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Pioneer Plaza is a large public park located in the Convention Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas . It contains a large sculpture and is a heavily visited tourist site. Adjacent to the plaza is the Pioneer Park Cemetery which features the Confederate War Memorial. Together, it is the largest public open space in the Dallas central ...
Pioneer Park Cemetery is a conglomeration of four graveyards with the remains of several of the city's earliest founders. It is located in the Convention Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas , US, and directly east of Pioneer Plaza .
Originally located in Sullivan Park (later renamed Old City Park) near downtown Dallas, Texas, United States, the monument was relocated in 1961 to the nearby Pioneer Park Cemetery in the Convention Center District, next to the Dallas Convention Center and Pioneer Plaza.
In 2006, Bryan's descendants placed a headstone in the cemetery that reads "PVT 18 Texas CAV CSA Dec 24 1810 Sep 8 1877 Founder of Dallas Texas." In 1954, the James Butler Bonham chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas erected a white granite marker honoring the Dallas founder in Pioneer Cemetery (Pioneer Plaza).
The Dallas Downtown Historic District is a 555-acre (225 ha) area in downtown Dallas, Texas, United States that was designated a historic district in 2006 and expanded in 2009 to preserve the diverse architectural history of the area.
The Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center (KBHCCD; formerly the Dallas Convention Center) is a convention center in the Convention Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas. The "Dallas Memorial Auditorium" was a standalone multipurpose arena, designed by George Dahl in 1957.
Robert Temple Summers II (born August 13, 1940) is an American artist in Cleburne, Texas.Summers, who works as a painter and sculptor, has created prominent bronze works displayed in places such as the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum, the Dallas Pioneer Park [1] the Loews Anatole Hotel, Fair Park, Los Angeles International Airport, and Plano Texas' Baccus Plaza.
The City Center District is served by the Dallas Independent School District. The neighborhood schools for downtown are outside of the loop. Four elementary schools— City Park , Sam Houston , Hope Medrano , and Ignacio Zaragoza ; three middle schools— Billy Earl Dade , Thomas J. Rusk , and Alex W. Spence ; and two high schools— James ...