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Fair Park's Historical Timeline. January 30, 1886: The Dallas State Fair Association is chartered by the State of Texas. An 80-acre tract of land in cotton fields east of Dallas is selected for the fairgrounds. October 26 - November 6, 1886: Over 14,000 visitors attend the Dallas State Fair.
- About Fair Park
Fair Park was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1986....
- About Fair Park
Fair Park was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1986. Fair Park covers 277-acres just east of downtown Dallas. Its cultural, historical and entertainment venues play host to visitors from around the world every day of the year. The park opened in 1886 with what was called the Dallas State Fair.
Fair Park was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1986 as one of the nation's largest surviving assemblages of buildings related to an exposition. [6] [2] Administration of the park was transferred to the Dallas Parks Department in 1988. [7]
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.
Today, the fairground is a National Historic Landmark District containing the largest surviving collection of Art Deco and Art Moderne exhibition art and architecture from America’s golden age of world’s fairs. Like every world’s fair in the 1930s, the story of the Texas Centennial Exposition began in economic depression.
Fair Park exists as one of the largest intact groupings of Art Deco/Moderne structures remaining in the United States, and is also significant in terms of urban design, landscape design, artwork and sculpture. Fair Park was designated a National Historic Landmark in September, 1986.
Website. Site of the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition, Fair Park is the only intact and unaltered pre-1950s world fair site remaining in the United States.
