Fireman’s Park Improvements – Brenham TX

City:
Brenham, TX

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, Parks and Recreation, Community Centers, Picnic and Other Facilities

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Description

The Brenham Fire Department established Fireman’s Park in 1884.The Fire Department gave the park to the City of Brenham in 1917 “for cancellation of the department’s indebtedness to the city.” The Works Progress Administration made improvements to the park consisting of a two-story hut, a kitchen, a beer garden, an American Legion Hall and a sixteen-sided building that houses an antique carousel.

Source notes

https://cityofbrenham.org/parks/park-firemans.php https://cityofbrenham.org/parks/documents/parks-firemans-lonestar.pdf

Site originally submitted by Larry Moore on February 28, 2015.

Location Info


901 N. Park St.
Brenham, TX Washington County

Coordinates: 30.173940, -96.401596

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