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The Parade of Homes Lakewood Site Historic District, located in Holladay, Salt Lake County, is significant at the local level under Criterion A in the area of Community Development and Planning for its association with the 1955 Parade of Homes in Salt Lake County. The Parade of Homes was created by the National Association of Home Builders as part of the National Home Week campaign in 1948. The parade was a marketing event promoting home ownership and the latest in housing design, construction methods, and products in fully furnished model homes. The earliest iterations of the consisted of individual homes at scattered locations, but the event evolved into single site developments featuring a collection of model houses in newly opened subdivisions. Of the earliest Parade of Homes sites consisting of contiguous model homes in Salt Lake County, the Lakewood Historic District retains the best historical integrity and is the most discernible, interrelated entity consisting of stylized model homes in a characteristic post–World War II subdivision.
The Lakewood Historic District is also significant at the local level in the area of Architecture as a distinct concentration of houses that is representative of the architectural types and styles of the 1950s featuring traditional or Colonial Revival–influenced ranch type houses, Contemporary style ranch type houses, and Contemporary style and type houses. The period of significance is 1955, which is the year the original 17 houses were constructed by local builders and architects as part of Site No. 1 or the Lakewood site of the 1955 Parade of Homes.
