of totals for nonresidential construction
for the 2 years, 1938 and 1939, by city and type of structure.
The combined valuation for cities in each of the States included in
this report was lower in 1939 than in 1938, with decreases as great as
30 percent in Texas and 34 percent in Arkansas cities. The decline
in the Texas cities is attributable in large measure to the situation in
Houston where valuations for office buildings, public buildings, and
public works and utilities, decreased considerably. Other Texas
cities, Amarillo, Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Galveston, Port Arthur,
and San Antonio, as well as Little Rock, Ark., Baton Rouge, La., and
Oklahoma City, Okla., also showed substantial decreases.
Despite the lower valuations in Houston, the $7,687,000 reported
for this city in 1939 accounted for more than three-tenths of the total
dollar volume in the 23 cities. The construction of stores and other
mercantile buildings accounted for 38 percent of this valuation.
Dallas ranked second with permit valuations for nonresidential struc­
tures amounting to $2,744,000. Institutions, including 10 buildings
financed from Federal funds and valued at $1,005,350, constituted 37
percent of the total for the city. A dollar volume of more than one




N0NRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

21

million dollars was reported in each of the cities of Shreveport, Austin,
Corpus Christi, Fort Worth, aud San Antonio.
The most important types of structure in the West South Central
cities in 1939, on the basis of permit valuations, were stores and other
mercantile buildings (representing 26 percent of the total), institutions
(12 percent), schools (11 percent), and office buildings (10 percent).
Although private detached garages accounted for only 6 percent of
the total valuations, they represented about 70 percent of the total
number of buildings. Furthermore, about 1 private detached garage,
on the average, was reported for every 2 new family-dwelling units
provided by private construction in the 23 cities during the year.
The valuation of stores and other mercantile buildings amounted
to $6,294,000 for 775 buildings in the 23 cities. All of the communities
reported some construction of this type, with valuations ranging from
$2,904,000 in Houston to $18,000 in Galveston. In several cities in
addition to Houston— Fort Smith, Little Rock, Monroe, Oklahoma
City, Beaumont, and San Angelo— stores and other buildings were the
most important type of nonresidential construction. In El Paso
valuations for stores and other mercantile buildings and schools were
about equal.
Authorization was granted in 1939 for institutions to cost $2,983,000.
Institutional buildings accounted for approximately half of the
valuations in Amarillo and Wichita Falls, and for more than twofifths in Fort Worth.
Schools made up the bulk of nonresidential construction in several
of the cities, and constituted 76 percent of the total in Muskogee,
62 percent in Austin, and 57 percent in Waco. Office buildings were of
primary importance in Baton Rouge, Galveston, and Shreveport. In
this last-named city, valuations for four office buildings amounted to
$1,297,000 or 68 percent of the total. Churches were the most im­
portant type of structure in Tulsa and Port Arthur, while valuations
for amusement and recreation places were of first importance in San
Antonio. Well over two-fifths of the valuation of Corpus Christi
was accounted for by public works and utility structures. Factories,
bakeries, ice plants, laundries, and other workshops accounted for
about one-fourth of the valuation in Enid.




T a b l e 1 3 . — Num ber and permit valuation of nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in W est South Central citiesy
by type of structure, 1 989 and 1938

to
to

[For more detailed analysis of data, see appendix table A]

Total
State and city

Year
No.

Valuation

Churches

Factories, bak­
eries, ice plants, Garages, public
laundries, and
other workshops

No. Valuation No. Valuation No. Valuation No. Valuation
62 $1,778,307
74 1,213,863

136 $1,833, 232
99 1,263,232

109 $1,477,149
84 1,282,850

1939
1938

429
277

860,372
1,308,383

2

107,627

8
4

41,500
96,000

206
116
223
161

264,150
132,206
596, 222
1,176,177

1

67,627

Little Rock____________

1939
1938
1939
1938

1

40,000

3
2
5
2

19,000
86,000
22, 500
10,000

5
2

Louisiana............. .................

1939
1938

331
283

2,643,838
2,991,850

6
8

114,727
157,476

8
6

148,965
105, 695

7
7

Baton Rouge___________

1939
1938
1939
1938
1939
1938

99
80
64
72
168
131

527, 732
1, 355,757
206,416
342,912
1,909,690
1,293,181

1
1

89,900
3,745

3
5
4

3

10,500

100,981
24,827
52, 750

5
6

1939
1938

720
741

1,778,663
2,316, 561

7
6

166,366
101,200

Enid.................................... 1939
1938
Muskogee____ ____ ______ 1939
1938
Oklahoma City
1939
1938
Tulsa..... ............................. 1939
1938

133
134
107
69
255
313
225
235

127,670
114,240
457,877
260,855
747,578
1,645,237
445, 538
296,229

Arkansas______ ____________
Fort Smith.........................

Monroe____ ______ ______
Shreveport....................... .
Oklahoma.... ..........................




1
2
1
2
2
3
2

28,000
65,500
42,000
60,842
23,000
40,024
8,200

39
25

Garages, pri­
vate, when
separate from
dwelling1
No.

Gasoline and
service stations

Institutions

Valuation No. Valuation No. Valuation

$198,176 7,876 $1,433,114
113,400 6,067 1,390,761

222 $1,016,403
741,776
193

30
41

$2,982,578
3,348,959

3
1

13,200
1,000

262
174

28,876
27, 726

9
11

55,800
33,144

1

129,000

2

11,200

127, 700
33,000

1
1

2,000
1,000

113
61
149
113

11,641
8,630
17,235
19,096

2
5
7
6

8,500
8,000
47,300
25,144

1

129,000

254,464
39,480

7
1

51,396
1, 500

158
119

15,799
14,596

8
7

41,899
27,807

2
1

32,672
9,000

2

4,200

6

49, 596

9,000
2,400
241,264
37,080

1,800
1,500

4,482
5,486
2,705
2,444
8,612
6,666

1
1
1
2
6
4

3,000
2,200
4,800
13,500
34,099
12,107

23,172

1
1

52
36
27
25
79
58

1

138,465
105,695

3
1
2
6

1
1

9,500
9,000

21
14

235,000
65,500

8
9

144,500
58,150

2
3

7,145
10, 500

331
358

59,427
91,449

37
39

141,690
145,600

3

180,090

1
1
3

5,600
19,000
7,600

2
2

32,000
1,950

1
1

5,145
4,500

g
9
9
4

4
3
2
4

1
1

2,000
5,000

49,000

1,666

16,700
16,500
5,500
15,500
46,500
64,150
72,990
49,450

2

i

5
6
3
3
11
18
18
12

131,090

106,500
35,000
6,000
21,200

16,160
25,055
4,070
8,125
21,025
27,655
18,172
30,614

1

67, 500
39,000
154,300
7,500

101
106
24
18
101
112
105
122

5
2

127, 700
33,000

B U I L D I N G P E R M I T S U R V E Y , 1939

All cities.......- ........................ . 1939 11,140 $24,658,846
1938 8,891 34,363,085

Amusement
and recreation
places

168
136

777,014
535,225

28
36

2,949,906
3,030,869

193
163
891
763
361
101

47,068
45,950
126, 740
106,104
49, 260
11,462

9
5
11
13
5
3

33,700
15,600
60,009
49,025
36,500
13,428

3
4
2
13

445,635
676,063
14,200
548,043

1

6,000

7,000

495
52
36,400 1,371
8,800 1, 214
12, 500 285
254

69,130
10,893
191,677
240,960
81,852
62,924

17
11
28
13
1
8

62,000
38,000
123,300
40,750
3,000
27,800

1
12
8
2
1

20,000
1,015,350
575,300
35,250
55,000

21,235
17,600
1,200

12,937
8,181
36,426
22, 211
516,686
645,470

20
14

47,116
52,025
24,400
46,403
264,775
148,650

2
2

539,812
843,963

5
5

69
46
248
151
15,600 1,871
45,000 1,852

4
5

676,000
156,500

2, 900
29,000

1
2

1,700
10,400

22,417

16
7

3
2

543

34,473
35,008
4,900
2,290
122, 375
59, 502

2

128,375
86,000

273
235
28
15

3

13,400

1

15,000

25
12
127
15

3,543
3,085
31,945
2,950

1
1

201, 242
150,000

9,660
7,590

19,375,973
27, 746,291

47
60

1,389,587
955,187

99
75

1,407, 767
996,037

89
66

950,485
1,152,220

27
20

Amarillo........ ..................... 1939
1938
Austin— ........................... 1939
1938
1939
Beaumont
1938

261
221
1,085
976
452
187

887, 772
1,335,038
1,644, 741
2,115,658
' 447' 054
253,314

3
5
3

39,000
148,320
49,722

2

14,000

4
2
6
10
4
2

75,300
15,300
66,750
31,037
8,800
22,000

3
3
5
3
3
1

5,400
16,500
37,500
14,230
20,324
1,200

1
1
2
3
1

5,000
2,000
6,550
14,000
2,000

Hnrpns flhn'st.i

1939
1938
1939
1938
1939
1938

665
221
1,804
1,565
362
308

1,872,985
822,140
2. 743,663
3,081,882
416,424
444,249

4
2
3
8
1

2,700
9,200
32,950
89,021
27,000

3
2
20
16
1
4

309, 500
5,000
203,495
271, 250
33,000
68,100

7
7
14
6
1
1

20,800
114,000
135, 750
38,875
1,080
3,500

2

1939
1938
1939
1938
Houston_________ _______ 1939
1938

247
218
375
230
2,617
2,411

1,283,793
3,229,791
225,642
1,716,013
7,686,732
10, 589,695

5
10

17

168, 750
48,300
35,000

3

8
1

4

30, 500
118, 615

13
21

59,500
146,812
5,000
16,997
544,915
419,185

31
19

330,800
471, 500

32

554,456
715, 300

Port Arthur____________ _ 1939
1938
1939
1938
San Antonio
1939
1938

349
307
73
46
1,129
784

251,227
813,657
76,962
76,355
1,222,794
2, 757,844

2
1
2
2
7
3

2,100
12,000
3,700
41,000
549,000
54,500

4
2

118,872
6,000

1
1

1
5
7

2,800
47,000
41, 750

61
56
180
60

232,128
245,128
384,056
265, 527

2
2
1

9,000
13,000
1, 500

Dallas......... ........... ..........
El Paso.......... ................ .

Fort Worth.................. .
Galveston

__

_

__ _

San Angelo_____________

Waco__________________

1939
1938
Wichita F a lls .-..... ......... _ 1939
1938

1
6

1
1
1

2,930
60,000
15,222

33

4
3
3
4
4
1

126,435 7,125
100,400 5,416

17,250
2,600

888

4
8
44

25

4
1
9
9

13, 700
33,950
14,550
500
51,625
25,000

2
9
11
7

9,000
23, 748
33,339
20,346

3

10

1 Permits issued for dwelling units in many instances included the cost of detached garages. In order to show separate data for dwelling units and such garages, these composite
figures were broken down by applying the ratios derived from permits giving separate valuations for dwelling units and detached garages.




NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

1,329,012
1,256,990

Texas.......... ............................... 1939
1938

to

00

T

1 2 . — Number and permit valuation of nonrevidential structures for which building permits were issued in W est South Central cities,
by type of structure, 1939 and 1938 — Continued

able

[For more detailed analysis of data, see appendix table A]

Office buildings,
including banks
State and city

Year
No.

Valuation No. Valuation No. Valuation No. Valuation
$1,538,607
3,486, 552

41
47

1939
1938

2
1

124,971
697,528

1
2

1, 250
157,500

1

23,775

1939
1938

1

32,677

1
1

92,294
697,528

1
1
1

7,500
1,250
150,000

1

2

1,597,287

1

59, 579

1

1,064,242

$2,524,298
3,471,579

1938

Baton Rouge......................
Monroe..... .............. .........
Shreveport..........................
Oklahoma.... ......... .................
Enid.___ ________ _______
Muskogee_______________
Oklahoma City__________
Tulsa______ ____________




1939
1938

5

1939
1938
1939
1938
1939
1938

1

1939
1938
1939
1938
1939
1938
1939
1938
1939
1938

4
2
2

1,548,998
252,268

1,296,730
13,000
50,000

2
1

13,000
15,000

i

35,666

1
5

533,045
957,250

2

39,750

3

917,500

Sheds, poultry
houses, etc.

$2,800,499 1, 621
4,695,319 1,331

3

270

375
238
40

13
6
20
11

101,100
12,442
217,035
107,850

3

270

1
3

500
1,725

47
43

398,071
307,822

3

375

2

1,700

121,428
60,901
150,976
33,106
125,667
213,815

375

500
25

20
11
7
9
20
23

3

1
1

1
3

450
410

109
139

489,105
574,800

1
1

18
500
18

410

1

450

21,050
16, 750
20,850
20,300
340,850
407,400
106,355
130,350

1

3

9
8
6
4
56
89
38
38

1

500

4
4

415
238

23,775

65
37
31
23

11,760
9,396
5,093
3, 559

3
4
1

1
12

20,000
646,921

78
73

15,972
22,962

3

213,274

2,483
5,909
4, 763
8,703
8, 726
8,350

181, 753
20,000
251,894

4

28,000
16,500

8
1

454,463
28,300

189
153

39,499
36, 312

12
9
64
27
65
68
48
49

997
2,485
4, 790
3, 680
19,465
19, 232
14, 247
10,915

1,500

318,135
120,292

16,853
12,955

2
1
7

1

33
17

96
60

59,579

28,000
15,000

$18,223
95,500

$3,845
3,548

1

4
4

141
8

15
19

1

30,000
349,567

1
1
1

41,896
28, 300
33,000

All other nonresidential
structures

775 $6,293,858
801 5, 312,887

$425,927
341,697

5

Stores and
other mercan­
tile buildings

No. Valuation No. Valuation No. Valuation No. Valuation

13
27
21
29
44
17

5

Stables and
barns

B U IL D IN G P E R M IT S U R V E Y , 1939

43
47

23
25

Little Rock______________ 1939
Louisiana___________________

Schools

$334,630
7,601,162

1938

Fort Smith______________

Public works
and utilities

7
30

T otal........................................ 1939
Arkansas

Public build­
ings—city,
county, State,
and Federal

16
23

962,300
3,421,579

Amarillo..... ........................ 1939
1938
1939
1938
Beaumont.. ____________ 1939
1938

3

93,000

1

5,000

3

354,000

1
5

10,475
286,092

1

35,000

1
5

43,000
204,500

Austin__________________

Corpus Christi_______ . . . 1939
1938
Dallas________ ________ 1939
1938
El P aso_-___________
1939
1938
Fort Worth_________

...

1939
1938
1939
1938
Houston.. ______________ 1939
1938
Galveston_______________

Port Arthur_____________
San Angelo______________
San Antonio_____________
Waco____________

1939
1938
1939
1938
1939
1938

____ 1939
1938
Wichita Falls_________ .. 1939
1938




1
2
1

6,500
80,000
54,000

8
8

719,800
2, 630,400

1

11, 599

3

127,500

1
1

13,580
11,000

5
22

209,659
4,349,097

38
39

1, 509,357
3,252,973

31
34

2,302,261 1,258
4,020,098 1,045

353,603
269,468

9
9

5
3
11
2

35,100
81,614
331,721
7,762

2
16
4

134,865
1,021,869
92,941
34, 677

8,145
2,840
19,035
26,555
8,988
7,909

2
2

3

21
13
105
96
55
52

809,000
11,000
29,172
12,700
13,500
9,000

2
1
4
7
3
1

129,170
25,000
495,901
1,026, 572
98,235
35,000

61
76
217
197
35
24

18, 685
21,220
55,883
44,650
11,355
10, 920

2

560,797

2
4
4

596,913
402,490
610, 714

77
70
64
48
372
245

1
1

504, 515
21,596

1

177,742

2

20,736

1

15,400

3
1
8
2
2
1

2
1
5
2
4

518,889
7,000
517,260
187,184
1,882,500

2
1
2
5
9
8

70, 500
635,344
26,985
483, 278
428, 774
1,541,200

3
2

8,800
126, 630

4
1

33,250
7,000

5

365,304

2

60,000

1
1

133,000
8,000

1

24,800

2

930,478

586
602

5,088,547
4,309,973

134
7

17,560
95,000

130,524
242, 500
146,265
261,610
299,420
152,413

2

3,112

5

20
18
900 1 36
300
50
19
225
18

1

4,000

2

300

3
2

340
650

68
66
67
82
20
13

409,700
390,035
374,104
507,118
98,100
156, 605

1
52

50
6,341

8

1, 552

22,466
20,158
13,466
5,101
140, 743
60,261

47
53
4
4
220
182

304,477
179,107
18,000
13,850
2, 903, 609
1,188,015

48
1
1
1

4,165
14,000
900
75,000

46
44
27
16
135
131

13,952
10,375
7,366
3, 565
23,824
41, 760

14
8
11
11
37
71

32,313
34,180
24,850
26,200
247,665
1,016,450

23

1,490

18
9
25
24

3,185
5,760
6, 510
8,394

10
16
13
10

61,000
113,075
38,520
28,815

3

1,950

2

2,480
1,175

940

NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

'Texas......................... ................ 1939
1938

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BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY,

1939

Demolitions
Among the W est South Central cities where demolition data
were available the largest number was authorized in Dallas. Permits
were issued for the razing of 215 nonresidential structures in this city,
including 153 private detached garages. A t the other extreme, only
2 structures were demolished in each of the cities of Enid, Corpus
Christi, and W aco.
Private detached garages and stores and other mercantile buildings
made up the bulk of nonresidential demolitions. In table 13, detailed
information is presented concerning the number of nonresidential
structures, b y type of structure and city, for which demolition permits
were issued in 1939.




T

able

13.— Number o f nonresidential structures for which demolition permits were issued in 18 West South Central cities, 1939 1

429634'
State and city

Public
All
Stores
Type
and
other
of
Office build­
Gaso­
Sheds,
ings— Public
non­ struc
build­
other
Stables
works Schools poultry qnd
line and Institu­ ings, in­ city,
mer­
resi­
ture
houses, barns cantile dential not
service tions cluding county, and
utilities
etc.
stations
build­ struc­
re­
banks State,
and
ings
tures ported
Federal

10
5

21
32
2

215

12

El Paso_______________________
Galveston____________________
Houston______________________
Port Arthur__________________

41
23
80

San Antonio__________________

84

Private wrecking opera­
tions____________________
Alazan Courts (U. S. H. A.)

Ga­
rages,
private,
Ga­
when
rages,
public separate
from
dwell­
ing

153

21

1

31
3
67

5
43
14

3

2

NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

Arkansas: Fort Smith____________
Louisiana:
Baton R ouge_________________
Monroe_______________________
Shreveport___________________
Oklahoma:
E nid--------------------- -----------------M u skogee..................... ........ .
Tulsa__..........................................
Texas:
Amarillo______________________
Austin________________________
Beaumont____________________
Corpus Christi_______________
Dallas----------- -------------------------

Facto­
ries,
baker­
Amuse­
ies, ice
plants,
ment
All
rec­ Churches laun­
types and
reation
dries,
and
places
other
work­
shops

3
40

W a c o ...------ -------- ----------------1 Demolition permits were not required in Little Rock, Ark., and Wichita Falls, Tex., and such data were not available in Oklahoma C ity, Okla., and Fort W orth and San
Angelo, Tex.
a Retaining wall.
s Includes 1 chimney and 1 retaining wall.




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Appendix
Table A shows detailed information for nonhousekeeping residential
and nonresidential construction in W est South Central cities. This
table indicates the type of material and permit valuation for individual
structures in each of the 23 cities.
T

A .— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and
nonresidential structures fo r which building permits were issued in West South
Central cities, by type o f structure and specified materials, 1939

able

ARKANSAS
F O R T S M IT H

T yp e of structure and material

N um ­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

T otal
nonhousekeeping
residential structures______________
Nurses’ homes: B rick___________
Summer camps and cottages:
Frame-------- . ------- --------------------

Total nonresidential structures.
Amusement and recreation places:
Stone__________________________

. 16
1

T y p e of structure and material

Sheds, p ou ltry houses, etc .2_______

65

$11,760

F ra m e___________________________
B r ick _____________ ______ ________
Concrete________________________
M e t a l__________ __________________
T ile _________________ __________
N o t reported..................... ...............

45
4

3

6,705
1,150
600
3,000
100
205

Stables and b arn s......................... .........

3

375

F ra m e....... ....................... ...................

2

275

1
1

175
100

1

100

13

101,100

6

45,150

1
1
1
1
1
1

16,000
16,000
7,000
2,400
2,250
1,500

$6,241
3,811

15

2,430

1
1
1
1
i2
i3
i3
13

460
200
200
200
400
450
270
250

206

264,150

M e ta l____________________________

S tores a n d o th e r m erc a n tile b u ild ­
in gs—

1

Churches............... .................. ........

3

F ra m e..-------------- ----------------Brick veneer________________
Stone and frame_____________

1
1
1

2,000
12,000
5,000

Garages, public: B rick___ ______

2

11,200

1
1

10,000
1,200

Frame.........................................
Brick............................ ..............
Stone________________________
Brick and frame_____________
Brick and stucco____ _______
Concrete_______ ____________
N ot reported................ ............
Gasoline and service stations:
B rick_________ ______________

Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal: Stone.........
See fo o tn o te s a t end o f table.




3

9
1

67,627
B r ick ______ ______________________

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 2_____ __________

Num ­
ber
P erm it
of
valuation
struc­
tures

19,000

113

11,641

89
3
3
1
1
1
15

8,371
450
750
100
250
150
1, 570

2

8,500

1
1

5,500
3,000

1

32,677

2

8,600

1
1

8,100
500

1
1
1

1,100
9,000
4,250

1
1

18,000
15,000

A ll other nonresidential struc­
tures: F ences______________ _______

3

270

F r a m e ___________________________

2

150

1
1

100
50

1

120

S ton e.......................................... ..........

S t u c c o ...................... .............. ..........
B rick an d stone................... ...........
M e ta l____________________________
R einforced concrete: F acing
n ot reported__________________
Structural steel: B r ick facing.

N o t r e p o r t e d ..................................

29

30
T

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY,

1939

A .— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and
nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in West South
Central cities, by type of structure and specified materials, 1939— Continued

able

ARKANSAS—Continued
L IT T L E K O C K

T y p e of structure and material

N um ­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

Num ­
ber
P erm it
of
valuation
struc­
tures

T y p e of structure and m aterial

Total nonresidential structures.__

223

$596, 222

P u b lic buildings— city, cou n ty,
State, an d Federal: C o n c r e te .._

1

Amusement and recreation places:
B r ic k ______________
______

1

40,000

P u b lic w orks and utilities: M e t a l ..

1

1,250

Churches ________ __________

...

5

22,500

Schools: B rick ____ _______________

1

23, 775

Frame_______________________

3

7,500

Sheds, p ou ltry houses, etc .2_______

31

5,093

1
1
1

5,000
1,500
1,000

F ra m e_______________________ . .
B rick _________________________ __
Stone___ . . . . . . . . . ______ _.
M e t a l_____________ ________ . .

26

3,393

2
1
2

1,000

1
1

10,000
5,000

Brick veneer________________
Stone veneer-------------------------Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.

_

Stables and b a m s : F r a m e _____ __

5

127,700

Stores and other m ercantile b u ild ­
in gs--------------------------------------------

3

110, 700

F ra m e___________________________

1
1
1

47, 700
40,000
23,000

2

17,000

1
1

10,000
7,000

Garages, public: Stucco_________

1

2,000

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 2_ ______ __
_

149

17, 235

Frame__________________
Brick___ _
____ _____ __ __
Stucco.
_________
...
Brick and f r a m e .____ __
M etal_______ ________ ______

134
5
1
1
8

13,930
2,250
100
500
455

Stucco________

Gasoline and service stations____

7

47,300

M e t a l..

Brick____________________ . . .

5
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

37,550
20,000
5,200
5,000
3,850
3,500
750
9,000

B rick------------

--------------------

M etal_______________________

M etal_____ _______ _______ .
T ile_________________________
See fo o tn o te s a t en d o f table.




B rick _____________

____________

$92,294

150
550

1

40

20

217,035

7

9,3 80

1
i 2
1
1
1
1

3,200
3,0 00

8

34, 255

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

10,000
8,000

1,100
1,000
540
540

5,500
5,000
1.500
1.500
1,500
1,255

__________

1

3,000

._ . . . ____ ________ __

3

5,400

1
1
1

3,000
1,400

1

165,000

_

Structural steel, brick fa c in g ..

1,000

APPENDIX
T

31

A .— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and
nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in West South
Central cities, by type of structure and specified materials, 1939— Continued

a b l e

LOUISIANA
B A TO N ROUGE

T yp e of structure and material

N um ­
ber
Permit
of
valuation
struc­
tures

T yp e of structure and material

99

$527,732

Stores and other mercantile build­
ings

Amusement a n d r e c r e a t i o n
places: Brick
_
__

1

89,900

Frame_________ _____________

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.

2

4,200

Frame_______________________

1
1

1,500
2, 700

6

49, 596

1
1
1
1
1
1

25,496
9.800
6.800
3.000
3.000
1,500

Total nonresidential structures...

Garages, public: Brick__________

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 2 ____ _________

52

4,482

Frame_______________________
M etal_______________________

48
4

4,217
265

Gasoline and service stations:
Brick_________________________

1

3,000

Office buildings, including banks:
Concrete

1

252,268

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.2. . . . . .

13

2,483

F ram e... _______________ .
M etal__________ ___________

12
1

1,733
750

Brick....... ...................................

Brick and stone........................
M etal_______________________
All other nonresidential struc­
tures: F e n c e s _________________
Frame_______________ _____ _
M e t a l . .. .______ ___________

N um ­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

20
4
1
1
1
1
13
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1

$121,428

3
1
2
1
1

375
75
300
250
50

13,300
10,000
2,000
800
500
74,921
11,695
11,250
10,000
7,913
7,854
6,212
5.000
3, 500
3,300
3.000
2,500
1, 597
1,100
30,387
2,820
1,820
1,000

MONROE
Total nonresidential structures___

64

$206,416

Churches________________________

3

10, 500

Frame_______________________

2

5,500

1
1

3,000
2,500

1

5,000

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.

3

9,000

Brick............................. ..............

2

6, 500

1
1

4,000
2,500

M etal................... ......................

1

2,500

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 2_

27

2,705

24

2,455
250

Brick

Frame_____________ ________
M etal___ ___ ______ _______
See fo o t n o t e s a t en d o f table.




3

Gasoline
St.nncn

and

service

stations:
1

$4,800

1

23,172

21

4, 763

Frame___________________ ._ .
Concrete______ . . . _. . . . ._
M e ta l.____ _________________

15
1
5

3,038
850
875

Stables and barns: M etal________

1

500

7
2
1
1

150,976
3, 490
2,290
1,200

1
1

M e ta l

1
1

5,000
4,610
2,079
2,500

Reinforced concrete, brick
facing_____________________

1

133, 297

Institutions 3
Shods poultry hnnspSj p.t.c 2

Stores and other mercantile build­
ings------------- ---------------------------Fram e.....................................

Brick....... ................................. .
Brick veneer...................... . T. .
Stucco______________________

32
T

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939

A .— Number and permit valuation c f nonhousekeeping residential and
nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in West South
Central cities, by type of structure and specified materials, 1939— Continued

able

LOUISIANA—Continued
SHREVEPORT

T y p e of structure and material

N um ­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

Total nonhousekeeping residential
structures........ .......... ............ .......

11

$13,000

Quest houses 3----------------- ------- . . .

1

6,000

Num ­
ber
P erm it
of
valu ation
struc­
tures

T y p e of structure and m aterial

Gasoline and service stations—
C on tin u ed .
N o t reported__________________

2

$17,000

1
1

12,000

Summer camps and cottages 3___

* 10

7,000

Total nonresidential structures...

168

1,909,690

In stitu tion s: B r ic k _________________

1

9,5 00

Amusement and recreation places.

5

24,827

Office buildings, including b a n k s ..

4

1, 296, 730

Frame..........................................

2

5,000

1

B rick _________________ . . .
__
Brick veneer
_______ _________
B rick an d fram e______ __ _______
N o t reported___________________

1
1
1
1

742,000
6,5 00
39,000
509,230

5,000

1

3,500
1,500

Brick............................................

1

18,127

S ch o o ls 3______________________________

1

20,000

N ot reported________ ____ _

2

1,700

Sheds, p ou ltry houses, etc .2_______

44

8 , 726

1
1

1,000
700

5

138,465

3

132,965

1
1
1

104.965
18,000
10,000

2

5,500

1
1

4,000
1,500

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.

2

241,264

Brick ______________________
N ot reported________________

1
1

238, 564
2,700

Garages, p u b lic3____ ___________

1

1,800

Churches........... - .............................
Brick_______ ________________

N ot reported..............................

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 2____ _________ _

79

8, 612

Frame_______________________
Stone_____________________. . .
Concrete____________________
N ot reported______ ____ ____

29
1
1
48

3,907
144
200
4,361

Gasoline and service stations..........

6

34,099

Brick..........................................

4

17,099

1
1
1
1

7,150
5,949
3,000
1,000

See fo o tn o te s a t end o f table,




F ram e_______
____ __________ __
B rick ________ _____ ________ _____
Stone_______________
_____ . . .
Stucco________ ___________ _______
C oncrete__________________ _____
M e t a l____________ ___________ ..
N o t reported___________________
Stores
an d
b u ild in g s..

other
.. _

m ercantile
____ _

B rick _______________ _________

__

8
2
1
2
1

1,520

100
1,500
2,395

200

3
27

680
2,331

20

125,667

9

92,567

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

17,590
17,000
14,777
14,000

11,200
8,000
4,0 00
4,000

2,000

Stucco_______________ _____ _ . . .

1

9,250

M e ta l.................................. ...............

7

9,850

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
N o t reported................... ...............

2,500

2,000
1,850

1,200
1,000
800
500

3

14,000

1
1
1

6,500
4,000
3,500

33

APPENDIX

T able A .— Number and permit valuation o f nonhousekeeping residential and
nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in West South
Central cities, by type o f structure and specified materials, 1989— Continued
OKLAHOM A

ENID

T yp e of structure and material

N um ­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

T otal nonhousekeeping residen-

Sheds, poultry houses, etc..............
19

Summer camps and cottages:
F ram e.--.................................. .

19,

$7,400

i2
i2
1 15

1,500
900
5,000

133

127,670

1

5,600

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.
B r i c k - _________ ____________
M etal...... ............ „ .....................

2
1
1

32,000
30, 000
2,000

Garages, public: B rick.................

1

5,145

101
94
3

16,160
14, 585
975
500
100

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 2..............................
Frame
__________
Brick________________________
Metal
N ot reported................. ......... .

2
2

Gasoline and service stations........
Fram e.....................................

5

Brick________________________

3

1
1
1
1

"FVATT1A

7,400

Churches: B rick___ i___................

Total nonresidential structures.

T yp e of structure and material

N ot re p o rte d ...........................

1

4,000

Schools: Brick___________________

1

30,000

12

$997

8

787

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

250
185
100
75
60
50
50
17

M etal...........................................

1

50

N ot reported............................ .

3

160

1
1

inn
J
.UU

1
1

40
20

9

21 050

Stores and other mercantile buildings
Frame_______________________

1

1,500

B rick

4

15,150

1
1
1
1

5,500
4,000
3,500
2,150

4

4,400

1

1
1
1

1,500
1,000
1,000
900

1

18

5

$349, 567

1
1
1
1
1

291,224
20,148
17, 302
11,000
9,893

_

16,700
500
12, 200
7,000
4,000
1,200

N um ­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

M e ta l

_______________

All other nonresidential struc­
tures: Fences, frame.................. .

M USKOGEE
T otal nonresidential structures___

107

$457,877

Amusement and recreation places _
Concrete_________ ______ _ _
M etal____ __ _____ ________

2
1
1

65,500
47, 500
18,000

Churches________________________
Frame_______________________

3
2
1
1

7,600
4,600
3,600
1,000

1

3,000

24
20
1
3

4, 070
3,260
500
310

Stone_______________________
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 2..............................
Frame_____________ ________
S to n e _______________________
M etal_______________________
Gasoline and service stations_____
Brick_________________ _____

3
2
1
1

5,500
4, 500
2,500
2,000

M etal_______________________

1

1,000

See footnotes at end of table.




Schools: Brick................................ .

64

4,790

F ram e............... ................. .......
Concrete___ ________________
M etal_______________________
Glass.. _____________ ________

54
3
6
1

1,640
650
2,250
250

Stores and other mercantile build­
ings___________________________

6

20,850

Fram e........................................

1

500

Brick......... .......... ............... .......

3

19,200

1
1
1

11, 700
6,000
1,500

1
1

600
550

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.2______

Stone_______ _______________
Brick and stone___________ __

34

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939

T able A .— Number and 'permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and
nonresidential structures fo r which building permits were issued in West South
Central cities} by type of structure and specified materials, 1989— Continued
O K L A H O M A —Continued
O K L A H O M A C IT Y

T yp e of structure and material

N um ­
ber
Permit
of
valuation
struc­
tures

T otal nonhousekeeping residential s t r u c t u r e s ____ __ _ __ _

2

$11, 500

Lodging houses: Frame--------------

1

4,500

Summer camps and cottages:
Frame__________ _____ _______

T yp e of structure and material

Office buildings, including banks:
Brick_____ _________ ____ . . .

1

7,000

255

747, 578

Amusement and recreation places.

2

60,842

Stone________________________
Concrete________________

1
1

7,500
53, 342

Schools: Brick

Churches. _______________________

8

67, 500

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.2

Frame______________________

2

4, 500

1
1

2,500
2,000

T otal nonresidential structures.

B rick______________ ________

3

47, 500

1
1
1

38,000
7,000
2,500

___________

1
1
1

4,000
10 000
1, 500

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.

Brick veneer____
Brick" and stone
T ile __________

_.

__ .

106, 500

1
1
1

3, 500
2, 000
1,000

1

100,000

Garages, public: B rick-----------------

1

2,000

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling2___ . . . ______ _

101

21, 025

Frame_______________________
B rick________________________
Stone________________________
Stucco_______________________
Concrete____________________
M etal_______________________
T ile _________________________

83
3
1
1
4
7
2

1,200
400
170
1,550
1, 375
800

Gasoline and service stations:
B rick_____ . . i ________ __ __

11

46, 500

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

10,000
5, 000
5,000
4, 500
4,500
4,000
3, 500
3, 500
3,500
2,500
500

See fo o tn o te s a t end o f table.




oO
C
lO

4

B rick___________ ________ .
Concrete______ ______ __
..
M etal_____________________ .
Structural steel, facing not re­
ported.. —

Public works and utilities: B rick.

N um ­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

2

$13,000

1
1

8,000
5,000

4

28,000

1
1
1
1

14,500
6,000
5,000
2,500

1

41,896

65

19,465

Frame .
Brielr
Stone_______________________
Concrete_________ ____ _____
M etal_______________________
Tile
N ot reported

32
g
1
2
15
5
2

6,900
4 200
’ 500
250
5, 715
1,750
150

Stores and other mercantile build­
ings—

56

340,850

__

Frame .

Brick____________ _ _

__

6

7,100

1
1
1
1
1
1

3,500
1,000
1,000
600
500
500

34

265,400

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

29,000
28,000
25,000
15,000
15,000
12,000
9,500
9,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
7,500
7,500
7,000
7,000
6,800
6,500
6,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
4,000
3,500
3,500
3,000
2,500
2,100

35

APPENDIX

T able A .— Number and permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and
nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in West South
Central cities, by type of structure and specified materials, 1939— Continued
O K L A H O M A —C ontinued
O K L A H O M A C IT Y —Continued

T yp e of structure and material

N um ­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

Stores’and other mercantile build­
ings—Continued.
B rick_______________ _______

1
1
1
1
1

$2,000
2,000
1,500
800
700

Brick veneer..............................

1

4,000

Stone____ ___________ _______

2
1
1

13,000
12,000
1,000

. 2
1
1

30,900
30, 000
900

Concrete____________________

T yp e of structure and material

Stores and other mercantile build­
ings—C ontinued.
M etal_______________________

T ile............................ .................

N um ­
ber
Permit
of
valuation
struc­
tures

5

$7,500

1
1
1
1
1

5.000
1.000
500
500
500

6

12,950

1
1
1
1
1
1

6,000
3,000
2,000
950
500
500

105
94
2
6
2
1

$18,172
15,737
400
1,335
550
150

TU L SA
T otal nonhousekeeping residen­
tial structures___________ _____

16

$14,150

Association buildings: Stone____

1

5,000

Summer camps and cottages:
Frame______ ____ _____________

15

9,150

1
i 12
1
1

1,250
7, 500
200
200

Total nonresidential structures...

225

445, 538

Amusement and recreation places.

3

40,024

Frame..........................................

1

1,000

Brick...........................................

2

39,024

1
1

23, 500
15, 524

Churches..

9

154, 300

Frame.

6

21, 300

1
1
1
1
1
1

7,000
4,000
4,000
3,000
1,800
1,500

1
1
1

8,000
110,000
15,000

Brick veneer________________
Stone_______________________
Stone and frame--------- ---------Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops:
M etal_______________ _________

See footnotes at end of table.
429634°— 42----- r6




2

6,000

1
1

4,000
2,000

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 2________________
Frame______________ . . . ...
Brick_____________________
Stone_____________ ______ ...
Concrete............ ........... .........
T ile_________________________
Gasoline and service stations____
Frame_____________ ________

Brick...................................... .

18
72,990
3 _____4,200
1
1,950
1
1,500
1
750

11
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

53,290
9,000
8,000
6,440
5,000
5,000
5,000
3,500
3,000
3,000
2,750
2,600

Stucco....... .................... .........

1

500

T ile________________________

3

15,000

1
1
1

8,000
5,000
2,000

_________ _

1

33,000

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.2_____
Frame___ ________________
Stone_____________ __________
Cnnnrp.t.p.
M etal____ _________________
T i l e .— .....................................

48
30
3
6
5
4

14,247
5,775
1,550
5,057
550
1,315

Schools: B rick___

36

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939

T able A . —

N u m b e r and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid entia l and
n on resid en tial structures f o r w hich bu ildin g p erm its w ere iss u ed i n W e s t Sou th
Central c ities , b y ty p e o f structure and specified m ateria ls , 1 9 8 9 —Continued

O K L A H O M A —C ontinued
TXJLSA—Continued

T yp e of structure and material

N um ­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

Stables and barns: Frame______-

1

$450

Stores and other mercantile build­
ings- __
_______ ______ - -

38

106, 355

Frame....... ................... ..............

14

28,400

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

4, 500
3,500
3,100
3, 000
2, 750
2,500
2, 500
1,500
1,400
1,000
1, 000
650
500
500

9

37, 000

1
1
1

18,000
6, 000
3,500

B rick...........................................

T yp e of structure and material

Stores and other mercantile build­
ings—Continued.
Brick______ _____ ___________

N um ­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

1
14
1

$3,000
6,000
500

...

1

20, 000

Concrete____________________

5

3, 605

M etal..................................... .

1
1
1
1
1
8

1, 000
780
725
600
500
16, 350

T i l e .— ................................. —

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

6, 000
4, 000
2,000
1,000
1, 000
1, 000
850
500
1, 000

3

$5,4 00

1
1
1

2, 000
1 400
2 , 000

1

5,000

193

47,068

153
23
1
16

34,683
8,2 3 5
300
3 ,850

9

33,700

Brick and stone______ __

TEXAS
A M A R IL L O
T otal nonhousekeeping residen­
tial structures_________ ______

39

$17,050

Summer camps and cottages _ __

39

17,050

Brick veneer ________________

i 10

4 ,000

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.
Frame _____
R r ie lr v en e e r

M etal______________________

29

13,050

Garages, public: Brick___________

i 4
i 2
i 2
i 21

5 ,000
2,500
1,500
4,050

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 2______ _________

Total nonresidential structures.. .

261

887, 772

Amusement and recreation places.

3

39,000

S tu cco................. .......... ............

Frame____ __________________
B rick______ ________ ______
Stone_____________________
fit.nenn

Gasoline and service stations. _ ._
F ra m e

Brick----------------------------------- -

Churches........... ..................... ..........

1
2

6 ,000

1
1

18,000
15,000

4

75,300

Frame........................... ..............

1

2,000

3

73, 300

1
1
1

52, 300
15, 000
6 ,000




1

500

B r ie lr

5

26,500

1
1
1
1
1

7,000
6,500
6 ,500
4,0 0 0
2,5 0 0

33,000

B rick______ _________________

See footnotes at end of table.

Frame______ ________________

S tnonn

_ ..

3

6 ,7 0 0

1

3,0 0 0
2,9 5 0
750

1
1

37

APPENDIX

A.— N u m b e r and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid entia l a n d
n on resid en tial structures f o r w hich bu ildin g p erm its w ere issu ed i n W e s t S o u th
Central cities , b y ty p e o f structure and specified m a teria ls , 1 9 8 9 —Continued

T able

T E X A S —C ontinued
A M A R IL L O —Continued

T yp e of structure and material

N um ­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

Institutions: B rick______________

Office buildings, including banks:
B r i c k ____________ _______

Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal: Brick. . . .
Sheds, poultry houses, etc.2______
Frame_________ . _________
Stucco________ . . .
M eta l... . . .
.
. . . ____
T ile_________________________
N ot reported________________
Stores and o t h e r mercantile
buildings_______________ ____
Frame.................... .....................

3
41
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
21
12
3
2
1
3
20
4
1
1
1
1

$445,635
240, 387
193,180
12,068
93,000
70, 000
18,000
5,000
5,000
8.145
3, 870
2,175
1,050
600
450

N um ­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

T yp e of structure and material

S t o r e s a n d other mercantile
buildings—C ontinued.
B rick._______ _______________

Stucco............. ...........................

130, 524
8, 840
6,640
1,000
700
500

M etal_______________________
Glass_________
________

10

$103,234

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

28,000
20,000
15,500
12,000
8,734
7,000
4,000
3,000
2.500
2.500

4

7,950

1
1
1
1

4,500
1, 250
1,200
1,000

1
1

9,500
1,000

A U S T IN
T otal nonhousekeeping residential structures. . . ___ _______
Association buildings—. . .

___

Brick______ ____ ________ _
Brick veneer_________
____
Lodging houses_____________ . . _
Frame.................... - .......... ........

Brick— ................................... .

Summer camps and cottages_____

Total nonresidential structures___ 1,085 $1,644,741
24
2
1
1

$168,015
Amusement and recreation places.

3

49,722

15,000
51,300

Stucco____ ____ __ _ _ . . .
Concrete_______ . . .
N ot reported...... ............ ..........

1
1
1

27,000
22,222
500

Churches_____________ ____ _____

6

66,750

4

13,900

1
1
1
1

6,500
4,000
1,900
1,500

Stone_____________ ________
Brick and stone_____________

1
1

27,850
25,000

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.

5

37,500

Brick______ _____________

.

1

8,000

Brick and stucco____________

2

22,000

1
1

15,000
7,000

66, 300

8

76, 215

4

34,700

1
1
1
1

11,800
11, 500
8,000
3,400

4

41, 515

1
1
1
1

12,500
11,715
11, 500
5,800

It

Frame_______________________

25, 500

Brick------ ------------- ----------------

i0

20,000

Stone_______________________

2

1,700

1
1

1,200
500

T ile___________________________
N ot reported_____ _____________

1
1

2,500
5,000

3

3,800

Garages, public: B rick ..................

2

6,550

i2
1

3,200
600

1
1

5,000
1,550

Stucco______ . . . -------- . . . .

See fo o tn o te s a t end o f table.




BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939

38
T

A.— N u m b e r a n d p e rm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid entia l and
n on resid en tial structures f o r which bu ildin g p e rm its w ere issu ed i n W e s t S o u th
Central cities , b y ty p e o f structure and specified m ateria ls , 1 9 8 9 — Continued

able

T E X A S —Continued
A U S T IN —Continued

T yp e of structure and material

N um ­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 2................... .

891
850
4
8
5
1
11
1
11

118,925
1,000
1, 550
1,500
1,175
1,100
75
1,415

Gasoline and service stations____

11

60,009

4

25,300

1
1
1
1

7,800
6,500
6,000
5,000

S ton e... ___________ _______

1

2,500

Brick and stucco___________

4

20,050

1
1
1
1

6,400
6,400
5,250
2,000

2

12,159

1
1

6,759
5,400

Institutions_____________________

2

14,200

Brick veneer_______ ________
Stone veneer-------------------------

1
1

7,500
6,700

T ile ----------------------------

------

Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal: B r ic k ... __

1

10,475

Public works and utilities. . . —

3

81,614

2

75,369

1
1

48,934
26,435

Brick_______ ________________

N ot reported________________

1

6,245

Schools: B rick.______ ___________

16

1,021,869

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

151,694
148, 266
121, 318
109,373
76,437
57, 727
57,285
54,209
53, 240
51,162
38,207
29,997
25,100
20, 939
14, 215
12, 700

*

See footnotes at end of table.




N um ­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

Sheds, poultry houses, etc 2______

105

$19,035

Frame_____ ________________
Brick______ . . . ___ _
.
Stucco_______________________
Concrete_____________ ._ _ _
M etal_______________ ______
T ile_________________________
N ot reported___ ______ _.
Stables and barns: Frame_______

62
5
2
2
14
2
18
2

12,126
2,584
225
450
618
105
2,927
900

$126,740

Frame........................... ..............
Brick..... .............................. -Stone__________ ____________
S tu cco..-------- -----------------------C oncrete.____ __________ --M etal_______________________
T ile____ ___ _____ _ . . .
N ot reported------- ------------------

Brick_______________________

T yp e of structure and material

1
1
Stores and other mercantile build­
ings. _________________________

500
400

36

146, 265

Frame_______________________

10

15, 275

1
13
1
1
1
1
1
1
Brick_______ _______ _______

7

2,500
6,000
2,000
1,400
1,200
800
700
675
62,200

Stone_________________ . . .

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2

20,500
10,000
7,900
7,000
7,000
5,000
4,800
2,300

Stucco______ ________________

1
1
8

1,500
800
21,140

Brick and stu cco .. . ________
Brick and stone........................
Stone ahd frame._____ ______
M etal................... ..................

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4

6,500
3,740
3,000
2,000
1,800
1,600
1,500
1,000
5,700
9,100
600
15,450

T ile_________________________

1
1
1
1
2

7,950
6,000
800
700
14,500

All other nonresidential struc­
tures____________ ______

1
1
2

11,500
3,000
3,112

Fences3________ . _________
Retaining walls: Concrete___

1
1

2,612
500

39

APPENDIX
T

A .— Number and permit valuation o f nonhousekeeping residential and
nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in West South
Central cities, by type o f structure and specified materials, 1939— Continued

able

T E X A S —Continued
BEAUM ONT
N um ­
ber
T yp e of structure and material

N um ­

Permit
struc­ valuation
tures

Total nonhousekeeping residential
structures_____________________
Summer camps and cottages.
Frame_________________

of

Public works and utilities.

11

$4, 200

11

4, 200

5

1,200

i2
i3

700
500

i6

3,000

Total nonresidential structures___

452

447,054

Amusement and recreation places.

2

14, 000

Frame and stucco.

F ram e........... . . . .......... _ . . .
________
M etal. ____ ____

1
1

4,000
10,000

Churches: Frame_______________

4

8,800

1
1
1
1

5, 000
1,800
1,000
1,000

3

20, 324

1
1
1
1

2, 000
17,324
1,000
2,000

361

49,260

360
1

48,800
460

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.
F ra m e ..______ ____________ _
Brick________________ ______
M etal_______________________
Garages, public: B r i c k __________
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling2_________________
Frame____________________ _
M etal_______________________
Gasoline and service stations:
Brick________________________

See footnotes at end of table.




T yp e of structure and material

Brick_______
N ot reported.
Sheds, poultry houses, etc.2.

36, 500

1
1
1
1
1

12, 700
10,000
6,000
4, 500
3,300

2

$7,762

1
41

3,600
4,262

55

8,988

46
3
5
1

6,145
2,233
585
25

Stores and other mercantile buildings___ _______________________

19

299,420

Fram e.. _________ ___________

7

8,270

1
1
1
1
1
1
1

2,100
1, 500
1,500
1, 000
900
770
500

4

16, 450

1
1
1
1

6,900
4,850
4,000
700

2

2, 500

1
1

1,500
1,000

Frame________________
Brick_________________
M etal_____ __________
N ot reported_________

Brick............................... ............

5

ber
Permit
of
struc: valuation
tures

Stucco......................... ............ _

M etal...........................................

Reinforced concrete, brick
facing_________ ________
Glass.. . . ___________ ___
N ot reported________________

3

8, 950

1
1
1

5, 000
2,750
1,200

1
1
1

250, 000
750
12,500

40
T

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY,

1939

A .— N u m b e r and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid entia l a nd
n on resid en tial structures f o r w hich building perm its w ere issu ed i n W e s t S o u th
C entral c ities , b y ty p e o f structure and sp ecified m ateria ls , 1 9 3 9 — Continued

able

TEXAS—Continued
CORPUS CHRISTI

Type of structure and material

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

Total nonhousekeeping residential structures____
___
Hotels: Brick and stone___
Summer camps and cottages.

104 $1,131,955
1

1,106,000

103

25,955

75

15,005

i6
i2
i2
i2
i2
i4
i5
1
16
i7
i 10
i4
i4
i2
i2
i2
1
1
1
1
i 10

4,500
900
855
700
600
900
1,000
200
1,000
750
1,000
400
400
200
200
200
100
100
100
100
800

21

9,000

1
i3
i 10
1
i6

1,800
1,800
4,000
400
1,000

Tile_______________________

1

150

jsjnt. rppnrtfirl

0

1,800

Frame_____________________

Stucco

__ ____________

i2
i3
1

700
1,000
100

Total nonresidential structures...

665

1, 872, 985

Amusement and recreation places.

4

2,700

3

2, 200

Frnrna

1
1
1
Stucco.................*------ ---------

1

500

3

309,500

Frame
Concrete__ ________________
Reinforced concrete, brick
lOibUig----------------—
—
—----_--

1
1

4,500
5,000

1

300,i 000




Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.
Stucco

Metal

Tile_______________________

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

7

$20,800

2

7,500

1
1

6,000
1, 500

2

8,000

1
1

5,000
3,000

2

4,300

1
1

2,300
2,000

Not reported______________

1

1,000

Garages, public ______________

2

7,000

M etal.. ______ ____
Reinforced concrete, brick
facing____________________

1

1,500

1

5, 500

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling2______________

495

69,130

Frame______
______
Brick______________________
Stucco
. ________ _ . .
M et.al
Not reported___ . . . ________

444
1
1
22
27

62, 290
310
115
3,035
3*380

Gasoline and service stations____

17

62,000

Fram e____________________
Brick---- ------- -----------------

1
1

1,600
5,000

Stucco_____________________

8

27,300

1
1
1
1
1
1
1

8,000
5,000
4,500
4,000
2,500
1,800
1,000
500

7

28,100

1
1
1
1
1
1
1

10,000
8,000
3,000
2,500
2,000
2,000
600

Tile.

1,000
700
500

Churches______________________

See footnotes at end of table.

Type of structure and material

Office buildings, including banks:
Brick and stone.... .....................

1

35,000

Public works and utilities_______

3

809,000

Stucco......................... ...........
Concrete............-----------------Reinforced concrete, brick
facing. ........... ................. .

1
1

11,000
13,000

1

785,000

APPENDIX

T

41

a b l e

A .— N u m b e r and 'permit valuation o f n on h ou sek eep in g resid entia l a n d
nonresidential structures f o r w hich bu ildin g p erm its w ere iss u ed i n W e s t S o u th
Central c ities , b y ty p e o f structure and specified m a teria ls , 1 9 8 9 — Continued
TE XA S—C ontinued
CORPUS CHRISTI—Continued

Type of structure and material

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

Schools_________________
Reinforced concrete, facing
not reported..
__ _____
Sheds, poultry houses, etc.2_____

—

Frame_____________________
Stucco_____________________
Metal____________________
Tile______________________
Not reported_____ _
_
Stables and barns: Metal_____

Stores and other mercantile build­
ings—
"Fromft

Brick_________________ ____

StnnfHi

See footnotes at end of table.




—

2

$129,170

1

32,911

1

96, 259

61

18,685

26
7
21
3
4

6,935
3,260
6,670
1,450
370

2

300

1
1

200
100

68

409, 700

5

3, 200

1
1
1
1
1

800
700
600
600
500

4

37,000

1
1
1
1

25,000
6,000
5,000
1,000

23

85, 200

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

11,000
10,000
9,000
9,000
8,000
5,000
5,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
2,700

Type of structure and material

Stores and other mercantile build­
ings—Continued.
Stucco............ ..............................

Concrete...................... ..........

Metal

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

$2,500
2,100
2,000
1,500
1,000
1,000
1,000
800
600
500
500

4

23,900

1
1
1
1

7, 500
7,000
5,000
4,400

24

122,600

110
1
1
1
14
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

100,000
5,500
2,800
2,000
7,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
800
500
500
500

5

35,000

1
1
1
1
1

10,000
10.000
9,000
4,000
2,000

Reinforced concrete, facing
not reported- - . _________

1

100,000

Not reported_______________

2

2,800

1
1

2,000
800

Tile______________________ -

42

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY,

1939

A .— N u m b e r and perm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid entia l and
n o n resid en tia l structures f o r w hich bu ildin g p erm its w ere issu ed i n W e s t S o u th
C entral cities , b y ty p e o f structure and specified m ateria ls , 1 9 3 9 — Continued

T able

TEXAS—C ontinued
DALLAS

Type of structure and material

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

Total nonhousekeeping residential structures_____________ _

13

$42,220

_ _

4

11, 500

Frame___ ____ ____________

3

9, 500

1
i2

3, 500
6,000

M e t a l ..._________________

1

2,000

Lodging houses: Brick. _______

1

4,000

Nurses’ homes: Brick veneer____

2

25,000

1
1

16, 000
9.000

6

1, 720

Dormitories

Summer camps and cottages___

3

650

i2
1

500
150

3

1,070

1
i2

470
600

Total nonresidential structures. . . 1,804

2, 743, 663

3

32,950

1
1

l

3,200
20,000
9, 750

Churches. ___________________

20

203,495

Frame._______________ __________

12

31, 725

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

10, 500
5,000
3,000
2,500
2,000
2,000
1, 650
1,075
1.000
1,000
1,000
1,000

4

150,800

Frame.___________________

Brick veneer_______________

Amusement and recreation places.
Frame____________________
Briclr

3

11r\

a n \J. oc tt U
o nl lv
P /- -------------- ------------J I lL Ji Cl

Brink

Brick veneer............... ...........

See footnotes at end o f table.




1
1
1
1

120,000
13,800
10,000
7,000

4

20,970

1
1
1
1

7,000
5,770
4,500
3,700

Type of structure and material

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.
Frame__________ _______ _

Brick..... ........................ .........

Concrete______ ____________

Metal

Tile

Carafes, pnhlie
Frame
Brick____________

____ . . .

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

14

$135,750

2

2,000

1
1

1, 000
1,000

6

62,000

1
1
1
1
1
1

24,000
12,500
12, 000
10, 000
2,000
1,500

2

47,000

1
1

45,000
2,000

2

3, 750

1
1

2,000
1, 750

2

21,000

1
1

11,000
10,000

4

36,400

1

1, 500

3

34,900

1
1
1

20,000
10,000
4, 900

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 2___ ____
_.
1,371

191,677

Frame_______ _ _ _____ _
Brick________________ _______ ___________
Stone_________________ . . .
Stucco_________________
Brick and stone________ . . .
Stone and frame_____ ____
Concrete_______________________________
Metal_________________ . . .
Not reported............... ...........

998
307
18
1
4
1
1
19
22

119,052
61, 520
2, 760
35
780
130
500
3,195
3,705

Gasoline and service stations. _ _.

28

123,300

Frame
Brick ......................... .............

1

1,000

22

114, 750
—

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

10, 000
9,700
8,000
7, 500
6, 500
6, 300
6,000
6,000

43

APPENDIX

T

a b l e

A .— N u m b e r a nd p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid en tia l and
non resid en tial structures f o r w hich bu ildin g p erm its w ere iss u e d i n W e s t S outh
Central cities , b y t y p e o f structure and specified m a teria ls , 1 9 8 9 — Continued
TE XA S—C ontinued
DALLAS—Continued

Type of structure and material

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

Gasoline and service stations—
Continued.
Brick______ ______________

Stables and barns: Frame-

Stone___________ ___________
Concrete___________________

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3

$6, 000
6,000
6,000
5.000
5.000
4,800
4, 500
4,000
3, 800
3,100
2, 500
2,250
1,200
600
1,150
1,900

Tile_______________________
Institutions________________

1
1
1
1
12

700
700
500
4,500
1, 015, 350

Brick veneer_______________

2

10, 000

1
1
« 10

5,000
5,000
1, 005, 350

1
8

43,000
29,172

Reinforced concrete, brick
facing_____ ______________
Office buildings, including banks:
Brick________________________
Public works and utilities_______
Brick__________ ____ ______

Stone___ _________________
Concrete... ________ ______
Metal_____________________

Schools: Brick__________________

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.2______
Frame_____________________
Brick._____ _______________
Stucco____________ _____ ___
Brick and stone._________ _
Concrete__________________
Metal_____________________
Canvas____________________
Glass________________ _____
Tile_______________________
Not reported_______________
See footnotes at end of table.




Type of structure and material

3

19, 915

61
61
61
1
1
3
1
1
1
4
1
1
1
1
217
132
15
1
1
1
58
1
1
2
5

16,250
2,150
1, 515
1,957
1,800
5, 500
3,000
1,500
1, 000
495,901
270, 261
108, 902
96,865
19, 873
55, 883
19,878
17, 585
150
300
300
14, 530
1,500
400
675
565

Stores and other mercantile build­
ings—
Frame..

Brick..

Brick veneer.,

Stucco__________
Brick and frame..
Concrete........... .

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures
3

$340

1
1
1

200
100
40

67

374,104

16

30, 303

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

11, 548
5,000
3,000
1,500
1, 265
1,000
1,000
990
900
800
700
600
500
500
500
500

29

273, 591

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

52,191
49,500
30,000
30,000
29,000
16,000
8,500
8,500
8,200
6,500
4.000
3.000
3,000
2,500
2,400
2, 250
2,200
2,000
2,000
2,000
1,800
1,600
1,500
1,500
800
750
700
700
500

2

1,600

1
1

850
750

1
1
1

1,800
7,140
2,000

44

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1 9 3 9

A .— N u m b e r and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid entia l a nd
n on resid en tial structures f o r w hich bu ildin g p erm its w ere issu ed i n W e s t S o u th
Central cities , b y t y p e o f structure and specified m ateria ls , 1 9 3 9 — Continued

T able

TE XA S—Continued
D ALL A S—C ontinued

Type of structure and material

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

Stores'and other mercantille build­
ings—C ontinued.
Metal_________ . . _______

Tile_______________________

13
1
1
i2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

$28, 670
6, 665
5,000
6,175
2,700
2,500
1,000
930
900
800
800
650
550

3
1
1
1

25,000
19,000
5,000
1,000

Type of structure and material

Stores and other mercantile build­
ings—Continued.
Not reported---------------- ------

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

1

$4,000

All other nonresidential struc­
tures.-. _ .
______________

52

6,341

Fences 2...................... ......... ...

39

5,481

Frame_________________
Metal__________________

26
13

896
4,585

Retaining walls 2___________

13

860

Brick__________________
Stone_______ _________
Concrete____________ ....
Tile_____ ______________

1
5
5
2

250
230
280
100

35

$11,355

1
3
15
2
7
2
3
2

80
500
6,900
400
1,950
350
450
725

20
12

98,100
76,900

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

15,000
15,000
9,000
8,000
7,500
7,000
4,000
4,000
4,000
2,000
900
500

Stone.

4
1
1
1
1

12,200
8,000
2,000
1,700
500

EL PASO
Total nonresidential structures.._
Amusement and recreation places:
Brick________ ________ _______

362
1

27,000

Churches: Stone--------- -------------

1

33,000

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other work­
shops: Brick._______ ______

$416, 424

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.2.
Frame__________
Brick___________
Stone___________
Frame and stucco.
Adobe__________
Concrete________
Metal__________
Not reported____

1

1,080

3
1
1
' 1

12, 500
2, 000
4, 500
6,000

285
3
21
241
7
2
1
4
5
1

81,852
815
8, 424
66,178
3,100
510
250
1,150
1,150
275

1

3,000

Institutions: Brick_____________

2
1
1

35, 250
27,000
8, 250

Public works and utilities.........
Stone________ _______ ______
Concrete_____ _______

2
1
1

13, 500
3, 500
10,000

Adobe_____________________
Metal_____________________
Glass______________________
Not reported___ ___________

1
1
1
1

2,500
3,000
500
3,000

Schools___________________ ____
Brick______________________

3
2
1
1

98,235
85, 235
70,000
15,235

All other nonresidential struc­
tures________________________

8

1,552

Fences: Stone_____________

2

250

1
1

150
100

Garages, public...--------------------Brick__________________ . . . .
Stone________ ____ ____ ____
Metal_____________________
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 2_________ _____
Frame_____________________
Brick__________________ ...
Stone_______________ ______
Stucco_____________________
Frame and stucco.......... ........
Brick and stone----- ------------A d o b e----------- ---------------Metal_____________ ________
Not reported_____ ____ _____
Gasoline and service stations:
S to n e ...________________ ___

Stone........................... ...........
See footnotes at end of table.




1

13,000

Stores and other mercantile build­
ings_________________________
Brick______________________

45

APPENDIX

A .— N u m b e r and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid entia l a nd
n o n resid en tia l structures f o r w hich bu ildin g p erm its w ere issu ed i n W e s t S ou th
C entral cities, b y ty p e o f structure and specified m ateria ls , 1 9 8 9 — Continued

T able

TE XA S—C ontinued
EL PASO—Continued

Type of structure and material

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

All other nonresidential struc­
tures—Continued.
Retaining walls: Stone. __

Type of structure and material

Number
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

C hurches—C ontinued.
Brick veneer_____
6

$1,302

1
1
1
1
1
1

500
400
150
137
65
50

Total nonhousekeeping residential structures-. . ____________

5

17, 400

Hotels: Brick. ________________

1

17,000

Summer camps and cottages:
Frame___ _ . . ------------- .. .

4

400

1
1
1
1

100
100
100
100

$57,500

Stucco, __
Concrete.
Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

18,000
13,000
12,000
7,000
4,500
3,000
7,000
1,250

3

30,500

Brick______________________
Brick veneer_______________
Metal_____________________

1
1
1

25,000
2,500
3,000

4

21,235

1
1
1
1

15,000
2,500
2,000
1,735

Garages, public: Brick.

247

1, 283, 793

Amusement and recreation places _

5

59, 500

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling2----------------------

69

12,937

Frame___________ __________

2

16,000

1
1

15,000
1,000

2

18, 500

Frame____________________
Brick_____________________
Metal____ ________________
Gasoline and service stations------

63
4
2
20

10,812
1,825
300
47,116

1
1

17, 300
1,200

Frame-------------------------------

4

5, 550

Stucco________ ____ ________

1

25,000

Churches______________________

17

168,750

7

8,000

1
1
1
1
1
1
1

1,500
1,500
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000

1
1
1
1
14
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

3,800
650
600
500
37, 596
6,000
4,000
4,000
3,500
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
2,800
796
500
500
500

Total nonresidential structures__

Brick-------- ----------------------

Frame________ _______ . . . -

Brick---------------------------------

See footnotes at end of table.




2

95,000

1
1

85,000
10,000

Brick.

46
T

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY,

1939

A .— N u m b e r a nd 'permit valuation o f n o n h o u sek eep in g resid en tia l a nd
n o n resid en tia l structures f o r w hich bu ildin g p erm its w ere iss u ed i n W e s t S o u th
Central c ities , b y ty p e o f structure and sp ecified m ateria ls, 1 9 8 9 — Continued

able

TE XA S—C ontinued
FORT W ORTH

Type of structure and material

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

Gasoline and service stations—Con.
Brick veneer______ _____ __
Metal___ ___ _ _ ________

1
1

$2, 000
1,970

Institutions: Brick_____________

2

539, 812

1
*1

520,000
19,812

Office buildings, including banks:
Brick veneer______ _
____
Public works and utilities— .......
Concrete______
Metal________

_ __ ___ . . .
______

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.2_____
Frame___ ____________ ___
Brick_________________ ___
Stone______________________
Concrete.. ______ _
Metal— ______________ . . .
Stores and other
buildings __

mercantile

Frame...................................

Brick— ............ ......................

See footnotes at end of table.




1

6, 500

2

70, 500

1
1

43,000
27, 500

77

22,466

43
9
1
1
23

12,024
2,438
200
400
7,404

47

304,477

11

15,500

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

3, 500
3,000
1,700
1,400
1,400
1,000
1,000
750
750
500
500

24

256,917

1
1

162, 217
14,000

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

Type of structure and material

Stores and other mercantile
buildings—C ontinued.
B r ic k .____________________

*

Brick veneer_________ _ .

Concrete_______________ _

Metal

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

$14, 000
13,500
7,000
6,000
5,000
5,000
4. 300
4,150
4,000
3,000
2, 500
2,000
1,750
1,600
1, 300
1,000
1,000
1,000
800
800
500
500

3

12,500

1
1
1

8,000
4,000
500

2

8, 560

1
1

7,860
700

7

11,000

1
1
1
1
1
1
1

2,700
2,500
2,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
800

47

APPENDIX

A .— Number and 'permit valuation of nonhousekeeping residential and
nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in West South
Central cities, by type o f structure and specified materials, 1939— Continued

T able

TEXAS—C ontinued

GALVESTON

Type of structure and material

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

Total nonhousekeeping residential structures______ _ ____
Summer camps and cottages:
Brick veneer____ _ ________ _

6
16

$3,000
3,000

Total nonresidential structures. __

375

225,642

Amusement and recreation places:
Metal_______________________

1

5,000

Type of structure and material

Public buildings, city, county,
State, and Federal: Frame____

1

$7,000

Public works and utilities_______

2

26,985

Brick___ ______ ___________
Stucco____ _______ ______

1
1

8,000
18,985

Sheds, poultry houses, e tc.2_____

64

13,466

54
1
1
8

10,586
25
45
2,810

4

18,000

Churches: Brick veneer________

1

35,000

Garages, public: Frame________

1

1,200

Frame__ _______ _______ _
Brick______________________
Brick and frame____________
Metal___ _ ___
____ _

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 2 ________ __ __ _

248

36,426

Stores and other mercantile build­
ings__ _ _ _______________

Frame_____ ____
_ ____
Brick____ ___ _______ ____
Concrete__
______ _____
Metal_______ __ _____ _ _
Gasoline and service stations____

236
2
1
9
4

34, 948
650
90
738
24,400

Brick_____________ ________

2

9,000

Tile_______________________

1
1
2

6,000
3,000
15,400

Office buildings, including banks:
Brick________________________

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

Stucco___ ____ ____________

1

5.000

Tile...................... ...............

3

13,000

All other nonresidential struc­
tures___ __________ __________

1
1
1

5,500
5,000
2,500

48

4,165

Fences 2_______ _______ ____

47

3,865

39
1
7

3,437
98
330

1

300

1
1

10,000
5,400

Frame___
__________
Brick_____ _ _____ _
Metal_____________ ___

1

54,000

Retaining walls: Brick______

HOUSTON
Total nonhousekeeping residen­
tial structures___ ___ _ _ _ _ _
G o n v p .n ts* Brif*lr
Dormitories__________________
Frame______ _______________
Brick______________________
Summer camps and cottages:
Frame__ __________________

See footnotes at end of table.




22

$324,100

1
2
1
1

250,000
31,900
1,900
30,000

19
1
1
1
i2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
i3
i2
1

42, 200
15,000
5,000
3,700
7,000
2,250
2,000
1,100
1,100
1,100
1,100
1,100
400
750
500
100

Total nonresidential structures. _ _ 2, 617 $7,686, 732
Amusement and recreation places.
Frame______________

____

Brick.......................................

13

544, 915

4

6,320

1
1
1

2,000
1,500
1,500

A

1 , o&K)
Q9fi
1

6

521,000

1
1
1
1
1
1

250,000
100,000
75,000
50,000
25,000
21,000

Stucco........ .. ............................

1

6,000

Not reported.............................................

2

11,595

1

9, 500
2,095

1

48

BUILDING P E R M I T SURVEY,

1939

A .— Number and permit valuation o f nonhousekeeping residential and
nonresidential structures for which building permits were issued in West South
Central cities, by type o f structure and specified materials, 1939— Continued

T able

TE XA S—C ontinued
HOUSTON—Continued

Type of structure and material

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc- valuation
tures

Churches. _

31

$330,800

Frame.

20

39,300

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

4,500
3,000
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,050
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
1,500
1,250
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000

5

217,500

1
1
1
1
1

125,000
35,000
25,000
25,000
7,500

3

56,000

1
1
1

20,000
20,000
16,000

1
1
1

7,500
8,000
2,500

33

554,456

9

40,156

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

15,000
10,000
6,300
2,056
2,000
1,300
1,250
1,250
1,000

5

48,500

1
1
1
1
1

17,500
13,000
9,000
7,000
2,000

Brick

Brick veneer.

Stone veneer.
Concrete___
Not reported.
Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops _
Frame......................................

Brick.

Concrete.

See footnotes at end of table.




2

39,000

1 I
1 I

30,000
9,000

Type of structure and material

Factories, bakeries, ice plants, laun­
dries, and other workshops—Con.
Metal............ ...... ...................

Structural steel, brick facing.

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

13

$96,300

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

30,000
11,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
6,000
4,000
3,800
3,500
2,500
2,500
1.500
1.500

2

320,000

1
1

200,000
120,000

2

10,500

1
1

7,000
3,500

Garages, public.

5

15,600

Brick..........

4

14,500

1
1
1
1

5,500
4,500
2,300
2,200

1

1,100

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling2...... ..................... 1,871
Frame..... .............. .................. 1,464
Brick______________________ 385
Brick and frame____________
3
Stone.____ ________________
1
Stucco..___________________
1
M etal............................ .........
14
Tile..........................................
2
Structural steel, brick facing. _
1

516,686
253, 526
213,380
705
360
400
4,750
565
43,000

Tile.

Metal.

Gasoline and service stations........
Frame......................................

Brick.

44
5
1
1
1
1
1

264, 775
7,975
5,000
1,000
950
525
500

33
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

229, 350
11, 500
11,000
11,000
11,000
10,000
10,000
9,550
7,800
7,700

49

APPENDIX
T

A.— N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid entia l and
n on resid en tial structures f o r which building p erm its w ere issu ed i n W e s t S ou th
Central c ities , b y ty p e o f structure and specified m ateria ls , 1 9 3 9 —Continued

able

TEXAS—C ontinued
HOUSTON—Continued
Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

Type of structure and material

Gasoline and service stations—Con.
B rick.................... ..................

Stucco_____ ______________

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

$7, 500
7, 500
7,500
7,500
7,500
7,500
7,000
7,000
7,000
6, 500
6, 500
6,000
6,000
5, 600
5,500
5, 500
5,500
5, 500
5,500
5,000
5,000
2, 500
2,000
1, 200

2

9,000

1
1

7,000
2,000

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

Type of structure and material

Public buildings—city, county,
State, and Federal____________

2

$187,184

Brick_____________________
Brick and frame____________

*1
1

177,184
10,000

Public works and utilities. _ ___
Concrete______

__ ______

Steel _____________________

Not reported____

_____ _

Schools_______ _________

.

9

428, 774

2

54, 495

1
1

44, 495
10,000

3

136, 500

1
1
1

49,800
43,900
42,800

4

237, 779

1
1
1
1

174,200
44,500
12,345
6,734

4

402,490

Brick______________________

3

396,000

Brick veneer_________ _ .

1
1
1
1

275,000
81,000
40,000
6,490

Brick and stucco___________

1

6,750

Metal___

2

8,200

1
1

5,800
2,400

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.2_____

372

140, 743

3, 500

Frame_______
______
Brick______________________
Brick veneer ______________
Stucco_____________________
Concrete_____ _________ .
M etal... ________________
Tile_________ ____ _______ Not reported_______ _______
Stores and other mercantile build­
ings____ __________ I____ _

274
7
2
1
1
79
4
4

88,888
8,100
3,700
300
800
35,855
1,050
2,050

220

2,903,609

78

173,000

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

15,000
14,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
4,000
3,500
3,500
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
2,800

________________

Tile_______________________
Institutions. _________________

1
4

676,000

3

276,000

1
1
1

250,000
16,000
10,000

Reinforced concrete, facing
not reported--. _______ -

1

400,000

Office buildings, including banks..

8

719, 800

Frame_____ _______________

2

17,300

1
1

12,000
5, 300

Brick___________ _____ _

.

Brick______________________

1

20,000

Brick veneer

3

41, 500

1
1
1

22, 500
12,000
7,000

1
1

600,000
41,000

_____________

Structural steel, facing not
reported..- _
______
Not reported_____ _______

See footnotes at end of table.




Frame_______ ____ ________

.

50

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939

A .— N u m b e r and 'permit valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid entia l and
non resid en tial structures f o r which bu ildin g p erm its w ere issu ed i n W e s t S o u th
Central cities, b y t y p e o f structure and sp ecih ed m aterials, 1 9 8 9 — Continued

T able

TE XA S—C ontinued
HOUSTON—Continued

Type of structure and material

Stores and other mercaniile buildings—Continued.
Frame_____________________

Brick.................... ..................




Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

$2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
2, 350
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
1,800
1,800
1,550
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,400
1,300
1,300
1,250
1,250
1,200
1,200
1,200
1,150
1,100
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
900
900
900
850
750
750
750
750
700
700
700
600
600
500
500
500
500
500

59

1,313,785

1
1
1
1
1
1
1

400,000
100,000
75,000
75,000
55,000
45.000
40,000

Type of structure and material

Stores and other mercantile build­
ings—Continued.
Brick_____________________

Brick veneer_______________

Stucco

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

$35,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
23,000
22, 500
20, 500
20,000
16,000
15, 500
15,000
14,000
13,000
11,000
10, 000
10,000
10,000
9,000
9,000
8,500
8,000
8,000
8,000
7, 200
7,200
7,000
6,500
6,500
6,085
6,000
6,000
6,000
6,000
5,500
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
4.200
4,000
3, 500
3,000
1, 800
1,500
1,500
800
800
600
600
500

5

55,674

1
1
1
1
1

20,874
19,950
8,000
4,100
2,750

5

28, 200

1
1
1
1
1

10,000
7,000
6,000
3, 600
1,600

APPENDIX

51

A . — N u m b e r and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g residential a nd
n o n resid en tia l structures f o r w hich bu ildin g perm its w ere issu ed i n W e s t S ou th
Central c ities , b y ty p e o f structure and specified m ateria ls , 1 9 3 9 — Continued

T able

TEXAS—C ontinued
HOUSTON—Continued

Type of structure and material

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

Stores and other mercantile buildings—Continued.
Brick and frame

Concrete_______ ___________

Metal_____________________

See footnotes at end of table.




2

$4,000

1
1

2,500
1,500

5

102,000

1
1
1
1
1

75,000
12,000
8,000
6,000
1,000

45

148,900

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
i6

12,700
10,000
10,000
9,000
9,000
6,000
6,000
6,000
5, 500
5,000
5,000
5,000
4,350
4,000
3,500
3,500
3,000
2,700
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,300
2,000
2,000
1,850
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
8,000

Type of structure and material

Stores and other mercantile build­
ings—Continued.
Metal________ __________

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

$1,250
1,250
1,000
800
800
800
600
500
500

2

47,000

1
1

40,000
7,000

Structural steel:
Brick facing.—................
Facing not reported_____

1
1

900,000
11,500

Tile_______________________

15

80,050

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

20,500
15,000
6,000
6,000
6,000
6,000
5,800
5,000
3,500
1,500
1,500
1,000
800
750
700

2

39,500

1
1

32,000
7,500

1

900

Reinforced concrete, facing
not reported______________

Not reported_______________

All other nonresidential struc­
tures: Retaining walls: Con­
crete________________________

52
T

BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1 9 3 9

A .— N u m b e r and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid entia l and
non resid en tial structures f o r w hich building perm its w ere issu ed in W e s t S ou th
Central cities , b y ty p e o f structure and specified m ateria ls , 1 9 3 9 — Continued

able

TEXAS—C ontinued
PORT A R TH U R

Type of structure and material

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

Type of structure and material

^Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

Total nonresidential structures...

349

$251,227

Public works and utilities_______

3

$8,800

Amusement and recreation places.

2

2,100

Frame_____________________
Concrete___________________
Churches______________________

1
1
4

Brick veneer_______________
Metal_____________________

700
1,400
118,872

1
12

4,800
4,000

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.2_____

46

13,952

Frame_________ ______ _____

3

22,060

Frame_____________________
Stucco.________ __________
Metal________ _____ ____ _

42
2
2

9,892
3,560
500

1
1
1
1

10, 700
7,610
3,750
96, 812

1
1

2,900
1,700

Brick..... .............. ...............
Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other work­
shops: Frame. . . ____________
Garages, public: Frame________
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling2_______ ____ ___
Frame__________ ________
Metal________________ _____
Gasoline and service stations____
Frame......... —.......... ..........

Brick and stucco___________
Institutions_____________ ______
Stucco_____________________
Frame and stucco.__________

273
271
2
3
2
1
1
1
2
1
1

Total nonhousekeeping residential
structures____________________

1

$14,000

Association buildings: Stucco____

1

14,000

Total nonresidential structures...

73

76,962

2

3,700

Frame_____________________
Stone veneer_______________

1
1

2,200
1,500

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 2_______________

28

4,900

Frame_____________________
Stone______________________
Stone veneer_______________
Frame and stucco___________
Concrete___________________
Metal_____________________

22
2
1
1
1
1

3,390
350
200
110
700
150

Gasoline and service stations____

4

14, 550

Brick.____ _______ _________

2

12,750

1
1

7,500
5,250

1
1

1,000
800

1

21, 596

Schools: Brick.
See footnotes at end of table.




14

32,313

Frame____ ________________

10

21, 513

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

4,000
3,500
3, 500
3,500
2,045
1,993
1,000
975
500
500

34,473
34,223
250
13.700
Brick.................... ...................
1,700
1, 200
500
12,000
Metal_____________________
22,417
13, 933
8,484
SAN ANQELO

Amusement and recreation places.

ConcreteTile______

Stores and other mercantile
buildings____________________

2

7,500

1
1

6,800
700

2

3,300

1
1

2,800
500

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.2_____

27

$7,366

FramA
B r ic k ...__________________
Concrete______ ___ ______
M etal..
\rnt
li
l/t rpnnrtpd
lvpui ItJu------- ---------------

13
4
2
3
5

3,496
1,200
450
650
1, 570

Stores and other mercantile build­
ings. ______ _ ______ _______

11

24,850

2

1,700

1
1

1,000
700

Frame. _____ ___________ _.

Brick___________ __________

2

7,800

•1
1

6,000
1,800

Stucco____ ________________
Metal_____________________

1
4

2,500
5,850

Tile_______________________

1
1
1
1
2

3,000
1, 250
900
700
7,000

1
1

5,000
2,000

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APPENDIX
T

A .— N u m b er and p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid en tia l and
non resid en tial structures f o r w hich bu ildin g p erm its w ere issu ed i n W e s t S ou th
Central cities , b y ty p e o f structure and specified m ateria ls, 1 9 3 9 — Continued

a b l e

TEXAS—Continued
SAN ANTONIO

Type of structure and material

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

Total nonhousekeeping residential structures________________

42

$41, 375

Association buildings: Frame___

1

20, 625

Summer camps and cottages____

41

20, 750

Frame_________________ ___

29

12, 625

1
i4
i3
i4
i4
i8
i4
1

2,000
2,500
1,875
1,875
1,250
2, 000
1,000
125

12

8,125

1
i7
i4

1,000
5,625
1,500

Total nonresidential structures__ 1,129

1, 222, 794

Stucco........................ .............

Amusement and recreation places

7

549,000

Frame_____________________

2

4, 375

1
1

2, 500
1, 875

Brick______________________

1

25,000

S tu c co ...____________ ____

2

10, 625

1
1

8, 750
1,875

1
1

500,000
9,000

Churches______________________

5

47,000

Frame___________________ -

3

7,000

1
1
1

2,500
2,500
2,000

Brick . . . ___________ _ .. ..
Stucco_____________________

1
1

30,000
10,000

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.

16

128, 375

Frame...................- ____ ____

4

6, 500

1
1
i2

2,500
1,500
2,500

Reinforced concrete, facing
not reported___________ ..
Tile_______________________

Brick.......... ......................... .

See footnotes at end of table.




4

71, 875

1
1
1
1

30,000
22,500
17,500
1,875

Type of structure and material

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other work­
shops—Continued.
Stucco.......................... ...........
Concrete_________

...

___

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

1

$2,500

3

18,750

1
1
1

12, 500
5,000
1, 250

M etal._. ................................

1

1,875

Tile_______________________

3

26,875

1
1
1

15,000
8,750
3,125

Garages, public................... .........

3

17,250

Concrete___________ ______ _
Metal_____________________

i2
1

16, 250
1,000

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling2_______________
F ra m e ..._______ ________
Brick______ ______ _________
Stone_________ _______ _____
Stucco_____________________
Concrete___________________
Metal___________ _ ______
Tile_______________________
Not reported_______________

888
829
5
6
18
1
15
3
11

122, 375
110,055
930
1,240
4,975
50
2,405
1,190
1,530

9
8
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

51,625
45,375
15,000
7,500
6, 250
6,250
4,750
3,750
1,250
625

Gasoline and service stations____
Brick______________________

Concrete.................... .............

1

6,250

Public works and utilities_____ _
Frame________ ____ _ _ _
Brick________
__________
Brick and stone____________

4
1
1
2
1
1
135
96
7
3
4
1
1
10
5
3
5

33, 250
15,000
16, 250
2,000
1,000
1,000
23,824
13,035
2,405
1,190
845
25
625
2,255
1,224
1,565
655

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.2. ____
Frame_____________________
Brick________ ____________
Stone______________________
Stucco______ ______________
Brick and stone___________
Concrete___________________
M etal.. ______. . . ________
Glass___________ __________
Tile_______________________
Not reported________ ______

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BUILDING PERM IT SU R V E Y , 1 9 3 9

A ,— N u m b e r a n d p erm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid en tia l and
n on resid en tial structures f o r which bu ildin g p erm its w ere iss u ed i n W e s t S ou th
C entral c ities , b y t y p e o f structure and specified m ateria ls , 1 9 8 9 — Continued

able

TEXAS—C ontinued
SAN ANTONIO—Continued

Type of structure and material

Stables and barns: Frame. .

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

...

Stores and other mercantile buildFrame......................... .............

Brick........................................

2

$940

37

247,665

1

5

9,480

1
1
1
1
1

3,375
3,125
1,500
855
625

5

104,415

1
1
1
1
1

64,290
27,500
7,500
4, 500
625

Stone........................................

1

15,000

Stucco....................„................

10

31,520

1
1
1
1

5,625
5,345
5,000
4,750
3 125

1
1
1
1
1

2 ,m

2,250
1,550
750
625

Type of structure and material

Stores and other mercantile build­
ings—Continued.
Concrete___________________

Metal............................. .........

Glass.

.................................

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

6

$55,000

1
1
1
1
1
1

15,000
12,500
10,000
8,750
6,250
2,500

3

7,250

1
1
1

3,750
2,000
1,500

1

625

Tile....... ............................ .

5
1
1
1
1
1

23,625
9.250
6.250
3,750
3,125
1,250

Not re p o rte d .._______

___

1

750

All other nonresidential struc­
tures: Fences2. . ____________
F ram e____________________
Stone___________
_____
Metal____ ______________
Not reported_______. . . . .

23
3
3
12
5

1,490
105
520
315
550

Schools: Beinforced concrete,
brick facing---------------------------

1

$133,000

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.2------Fram e__________ _______ .
Brick____________ . . . . . .
Stucco_____________________
Frame and stucco__________
Concrete__________________
Metal_________________ . . .
Not reported_______________

18
4
1
6
3
1
2
1

3,185
285
250
1,010
915
150
500
75

10
4
1
1
1
1

61,000
20,000
17,000
1,500
1,000
500

1
4
1
1
1
1
1

12,000
26, 000
12, 300
7,500
5,500
700
3,000

WACO
Total nonresidential structures...

61

$232,128

Churches---------------------------------

2

9,000

Frame_____________________
Stucco_____________________

1
1

1,500
7,500

Factories, bakeries, ice plants,
laundries, and other workshops.

3

13,400

Brick______________________

2

8,400

1
1

5,000
3,400

1

5,000

Concrete.
Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 2______________

25

3,543

Frame_____________________
Stucco_____________________
Brick and stucco___________
Metal_____________________
Not reported______________

21
1
1
1
1

2,748
240
250
25
280

Gasoline and service stations___

2

9,000

Brick______________________
Brick and stucco___________

1
1

6,500
2,500

See footnotes at end of table.




Stores and other mercantile build­
ings____ ______ ___________ ..
Frame_____________________

Brick veneer_______ ________
Stucco_____________________

Tile_______________________

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55

A .— N u m b e r a nd perm it valuation o f n o n h ou sek eep in g resid entia l a nd
n on resid en tial structures f o r w hich bu ildin g p erm its w ere issu ed i n W e s t S o u th
Central cities, b y ty p e o f structure and specified m ateria ls, 1 9 3 9 — Continued

able

TE XA S—C ontinued
W ICH ITA FALLS

Type of structure and material

Total nonresidential structures. —

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures
180

$384,056

Amusement and recreation places:
Stone_______________________

1

60,000

Churches: Frame _____________

1

1,500

Garages, private, when separate
from dwelling 2_______________

127

31, 945

Frame_____________________
Brick______________________
Stone______________________
Brick and frame____________
Metal_____________________
Not reported_______________

64
58
1
1
1
2

11, 460
19, 350
200
185
150
600

Gasoline and service stations___

11

33, 339

Frame_____________________

3

3, 000

1
1
1

2,000
500
500

6

20,839

1
1
1
1
1
1

6, 339
4, 750
2, 770
2,750
2,700
1, 530

1
1

500
9,000

Brick—.................... ................

Metal____________ _________
Tile__________ ____ ________

Type of structure and material

Num­
ber
Permit
of
struc­ valuation
tures

Institutions: Brick.

$201,242

Office buildings, including banks:
Brick________________ ____ 1

11,000

Sheds, poultry houses, etc.2.
Frame________________
Brick_________________
Brick and frame_______
Brick and stone_______
Metal....... ......... ............

25
16
3
1
1
4

6, 510
3,100
1, 340
400
450
1, 220

Stores and other mercantile build­
ings—

13

38, 520

Frame—................................ _.

4
1
1
1
1

4,720
1,470
1,300
1,200
750

Brick.

4
1
1
1
1

26,750
9, 750
8,000
6,500
2,500

Frame and stucco.

1

4,000

Metal__________

4
1
1
1
1

3,050
1,000
800
750
500

1Individual valuations not available.
2 Due to the large number of structures of this type for which permits were issued, data are not shown for
individual structures.
3Type of material not reported.
4Federal construction.
6Federal construction—individual valuations not available.
« Waterworks and disposal-plant buildings sponsored by the city of Dallas, Tex., located outside the
corporate limits of the city.




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