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Fair Park is a recreational and educational complex in Dallas, Texas, United States, located immediately east of downtown. The 277- acre (112 ha ) area is registered as a Dallas Landmark and National Historic Landmark ; many of the buildings were constructed for the Texas Centennial Exposition in 1936.
The Texas Centennial Exposition was held at Fair Park in Dallas, June 6 – November 29, 1936. The event attracted 6,353,827 visitors, and cost around $ 25 million. [ 4 ] The exposition was credited for buffering Dallas from the Great Depression , creating over 10,000 jobs and giving a $50 million boost to the local economy.
Envisioned as a demonstration project for transit solutions, Monorail, Inc. erected a short test system in Houston's Arrowhead Park as the Skyway Line in 1956. During the year, the company contracted with the State Fair of Texas for an expanded project at Fair Park in Dallas. Originally envisioned to be 4,000 feet (1,200 m) long with terminals ...
The State Fair of Texas is celebrating its 136th anniversary this year at Fair Park in Dallas from Sept. 30 to Oct. 23. Tickets and season passes are available now on the State Fair website .
Gaston Park was a baseball park located in Dallas, Texas. Named for landowner William H. Gaston, the ballpark existed within the State Fair grounds in the vicinity of Texas and Pacific rail tracks as well as the Music Hall at Fair Park in Dallas. [1] The field was also used for the Red River Rivalry in 1912 and 1914.
In 1978, the National Park Service added Munger Place Historic District to the National Register of Historic Places. [4] In 1980, the City of Dallas recognized the historic district as a Landmark District. [3] The boundaries of the national and city districts are nearly the same.
The exhibition promoted the city of Dallas as the cultural and economic capital of an emerging Pan-American civilization stretching from Tierra del Fuego to Alaska. It followed the successful Texas Centennial Exposition, which was held to celebrate the centennial anniversary of Texas in 1936. Every exhibition building constructed for the 1936 ...
The Hall of State (originally the State of Texas Building) is a building in Dallas's Fair Park that commemorates the history of the U.S. state of Texas and is considered one of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the state. It was designed and built for the Texas Centennial Exposition.