Community Building
Project type: Parks and Recreation
Started: 1935
Completed: 1938
Quality of Information: Very Good
Marked:
Yes
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
Juanita Jewel Craft Park was originally called Wahoo Park and was purchased by the City of Dallas in1924. A Works Progress Administration (WPA) community building, retaining wall, landscaping, planting, walks and other improvements were executed 1936-38. The park was renamed for civil rights activist, civic leader, and Dallas City Council member Craft in 1974.
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Community Building
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Marker on the Community Building
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Rock bench in front of the Community Building
Source notes
Dallas City Hall (http://citysecretary2.dallascityhall.com/archives/Exhibits/NewDealDallas/NewDealimages.html), accessed November 2019.
Plaque on wall next to the entrance.
Project originally submitted by Eveline Evans on November 16, 2019.
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