Kiest Park Garden
The Friends of Oak Cliff Parks restored the Kiest Park memorial garden
Description
In 1931, Edwin Kiest, an influential Dallas businessman, made a gift of 247 acres of land to the City of Dallas for a regional park as a memorial to his wife, Elizabeth Patterson Kiest, who had died in 1917. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built several stone structures in Kiest Park including stone gates at three entrances to the park, a stone picnic shelter and a stone field house.
The WPA also built a formal garden at the heart of Kiest Park. A pergola was built at the head of the garden in 1934 with WPA money. It fell into ruin and was cleared away, but the time of removal was not recorded. The Friends of Oak Cliff Parks restored the historic garden and the city rebuilt the pergola in 2013 based on the original plans.
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The City of Dallas rebuilt the pergola based on the original plans.
Kiest Park Pergola
The City of Dallas rebuilt the pergola based on the original plans.
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Kiest Park Picnic Shelter
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Kiest Park Entrance Portal
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Kiest Park Picnic Shelter Interior
Source notes
http://friendsofoakcliffparks.org/product04.html http://www.artsjournal.com/aestheticgrounds/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/parkPavilions-map.pdf
Project originally submitted by Larry Moore on June 29, 2014.
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