On March 12, 2020, DCPA members plotted tombstones in the northeast quarter of W. W. Glover Cemetery. The next workday is planned to be on Saturday, March 28, when Dr. Jarvis James will oversee a group of young people painting the gate.
This is a reminder of our next meeting on March 5th, 2020. Please join us for dinner at 6:00 PM before the 7:00 o’clock at the Point Center for Arts and Education Campus of C. C. Young 4847 W. Lawther Dr. Dallas, Texas Please call 972-260-9334 to make your dinner reservation. Our next speaker will…
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St Paul United Methodist Church is one of the very oldest churches in Dallas. It was founded in the heart of what was to become a thriving African American community just outside the downtown business district. The community wrapped around downtown from west to north, encompassing the old State Thomas neighborhood to Deep Ellum. According…
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by Frances James When the original town of Irving was platted in 1903, the developers, J.O. Schultz and Otis Brown set aside lots for the three churches that were already in existence. One of the lots was for St. Luke’s Catholic Church. Many of the members of this church were French Colonist who had moved…
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My Architectural Description of the Cathedral by Frances James On June 17, 1898 the corner stone of the Cathedral was set. It is still very evident today on the corner near Ross and Pearl Street in downtown Dallas. When dedicated in 1902 the Souvenir Brochure describes the Cathedral as a “stately structure of pure gothic architecture…
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The beautiful building now known as Guadalupe Cathedral was dedicated in 1902 as Sacred Heart Cathedral for the Diocese of Dallas.[i] It had required a long struggle by many very devoted Roman Catholics to finally arrive at this glorious day. Two of the Dallas papers in 1902 covered the dedication event in great detail. One article stated…
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Next meeting – Scheduled for 3/5/2020 at 7 PM (6 PM if you plan to eat), Location – CC Young, 4847 W Lawther Dr #100, Dallas, Texas 752314 Speaker – Mark Stuertz, Dallas writer Program: Our next speaker will be national award-winning journalist and author, Mark Stuertz. He has been a Dallas-based writer for more than…
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100 years ago today, an organization then known as the Dallas Trade League took out this full page advertisement in the Amarillo Daily News in an effort to promote commerce in Dallas. Some of the vendors were local banks, none of which are still household names today, Higginbotham-Bailey-Logan and Sanger Brothers, Padgitt Brothers (saddle makers),…
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In the early 1870’s the farming community, two miles north of Dallas, was referred to as “Oak Lawn”. It had no schools, no churches, no stores; but did have many beautiful oak trees. Here Rev. Marcus Hiram Cullum owned 10 acres; and on Sundays he preached to a gathering of his neighbors under the oak…
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This congregation took its name from its proximity to Exposition Park, now known as the State Fair of Texas. The land was donated by the Gaston family and facilitated by the Parry family, both of which were early residents of Dallas. The church was organized in late 1890 as a mission church of the Second…
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