- City:
- Navasota, TX
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Stadiums
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
- Started:
- 1934
- Completed:
- 1934
- Designer:
- R.J. Brule
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
An amphitheater type football stadium was constructed in 1934 using WPA funds. The stadium was designed by City Manager, R.J. Brule and the field was named in his honor. Mr. Brule is remembered today as being a resourceful manager who used available resources to make what the city needed. He negotiated several beneficial WPA grants for the City of Navasota.
Brule Field was used by the high school team until 2006 when a new, modern facility opened. Today Navasota Intermediate School uses the facility for their games.
Note: All available records list completion date as 1934 and agency as WPA, but the WPA was not formed until 1935. Any further clarifying information is appreciated.
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- View of playing field now being used for soccer games
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- Native stone steps leading down into ampitheater style stadium
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- Brule Field, built in ampitheater type design
Source notes
Wikipedia Rosemary Smith, "Navasota memorabilia for municipal building," Navasota Examiner, April 13, 2011 City of Navasota Municipal Pool History entrySite originally submitted by Elizabeth Hilburn on April 3, 2015.
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