Dallas & Fort Worth Official Visitor's Guide

m y was histor as. 963, n Dall In 1 wntow do ade in Marty Leonard Community Chapel - Lena Pope Home, Fort Worth Dallas Heritage Village at Old City Park, Dallas Marty Leonard Community Chapel - Lena Pope Home 3131 Grayson County Frontier Village Loy Lake Road (west of US 75), Denison. Village with 20 structures from the 1800’s complete with memorabilia. Heritage Farmstead Museum 1900 West 15th Street, Plano, (972) 881-0140. 1891 Victorian homestead tours. Heritage Park and the Hopkins County Historical Park N. Jackson St., Sulphur Springs, (903) 885-2387. The Park contains a collection of buildings which include a working blacksmith shop, grist mill, chapel, print shop and country store. Hillsboro - Historic Downtown corner of Elm, Waco, Covington & Franklin, Hillsboro. Celebrating 25 years as a founding Texas Main Street city. Irving Heritage House 303 S. O’Connor Road, Irving, (972) 721-2426. One of the city’s first homes features public tours. The Jackie Townsell Bear Creek Heritage Center Gilbert & Jackson St, Irving, (972) 721-4976. Dallas County’s oldest AfricanAmerican Settlement, featuring two of the area’s original homes, a black history museum and living history center. John F. Kennedy Memorial Main & Market Dallas, (214) 571-1300. Located at the Dallas County Historical Plaza in Downtown Dallas. Main and Market Streets behind Old Red Courthouse. Log Cabin Village 2100 Log Cabin Village Lane, Fort Worth 76109, (817) 926-5881. A living history museum. Sanquinet, Fort Worth 76107, (817) 255-2576 or (817) 731-9858. The world famous E. Fay Jones described his Chapel design as an instrument for nature to play its music, and, by the way the light and shadows move and change, he had tuned it so that the music changes throughout the day and year. This architecturally significant building that reflects the influence of Jones’ study with Frank Lloyd Wright. Tours for all ages. martyleonardchapel.org Miss Belle’s Place 1401 E. Lookout Drive, Richardson. Victorian farmhouse built in 1886 by early settlers to the area. Northeast Tarrant County Civil War Memorial 2401 Bedford Road. The memorial honors by name veterans of both armies who lived, owned land, died or are buried in NE Tarrant County. Old Bedford School 2400 School Lane, Bedford. A lovingly restored 1915 schoolhouse listed in National Register of Historical places. Owens Spring Creek Farm & Museum 1401 E. Lookout Drive, Richardson. Farm, museum, feed animals and hayrides. Pioneer Village 912 West Park Avenue, Corsicana, (903) 654-4846. Historical structures and Lefty Frizzell Museum. Red River Historical Museum 301 S. Walnut, Sherman, (903) 893-7623. Housed in 1914 Carnegie Library, history of Grayson County and Red River Region. Sam Bell Maxey House 812 South Church Street, Paris. Historical house of Confederate Sam Bell Maxey. Have you vi sited? Opening February 2009 A Photographer’s Story: Bob Jackson & the Kennedy Assassination A special exhibit featuring the work of a photographer who became caught up in the extraordinary events of Nov. 1963 and turned a routine assignment into an iconic, Pulitzer Prize winning image. 411 Elm Street West End Historic District 214-747-6660 www.jfk.org Open 10-6 Tuesday-Sunday, 12-6 Monday Supported by Adolphus Hotel and American Airlines Photos: top left, Walt Sisco, photographer/Courtesy The Dallas Morning News; top right, The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza; bottom, copyright Bob Jackson for more information go to visitdallas-fortworth.com 17 http://www.jfk.org http://www.martyleonardchapel.org http://www.jfk.org http://www.visitdallas-fortworth.com

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