Roadside Park - Hamilton, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member WalksfarTX
N 31° 43.184 W 098° 07.141
14R E 583466 N 3509709
Work was done by the National Youth Administration. On the west side of US-281 as you head north out of Hamilton.
Waymark Code: WMY6KJ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/01/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
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"This picnic area on US 281 in Hamilton County is an early roadside park constructed by the Texas Highway Department – now Texas Department of Transportation. This roadside park was completed in 1936 to accommodate motorists attending the State’s Centennial Events.

This park is home to the 1936 Pink County Centennial Marker.

Listed on TX DOT flyer as a surviving depression era roadside park. These early picnic area were constructed by young men of the National Youth Administration (NYA). Construction of park facilities was quite labor-intensive. NYA workers usually quarried and dressed their own stone and felled their own trees for lumber. Stone and concrete were used in the construction of picnic tables and benches, barbecue pits, walls, pathway and rubbish burners."

Project type: Park structure/building (other than lodge)

Date built or created: 1936

Location: Hamilton, TX Roadside Park

City: Hamilton

Condition: In need of renovation/repair

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