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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 H E R M A N B. B Y E R , C hief B u lletin 7^lo. 689 --------------------------------------------N O T E --------------------------------------------T o economise in the use o f paper and printing during the w a r, the Bureau o f Labor Statistics w ill discontinue the practice o f placing heavy paper covers on its bulletins, except w here conditions require them. U N IT E D S T A T E S G O V E R N M E N T P R IN T IN G OFFICE W A S H IN G T O N : 1941 For sale by the Superintendent o f Documents, Washington, D . C. - - Price 10 cents U N IT E D ST A T E S D E P A R T M E N T OF LA B O R F rances P e r k in s , Secretary + B U R E A U OF L A B O R S T A T IS T IC S 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 Sidney W . W ilcox, Chief Stat istician C H IE F S OF D IV IS IO N S Herman B. Byer, Construction and Public Em ploym ent Florence Peterson, Industrial Relations J. M . Cutts, Wholesale Prices Charles F. Sharkey, Law Inform ation W . Duane Evans, Productivity and Technological D evelop ments Boris Stern, Labor Inform a tion Service Stella Stewart, Retail Prices M ax D . Kossoris, Industrial Accidents John J. M ahaney, Tabulation Lewis E. Talbert, ment Statistics Machine Faith M . Living Williams, Cost of + B U IL D IN G P E R M IT S U R V E Y A b b e e W . T a l a m o , Director E m ploy Em m ett H. W elch, Occupa tional Outlook R obert J. Myers, W age and H our Statistics ii Labor CON TEN TS Page 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_______________ 1 2 4 6 8 12 14 15 17 20 20 26 29 T ables T able 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__ in 3 5 7 10 11 13. CONTENTS IV Page 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. — 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_____ 14 15 16 18 20 22 27 L e tte r o f T r a n s m itta l 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 . B u lletin 7S[o. 689 (Vol. 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. 1 2 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. , 3 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 4 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. 5 RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION 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 6 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939 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. 14 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 8 BUILDING PERMIT SURVEY, 1939 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. 11 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). 13 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. 14 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. RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION 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 to Oi 26 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. to 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 53 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________ ______ 54 T 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_______________________ APPENDIX T 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. O