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The Dallas Historical Society has been responsible for managing the Hall of State since 1938. The Hall of State is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a part of Fair Park . In 1986, the building was restored at a cost of approximately $1.5 million, and the G.B. Dealey Library was opened.
As development changed downtown Dallas and older buildings were demolished, local developer Preston Carter Jr. began the revitalization of the West End in June 1976 in an effort to preserve its history. [3] Old warehouses and other brick buildings were converted to restaurants and shops.
The building served as the Dallas County Courthouse until 1902, when a new courthouse was built at the corner of Alabama Avenue and Lauderdale Street. [3] The trustees of the Henry W. Vaughan estate purchased the building for $5,025 in 1904 and leased the former courthouse to a new school, the Selma Military Institute. The military school used ...
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.
The Caddo inhabited the Dallas area before it was settled by Europeans. All of Texas became part of the Spanish Viceroyalty of New Spain in the 16th century. The area was also claimed by the French, but in 1819 the Adams-Onís Treaty officially placed Dallas well within Spanish territory by making the Red River the northern boundary of New Spain.
The Dallas Historical Society is an organization dedicated to the history of Dallas, Texas . It was organized on March 31, 1922, [ 1 ] by citizens who wished to encourage historical inquiry. In 1938, the Society assumed the management of the Hall of State at Fair Park at the request of the City of Dallas.
Dealey Plaza was built on land donated by early Dallas philanthropist and businesswoman Sarah Horton Cockrell. It was the location of the first home built in Dallas, which also became the first courthouse and post office, the first store, and the first fraternal lodge. It is sometimes called the "birthplace of Dallas". [15]
Despite the erasure of significant homes and businesses by the construction of Clarendon Drive between 1942 and 1950 and R.L. Thornton Freeway in the late 1950s, [10] the National Park Service recognized the high level of architectural integrity then present in the community by listing the Tenth Street Historic District on the National Register ...