Municipal Archives


Dallas Park and Recreation Department Plans and Drawings, 1909-2002

​Collection 2002-001

Overview

Repository
Office of the City Secretary
Dallas Municipal Archives
1500 Marilla Street, 5D South
Dallas, Texas 75201
CreatorDallas Park and Recreation Department
TitleDallas Park and Recreation Department Plans and Drawings
Dates1909-2002
Quantity1500 sheets
AbstractPlans and drawings of park landscape architecture and park structures.
Identification2002-001
Language Records are in English

Scope and Content

Collection consists of architectural plans and drawings of City of Dallas parks, green spaces, recreation centers, and park-related structures. 

As of 2018, the Dallas Park and Recreation Department offers 21,000 park acres through the Dallas park and recreation system, which includes 17 lakes, 62 miles of jogging and bike trails, 41 recreation centers, 1020 sports complexes, 490 playgrounds with picnic areas, 21 pools, six 18-hole golf courses, two driving ranges, and the 106-acre Dallas Zoo.  The first city-owned park was City Park, which opened in 1876 with approximately 19 acres.

Some park names have changed over time; other known names are shown in parentheses in the container list.

All of the items in this collection are oversized objects.

Organization

The collection is organized alphabetically.

Access

Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from the Dallas Municipal Archives. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards.

Citation

Dallas Park and Recreation Department Plans and Drawings, 1909-2002 (Box <x>, Folder <y>),  Dallas Municipal Archives

Related Materials

Pathfinder 2— Resources for Researching City of Dallas Parks​

Index Terms

Architecture -- Texas -- Dallas
Dallas -- Texas -- History
Parks -- Texas -- Dallas

Container List - Flatfiles

Drawer
Title, Date
B10
Alamo
B10Apache
D3Aston
B10Bachman Lake
B10Beckley Heights
B10Beckley - Saner
B10Beverly Hills
B10Brownwood
D3Buckner
D3Casa Linda
D3Cedar Crest 1
D3Cedar Crest 2
B10Central Square
D4Central Yard 
D4Cherrywood
[foldered with Cheyenne, Churchill]
D4Cheyenne
[foldered with Cherrywood, Churchill]
D4Churchill
[foldered with Cherrywood; Cheyenne]
D4City 1
B10City 2
B10Cochran
D4Cole 
D4Colonial
C2Color renderings
B10
​Craddock
B10Crawford
B10Crawford/Union Terminal
B10Crown
A6Dealey Plaza 1
E5Dealey Plaza 2
E5Dealey Plaza 3
D5Ewing Street Yard
A6Exall
A6Exline 1
D5Exline 2
B3Fair 1
A6
​Fair 2
E5Fair 3
D5Fair 4
D5Fair 5
D5Fair 6
B3Fair 7
E5Fair 8 - Administration Building
D5Fair 9 - Band Shell and Amphitheater
D5Fair 10 - Civil Defense
E6Fair 11 - The Comet
D6Fair 12 - Cotton Bowl
B3Fair 13 - Dallas Garden Center
E6Fair 14 - Dallas Garden Center
E6Fair 14 - Dallas Garden Center
E6Fair 15 - Dallas Garden Center
D6Fair 16 - Dallas Health Museum (Domestic Arts)
D6Fair 17 - Hall of State
E6Fair 18 - Hall of State
E6Fair 19 - Hall of State
E6Fair 20 - Hall of State
B3Fair 21 - Horticultural Museum
D2Fair 22 - Livestock Facilities
D7Fair 23 - Museum of Fine Arts
B3Fair 24 - Museum of Natural History
B3Fair 25 - Museum of Natural History
B3Fair 26 - Museum of Natural History
D7Fair 27 - Museum of Natural History
B3Fair 28 - Old Mill Inn (Youngblood's)
D7Fair 29 - Parry Gate
D7Fair 30 - Planting Plan
A6Fair 31 - Sculpture Court
A6Fair 32 - Toilets
D8Fair 33 - Underground Systems
A6Fair 34 - WRR
A6Ferguson Road
A7Ferris (Union Station Plaza) 1
​E7
Ferris (Union Station Plaza) 1
B3Garrett 1
E7Garrett 2
B3Glendale
B3Griggs (Hall Street Negro)
B3Hamilton
A7Harry Stone (Materhorn) 1
E7Harry Stone (Materhorn) 2
E7Harry Stone (Materhorn) 3
E7Harry Stone (Materhorn) 4
E7Herndon
A7Highland Hills
D8Jaycee-Zaragoza
D8Joppa (South Central)
[Housed with Jaycee-Zaragoza]
A7Juanita Craft (Wahoo) 1
D8Juanita Craft (Wahoo) 2
E7Kidd Springs
A7Kiest 1
E7Kiest 2
A7Lake Cliff 1
D8Lake Cliff 2
A7Lake Cliff 3
E7Lake Cliff 4
B4Lawnview
[Housed with Lizzie Oliver]
D8
Lee (Oak Lawn, Turtle Creek) 1
A7Lee (Oak Lawn, Turtle Creek) 2
E8Lee (Oak Lawn, Turtle Creek) 3
B4Lizzie Oliver
[Housed with Lawnview]
B4Lochwood
A7Maple
A7Maple
A7Maple
A7Maple
A7Martin Weiss 1
E8Martin Weiss 2
D8
Martin Weiss 3
B4
Mattie Nash-Myrtle Davis (North Hampton)
D8
McCree
A7
Mildred Dunn (Lagow)
A7
Moore (Eighth Street Negro Park)
D8
Moss
E8
Mountain Creek Lake
A7
North Lake
D9
Northaven 1
A7
Northhaven 2
[Housed with Northwood]
A7
Northwood
[Housed with Northaven 2]
D9Oak Cliff
A7Owenwood
E8Parkdale
D9Pecan Grove
[Housed with Preston Hollow]
D9Pemberton
[Housed with Pioneer, Pleasant Grove, and Polk]
D9Pike (Summit) 1
D9Pike (Summit) 2
D9Pioneer Cemetery
[Housed with Pemberton, Pleasant Grove, and Polk]
D9Pleasant Grove
[Housed with Pioneer, Pemberton, and Polk]
D9Pleasant Oaks 1
D9Pleasant Oaks 2
D9Pleasant Oaks 3
D9Polk
[Housed with Pemberton, Pioneer, and Pleasant Grove] 
A8Preston Hollow
[Housed with Pecan Grove]
E8Reverchon (Cole Purchase) 1
A7Reverchon (Cole Purchase) 2
A8Ridgewood
E8Rochester
[Housed with Royal]
E8Royal
[Housed with Rochester]
E8Samuell 1
E9Samuell 2
E9Samuell 3
E9Samuell 4
E9Stevens
A8Tenison 1
E9Tenison 2
E9Thomas Hill
E9Tietze (Keith)
B4Trinity Play (Fretz)
A8Turner Plaza
E9Turtle Creek Parkway
A8Valley View
A8Veterans Park
A8Walford
A8Walnut Hill 1
E11Walnut Hill 2
E11Walnut Hill 3
B4Webb Chapel
A9West Dallas Housing Project
B4Westmoreland (Seeligson)
B4Wheatley 
C4White Rock Lake 1
C4White Rock Lake 2
E11
White Rock Lake 3
C4White Rock Lake 4 (Arboretum)
E11
White Rock Lake 5 (Arboretum)
C4
White Rock Lake 6 (Bath House)
E11
White Rock Lake 7 (Bath House)
C4White Rock Lake 8 (Boat House)
C4White Rock Lake 9 (Dixon, Doran)
C4White Rock Lake 10 (Spillway)
E12
White Rock Lake 11 (Winfrey Point)
​E12
​Willis Winters (Randall)
A9Zang Blvd
B4Zoo (Marsalis) 1
E12
Zoo (Marsalis) 2
E12
Zoo (Marsalis) 3
E12
Zoo (Marsalis) 4
E12
Zoo (Marsalis) 5
E13
Zoo (Marsalis) 6
E13
Zoo (Marsalis) 7
A9Zoo (Marsalis) 8
E13
Zoo (Marsalis) 9
E13
Zoo (Marsalis) 10
E13
Zoo (Marsalis) 11
A9Zoo (Marsalis) 12
A9Zoo (Marsalis) 13
E13
Zoo (Marsalis) 14
B4
Zoo (Marsalis) 15
​E13
​Zoo (Marsalis) 16
A9
Zoo (Marsalis) 17


Container List - Rolls

Shelf
​Title, Date
1
Bluff View Park - topographical pap, 12/1947
1Cole Purchase, 15-Apr
1Craddock Park, 1947
1Dealey Plaza - approach, undated
1Exall Park, 11/8/1918
1Exall Park, 1948
1Exall Park - Topography Map, 11/1948
1Exall Park - Topography Map, 11/1948
1Fair Park - Centennial Central Exhibition Exhibit Building, 1936
1Fair Park - Exhibits Building, 12/16/1946
1Fair Park - Planting Plan: Building 43 (4 and 5), Buildings 45, 46, and 57, 1/24/1936
2Fair Park - Architectural Plans, Sheets A1-A7. Mechanical plans, Sheet M1. Exhibit Building S1-S4, E1. Automobile, Aviation, Recreation Building, 7/1946
2​
​Fair Park - Building Unit #1 Secs. No. 45, A-E Arena 57, Sheets A1-A16, S1-S4, 1936
2Fair Park - Foods Building, 9/16/1935
2Fair Park - location and grading plan, floor plan, elevations, entrance details, 1947
2Fair Park - NSEW Entrances, Toilets, Details, 1946
2Fair Park - Planting Plan – Automobile, Aviation, and Recreation Building, 1946c
2Fair Park - Planting Plans, undated
2Texas Centennial Central Exhibition - planting plan: Buildings 1 & 2, 7 & 8, 17, 22 & 37, 29, 38, 4/18/1936
2Fair Park Improvements - Fencing and Pools, 3/1937
2Griggs Park - Topographic Map, Jun-49
3Ferris Plaza; Union Station Plaza No. 2, 3, and 4, 1919
3Griggs Park - proposed walks, curb, and gutter, 12/6/1950
3Hampton Park - topography map, Nov-48
3Kidd Springs - planting plan: Japanese garden, undated (1970s)
3Lake Cliff Park - Rose Garden planting plan, 7/21/1940
3Lee Park - map showing proposed improvement of Lee Park, 7/16/1940
3Lee Park - topographical map, 4/20/1940
3Marsalis Park Zoo - preliminary plan, c. 1945
3Marsalis Park Zoo - preliminary study for revision of MPZ, 11/1/1956
3Marsalis Park Zoo - proposed train route, undated
3Marsalis Park Zoo - topographical survey, 2/27/1947
3Martin Weiss Park - Plan for additional planting, 1/5/1954
3Martin Weiss Park - Plan for additional planting, 1/5/1954
4Fair Park - Municipal Auditorium, undated
4Moore Park – Topography, undated
4Reverchon Park, undated
4Reverchon Park - Stadia Traverses - Cole Purchase and Vicinity, 4/29/1915
4Samuel Park - dimension and grading plan, 10/17/1946
4Samuell Park - planting plan, 8/25/1y947
4Samuell Park - planting plan, 8/25/1947
4Samuell Park - topographical map of Samuell property, 5/29/1940
4Samuell-Grand Park - Memorial Garden planting plan, Feb. 1952
4System of Parks - parkways, undated
4Tension Park - Memorial Gates, undated
4Tension Park - topography picnic area, 11/5/1941
4Turtle Creek Parkway - plans for the development of Turtle Creek Parkway.  Cross-section of Turtle Creek Park – 1911, 2/22/1915
4Union Station Plaza - Plan No. A, B, D, E, F, and H, 10/30/1919
5Craddock Park - topography map
5Dallas Annexation district
5Dallas Annexation maps
5Dallas Water Utilities - experimental sprinkling filter beds
5Dealey Plaza - highway approach to Dealey Plaza
5Dallas downtown garage for the City of Dallas
5General plan for a system of parks and boulevards for the city of Dallas, Texas
5Texas Centennial Central Exhibition - planting plan - east half of stadium
5Zangs Boulevard - paving plat - curb and gutter from Davis St. to Clarendon Dr., 2/1941
5Fair Park - study for parking and planting around the Automobile, Aviation, and Recreation Building
5Lake Cliff Park - Rose Garden - dimension and grading plan
5Thomas Hill Tract
5Marsalis Park Zoo - preliminary plan
5Union Terminal