- City:
- Arlington, TX
- Site Type:
- Colleges and Universities, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
Description
Originally called Davis Hall, this building was a PWA project for a dormitory at North Texas Agricultural College in Arlington, TX. The building is now known as Brazos House and the college is now known as the University of Texas at Arlington. It was dedicated in 1936.
Brazos House has been demolished and turned into a campus park.
Source notes
PWA Records
Dallas Morning News. April 29, 1936.
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Site originally submitted by Susan Kline on April 12, 2013.
Additional contributions by Hannah Searsy.
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Really great place,
We helped some students move there.
Brazos House was demolished in 2018, and is now a campus park.