- City:
- Beaumont, TX
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Infrastructure and Utilities, Golf Courses, Paths and Trails, Picnic and Other Facilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1941
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Company 845 built facilities at Tyrrell Park. The CCC camp at Tyrrell Park began operations on November 24, 1935. CCC personnel worked on building drainage ditches, roads, nature trails, picnic tables, a horse stable, recreational buildings, entrance portal and a public golf course.
The park is still in use, but most of the CCC structures have been neglected then torn down one-by-one. Hurricane Rita in 2005 and Hurricane Ike damaged the CCC-built clubhouse, and the damage has not been repaired.
Source notes
"Civilian Conservation Corps Workers," Tyrrell Historical Library Digital Collections "Tyrrell Park Community Building," Rediscovering Southeast Texas blog, July 30, 2013Site originally submitted by Larry D. Moore on April 13, 2015.
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Debby Stasinopoulou
Re: the community building in Tyrrell Park, Beaumont, Texas
The city has voted down a proposal to remove the roof and other wooden parts of this structure, so it looks like it will fall further into ruin. Money ($50,000?) was apparently earmarked for repairs prior to Hurricane Rita, but nothing was done. Are there any groups or organizations that can help us initiate a campaign to save this part of our city’s history?