Hall of State - Texas Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Address: Grand Ave. at Nimitz Dr., Fair Park
City: Dallas
County: Dallas
Subject Codes: AD; BG; DC; FR
Year Marker Erected: 1980
Designations: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Marker Size: Plate and Medallion
All State Fairgrounds/Fair Park markers:
WM19T1 State Fair of Texas
WM1A1H Steel Dust
WM19WJ Dallas Depot of the H. & T.C.
WM19NP A Tribute to Texas Women in the Civil War
WM19JE Hall of State
WM3ADC Texas Centennial Exposition
WM3A5K WRR Radio

Marker Number: 6732 Marker Text: Construction of this building, which served as the focal point of the 1936 Texas Centennial Central Exposition, was approved by the State Legislature to be "Texanic in proportion and Centennial in character." Designed by a team of Dallas architects, it is built of native Texas materials with ornamental representations of commerce and history. Completed during the 1930s Depression, it is one of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in Texas. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1980

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