The shelter will provide food, water and disaster assistance.
DALLAS — The future of Old City Park, Dallas’ oldest park, remains in flux as the Dallas Parks and Recreation Department prepares toin May. Here’s a look at the park's history, what got it to this point, and where things stand in planning its future.started on land in what’s now known as the Cedars neighborhood, which was also the site of a series of natural springs. The springs became known as Bafter Edward C. Browder acquired the property in 1845.
A group that sought to preserve the Millermore home came up with the idea of reconstructing it in what was then known as City Park, and it became the first of 21 buildings transported to the park to become a village. It opened as a living history museum in the ‘60s, and the museum was called Old City Park.
“Through the years, Dallas County Heritage Society would put up all the money in order to bring in all of these buildings to restore them, and then once they were on the grounds, then the Parks Department would accept these buildings, and they would become the city’s property,’ Michael Meadows, interim CEO of the Dallas County Heritage Society, said.
“Ultimately, the revenues and the attendance still weren’t sufficient to be self-sustaining and so with our contract coming to an end, I think the city has decided that they want to spend a little bit of time doing some master planning, figuring out how they want to use the park in the future, and then having another competition for a management contract…and then see who’s going to run the park in the future,” Meadows said.
Ahead of the city’s Parks and Recreation Department taking over operations of the park, nearly 22,000 historic antiques and artifacts – everything from furnishings to quilts, documents and more -- will be part of anIn September 2023, the city contracted with the landscape architecture firm SWA to create a master plan for Old City Park before considering accepting proposals for a different private partner to manage the park.
“It has been our honor and privilege to manage Old City Park for over 50 years”, said Dustin Bullard, the Society’s board chair in a statement. “Although the Society will no longer manage the daily operations of this historic park, we remain committed to supporting Old City Park well into the future.”
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