The City of
Arlington Neighborhood Services Department and the Landmark
Preservation Commission produced the content of this web site.
Thanks go to Dr. Richard Ferrier at the School of
Architecture, University of Texas at Arlington, for his
assistance in obtaining the participation of volunteer student
Jan "Skip" Dawson; O. K. Carter, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
(Arlington Edition), for his introductory comments; Sarah
Barr, City of Arlington Design Communication Coordinator;
George Moreno of Arlington Baptist College for assistance in
computer layout design and photography; Landmark Preservation
Commission members Martha Martin and Dorothy Rencurrel; and
Special Collections, UTA Libraries for historical photographs
from the Dunlop collection; and the Arlington Star-Telegram
for Time Frames, "Mineral Well, (1892-1951)," 11-14-04.
Text sources include, among others, Arlington, Texas
Birthplace of the Metroplex by Arista Joyner; Arlington
Historic Resources Survey by Hardy-Heck-Moore, Inc.;
Transitions: A Centennial History of The University of Texas
at Arlington 1895-1995 by Gerald D. Saxon; the Star-Telegram
(Arlington Edition) Outlook and Time Frames series; and
Arlington-A Pictorial History by René Harris and Arista
Joyner.
This project was funded in part by a CLG grant from the
Texas Historical Commission and the City of Arlington.
Inquiries regarding landmark preservation designation and
historic preservation should be made to the City of Arlington
Neighborhood Services Department at 817-459-6777.
Many of the individual historical markers in Arlington are
listed in this web site. For a complete listing with
descriptive information, visit
www.ci.arlington.tx.us/landmark and click on historic
properties.
Sites and structures were selected for inclusion on the web
site by the Landmark Preservation Commission, based on their
historical significance to the city. No other endorsement or
warrantee is made or implied.
Please respect private
residences and those sites that are not open to the public and
view them from the street.
