- City:
- Tyler, TX
- Site Type:
- Auditoriums and Arenas, Infrastructure and Utilities, Civic Facilities, Parks and Recreation, Amphitheaters and Bandshells, Comfort Stations (Restrooms), Sanitation and Water Disposal
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
In 1913 the City of Tyler purchased the land for Bergfeld Park. Starting in 1936, the Works Progress Administration made improvements to the park including a stone amphitheater, rock culverts, and a rock lined creek, restrooms, and tennis courts.
The city renovated the amphitheater in 2017 with a new stage and seating arrangement.
Source notes
Historic and Architectural Resources of Tyler, Texas, p. 62,
(https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/NR/pdfs/64500654/64500654.pdf), accessed July 2019.
Tyler Morning Telegraph,
(https://tylerpaper.com/news/local/bergfeld-amphitheater-plans-include-shaded-grassy-areas-and-improved-accessibility/article_0f61f671-9df5-5ae6-8bc1-116438245ba2.html), accessed July 2019.
Site originally submitted by Larry Moore on July 6, 2019.
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