- City:
- Dallas, TX
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1938
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
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.
Source notes
Dallas City Hall (https://citysecretary2.dallascityhall.com/archives/Exhibits/NewDealDallas/NewDealimages.html), accessed November 2019.
Plaque on wall next to the entrance.
Site originally submitted by Eveline Evans on November 16, 2019.
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