[2] A small portion of its area was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and the listing was greatly enlarged by a boundary increase in 2016.

"The original Warehouse District was listed on the National Register in 1982 and included 16 buildings with a somewhat undefined period of significance from approximately 1890 to 1927.

To qualify as a contributing resource, a site in the district need to have been constructed in 1869-1966 and to have sustained only minimal physical alteration.

[6] Field studies in 2012 and 2015 identified four periods of development in the district: Architectural styles include Victorian, Classical Revival, Bungalow, Moderne, and other.

Architects include Walter Ware, Alberto Treganza, Richard Kletting, Samuel Whitaker, and others.