- City:
- Bellville, TX
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1937
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
A social club formed by German immigrants called the Bellville Turnverein Gut Heil built a 12-sided social hall in 1897 on about 15 acres of land in Bellville, Texas. The City of Bellville purchased the land and pavilion in 1937. The city hosted a design competition among students from Texas A&M University to design a park. The Works Progress Adminstration assisted the city in updating the pavilion and building new facilities. The pavilion was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1996.
Source notes
Texas Historic Sites Atlas: (https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details/5015011703), accessed April 1, 2018.
Site originally submitted by Larry Moore on April 1, 2018.
Contribute to this Site
We welcome contributions of additional information on any New Deal site.
Submit More Information or Photographs for this New Deal Site
Join the Conversation