- City:
- Dallas, TX
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Picnic and Other Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1937
Description
Civilian Conservation Corps Company 2896 resided at White Rock Lake in Dallas from 1935 to 1942. The CCC Company also built neighboring Flag Pole Hill between 1936 and 1937. Improvements constructed by the CCC included a picturesque overlook surmounted by a tall flag pole and accessible by sixteen wide stone steps from a newly-paved parking area. They also constructed an 81-foot long open-air picnic shelter, a small stone latrine, and an all-purpose stone building that was afterward used for many years to house transmitting equipment for city-owned radio station WRR. At the bottom of the hill, the CCC built a collection of concession and out-buildings that is now the City of Dallas Park and Recreation Department Recreation Services Division Office.
Source notes
https://www.ci.dallas.tx.us/cso/archives/Exhibits/NewDealDallas/NewDealimages.html https://www.artsjournal.com/aestheticgrounds/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/parkPavilions-map.pdfSite originally submitted by Larry Moore on July 12, 2014.
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Hi,
My name is Regina and I am with the Dallas A&M Club, the official Texas A&M alumni organization for the area.
How do I go about renting the Flag Pole Hill Pavilion?
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I drove past Flag Pole Hill yesterday and noticed that the flagpole was missing. What’s up? Is it being replaced?
I am wanting to know if the steps leading up to the Flag are the original design? What year was the flag pole put up? What year were the stairs built?