Rock Wall – Palo Pinto TX

City:
Palo Pinto, TX

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1935

Completed:
1937

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

This rock wall was constructed 1935-1937 by the Works Progress Administration and partially encloses a city block. It is unknown the original purpose for the wall’s construction, though it now encloses the Old Jail Museum Complex.

Source notes

WPA Marker embedded in rock wall.

"Old Jail Museum Complex." Palo Pinto County Historical Commission. Retrieved from www.palopintohistory.com June 28, 2018.

Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on June 29, 2018.

Location Info


231 S. 5th Avenue
Palo Pinto, TX 76484
Palo Pinto County

Coordinates: 32.7663469, -98.29832850000003

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