{"id":35207,"date":"2016-10-20T21:32:56","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T04:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soulofamerica.com\/?page_id=35207"},"modified":"2020-10-28T13:38:35","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T20:38:35","slug":"dallas-historic-sites","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.soulofamerica.com\/us-cities\/dallas\/dallas-historic-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Historic Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dallas Historic Sites<\/h2>\n
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Freedman\u2019s Cemetery<\/strong>
\nDESCRIPTION: Interred remains of over 7,000 African Americans rest here from the days of the original Freedman\u2019s Town in a small section of North Dallas. As years passed, the boundaries of Freedman\u2019s Town have been the victim of \u201cmetropolitan progress\u201d for Dallas, such as freeway construction. Happily, better times are ahead; Dallas City Council designated the cemetery a historic landmark and plans are underway to construct a $1 million memorial in a triangular site.
\nADDRESS: west side of North Central Expressway, between Lemmon Ave and Hall Street MAP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Deep Ellum<\/strong>
\nDESCRIPTION: This district is considered the most historic of numerous black districts in Dallas since it began in the early 20th century. Its claim to fame was great Blues music starting in the 1920s.
\nADDRESS: roughly bounded by Elm Street, Trunk Ave, Commerce Street and Hawkins Street MAP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Knights of Pythias Temple<\/strong>
\nDESCRIPTION: In its day, this building was considered a near skyscraper. It was constructed by black craftsmen in the Knights of Pythias as their state headquarters in 1915. The building was designed by William S. Pittman, the 1st Black architect in Dallas. The site is designated a Dallas Historic Landmark since 1989.
\nADDRESS: 2551 Elm Street, Dallas, TX MAP<\/strong><\/a>
\nPHONE: 214-428-6701<\/p>\n

Universal Life Insurance Building<\/strong>
\nDESCRIPTION: The historic location of this black life insurance company was next to St. Paul CME Church. Unfortunately, the building was destroyed for a new development, without installing a notable monument in its place.
\nADDRESS: 1800 Routh Street, Dallas, TX MAP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Juanita Craft House<\/strong>
\nDESCRIPTION: Juanita Craft’s permitted her house of 50 years to served as a civil rights school. Juanita (1902-1985) served 25 years as Dallas NAACP precinct chairperson. Despite personal risk, she organized rural NAACP chapters across Texas in 1940-50s, helped desegregate University of Texas Law School, North Texas State University, State Fair of Texas, Dallas lunch counters, theaters and restaurants. Juanita Craft was the first black woman to vote in Dallas and was a national delegate to the 1976 Democratic Convention. She was elected to Dallas City Council at age 73. FREE admission; DAYS & HOURS: Tue-Fri 10a-4p
\nADDRESS: 2618 Warren Avenue, Dallas, TX MAP<\/strong><\/a>
\nPHONE: 214-670-8584<\/p>\n

Tenth Street Historic District<\/strong>
\nDESCRIPTION: It is the oldest relatively intact Freedmen\u2019s Town in Dallas with many of its original buildings still standing. It was considered a starter neighborhood for African Americans soon after Emancipation. Most of the remaining historic houses were built between 1890 and the early 1940\u2019s in various folk designs such as shotgun, double shotgun and camel back. These modest houses are indicative of the skill and artistry of Black craftspeople.
\nADDRESS: bounded by Clarendon, Fleming, 35E Freeway, 8th and Plum, Dallas, TX MAP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Wheatley Place Historic District<\/strong>
\nDESCRIPTION: Named for the poet Phyllis Wheatley, this district consists mostly of wood frame bungalows dating from 1916 to the mid-1930s. It is one of Dallas\u2019 first planned residential areas for black families and it attracted Black ministers and business leaders. It was deliberately constructed to segregate African American housing in Dallas in the early 20th century.
\nADDRESS: bounded by Warren, Atlanta, McDermott, Meadow, Oakland and Dathe Streets, Dallas, TX MAP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Lincoln High School<\/strong>
\nDESCRIPTION: Opened 1939, it is one of Dallas’ oldest schools for African Americans.
\nADDRESS: Malcolm X Blvd & Hatcher Street, Dallas, TX MAP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Hamilton Park Neighborhood<\/strong>
\nDESCRIPTION: This 175-acre neighborhood, developed in 1953, was one of the first suburbs in Texas built explicitly for African Americans.
\nADDRESS: Forest Lane at Schroeder, Dallas, TX MAP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Romine Avenue Historic District<\/strong>
\nDESCRIPTION: This district in South Dallas was built for African Americans in early 20th Century Dallas. Seventeen houses in the district, built between 1928 and 1940, were the first to be constructed of brick and stone and were historically occupied by prominent educators, hotel proprietors and Pullman Porters.
\nADDRESS: Romine Avenue between Octavia and Latimer Streets, Dallas, TX MAP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Dallas Weekly Newspaper<\/strong>
\nThe DW newspaper is a strong voice of the Dallas African American community, continuously published since 1955. It also features the remarkable Freedom’s Journal mural on the side of its building honoring the nation’s first black newspaper.
\nADDRESS: 3101 Martin Luther King Blvd, Dallas, TX MAP<\/strong><\/a>
\nPHONE: 214-428-8958<\/p>\n

Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce<\/strong>
\nThe chamber is an advocate for the creation, growth and general welfare of the African American business in Dallas.
\nADDRESS: 2838 Martin Luther King Blvd, Dallas, TX MAP<\/strong><\/a>
\nPHONE: 214-421-5200<\/p>\n

Bill Pickett Statue<\/strong>
\nDESCRIPTION: This bronze statue commemorates the world famous Black cowboy Willie M. (Bill) Pickett. He invented the sport of bulldogging or \u201ckissing the bull\u201d. Pickett was first black man inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame. The statue is the first to honor a black rodeo cowboy.
\nADDRESS: 121 East Exchange Avenue, Fort Worth, TX MAP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

James E. Guinn School<\/strong>
\nDESCRIPTION: James E. Guinn, the son of former slaves, grew up in Fort Worth and was educated in the city\u2019s earliest school for African Americans. After serving as a professor at Prairie View College, Guinn returned to Fort Worth in 1900 to become the principal of South Side Colored School, the city\u2019s first African American public school. The school was later rebuilt and renamed for Guinn after his death in 1917.
\nADDRESS: 1200 South Freeway, Fort Worth, TX MAP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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