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  1500 Marilla St.
  L2DN
  Dallas, Texas 75201
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Dallas Park and Recreation Department Plans and Drawings, 1911-2002

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​Collection 2002-001

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Overview

Repository	Office of the City Secretary Dallas Municipal Archives 1500 Marilla Street, 5D South Dallas, Texas 75201
Creator	Dallas Park and Recreation Department
Title	Dallas Park and Recreation Department Plans and Drawings
Dates	1911-2002
Quantity	1500 sheets
Abstract	Plans and drawings of park landscape architecture and park structures.
Identification	2002-001
Language	Records are in English

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Scope and Content

Collection consists of architectural plans and drawings of City of Dallas parks, green spaces, recreation centers, and park-related structures.  The bulk of the collection spans the years 1911 to 2002.

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, 1,020 sports complexes, 490 playgrounds and picnic areas, 21 pools, six 18-hole golf courses, two driving ranges, and the 106-acre Dallas Zoo. 

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, 1911-2002 (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

Cabinet​	Drawer	Shelf	Title, Date
​	1		Alamo, 1948
​			Apache, 1957
​			Arboretum [Dallas Arboretum/Everette DeGolyer residence], 1939
​			Bachman Lake, 1932-1941
​			Beckley Heights, 1957
​			Beckley-Saner and Recreation Center, 1950-1952
​			Beverly Hills, 1946
​			Bluff View, 1947
​			Brownwood, 1957-1960
​			Buckner (Samuell), 1945
​			Casa Linda, 1947
​			Casa View, 1951
​			Cedar Crest Golf Course, 1925-1960
​	​	​	Cedar
​			Central Square, 1940-1948
​			Central Yard, 1923-1948
​			Cherrywood, 1948
​			Cheyenne Park, 1959
​			Churchill Park, 1959
​			City Park [Old City Park; now known as Dallas Heritage Village], 1916-1974
​			Cochran, 1948-1950
​			Cole, 1947-1959
​			Colonial, 1948-1950
​			Craddock , 1924-1947
​			Juanita J. Craft (Wahoo), 1932-1965
​			Crawford Memorial, 1955-2002
​			Crown, 1952
​		1	Dealey Plaza, 1937-1961
​			Mildred L. Dunn, 1931-1950
​			Exall, 1918-1956
​			Exline, 1939-1958
​			Fair - Automotive Building [Automobile, Aviation, and Recreation Building], 1936-1951
​			Fair - Band Shell, 1936-1943
​	​	​	Fair - Band Shell, 1936-1943
​			Fair - Comet rollercoaster, 1947
​			Fair - Cotton Bowl Stadium, 1936-1948
​	​	​	Fair - Dallas Garden Center Exhibition
​			Fair - Dallas Garden Center [Hall of Horticulture], 1954
​	​	​	Fair - Dallas Health Museum
​			Fair - Domestic Arts Museum, 1935-1961
​			Fair - Esplanade plans [fountains and reflecting pools], 1936
​			Fair - Food and Fiber Pavilion, 1935
​			Fair - Hall of State [State of Texas Building], 1935
​	​	​	Fair - Hall of State [State of Texas Building], 1935
​			Fair - Municipal Auditorium [Fair Park Music Hall], 1924-1925
​			Fair - Museum of Fine Arts, 1935
​			Fair - Museum of Natural History, 1935
​	​	​	Fair - Museum of Natural History, 1935
​			Fair - Old Mill Building, 1960
​			Fair - Parry Avenue entrance gates, 1936
​			Fair - Planting plans, 1936
​			Fair - Tower Building, 1936
​	​	​	Fair - Underground systems
​	​	​	Fair - WRR
​	​	​	Fair - WRR
​	​	​	Fair - WRR
​			Fair - W.R.R., Fire, Police and Hospital Building, 1936
​			Fair - Women's Building [formerly Coliseum], 1954
​			Ferguson Road , 1954-1957
​			Ferris Plaza, 1918, 2002
​			Garrett , 1919-1950
​			Glendale , 1948
​			Grauwyler Park, 1934-1948
​			Greiner Middle School, 1934-1950
​			Griggs, 1922-1956
​			Hamilton, 1959
​			Hampton, 1948
​			Harry Stone, 1955
​			Herndon, 1940-1949
​			Jaycee-Zaragoza, 1959
​			Kidd Springs, 1947-1958
​			Kiest, 1932-1956
​	​	​	Lagow
​			Lake Cliff, 1920-1960
​			Lawnview, 1954
​			Robert E. Lee, 1903-1960
​			Lizzie Oliver, 1959
​			Lochwood, 1959
​			Maple [Maria Luna], 1947-1951
​			Marsalis [Dallas Zoo], 1913-1965
​			Martin Weiss, 1953-1961
​			McCree, 1958-1960
​			Moore [Eighth Street Negro Park], 1940-1956
​			Moss, 1943-1945
​			Mountain Creek Lake, 1939-1963
​			North Lake, 1955
​			Northhaven Park and Greenbelt, 1958-1959
​			Northwood, 1959
​			Oak Cliff Founders, 1925-1946
​			Owenwood, 1960
​			Park System, 1911-1941
​			Parkdale, 1926-1951
​			Pecan Grove, 1957
​			Pemberton Hill, 1959
​			Pike, 1914-1958
​			Pioneer Cemetery, undated
​			Pleasant Grove, 1951-1954
​			Pleasant Oaks, 1953-1958
​			K. B. Polk, 1945
​			Preston Hollow, 1950
​			Randall, 1924-1958
​			Reverchon, 1914-1956
​			Ridgewood, 1954-1955
​			Rochester, 1948-1956
​			Royal, 1962
​			St. Augustine, 1956-1957
​			Samuell-Grand Park, 1940-1962
​			Samuell-East (Samuell Farm), 1955
​			South Central, 1961
​			Stevens golf course, 1941
​			Tenison golf course and picnic area, 1923-1959
​			T.G. Terry, 1945-1950
​			Thomas Hill, 1948-1953
​			Tietze, 1943-1963
​			Trinity Play (Fretz), 1920-1946
​			Turner Plaza, 1915-1918
​			Turtle Creek Parkway, 1911-1960
​			Valley View, 1953-1961
​			Veterans, 1956-1959
​			Walford, 1948
​			Walnut Hill, 1952-1955
​			Webb Chapel, 1959
​			Weichsel, 1948
​			Martin Weiss, 1954
​			West Dallas Housing Project [swimming pool], 1956
​			Westmoreland, 1952-1957
​			Wheatley, 1946-1948
​			White Rock Lake - Bath house, 1930-1955
​			White Rock Lake - Dam and spillway, 1939-1966
​			White Rock Lake - Development plans and master plans, 1936-1941
​			White Rock Lake - Dixon's Bay, 1934-1940
​			White Rock Lake - Doran's Point, 1937-1941
​			White Rock Lake - East Lawther Drive - Garland Road to Dreyfuss Club, 1937-1956
​			White Rock Lake - Flagpole Hill, 1936-1937
​			White Rock Lake - North end of lake, 1939-1940
​			White Rock Lake - Park furnishings, 1935-1940
​			White Rock Lake - Sunset Inn and caretaker's house, 1937
​			White Rock Lake - TP Hill, 1930-1938
​			White Rock Lake - Topographic maps, 1938-1940
​			White Rock Lake - West Lawther Drive, 1936-1948
​			White Rock Lake - Winfrey Point, 1940-1954
​			Zang Boulevard medians, 1941
​	​	​	Zang
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