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Walk started at Fair Park Stadium - a WPA constructed football stadium completed in 1940.
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Plaque on the baseball stadium tells us that it was built 1937-1938 by the NYA (another one of FDR's New Deal programs).
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Giant arrow marking the Quanah Parker / Comanche Trail across the Texas Plains. There are around a 100 of this scattered around the Texas Panhandle.
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NYA marker on the other side of the lake next to a coffin shaped picnic table.
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We crossed this bridge over the lake.
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Lighthouse fountain built by the NYA.
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1939 Art Deco county courthouse, built by the WPA. Third courthouse for Childress County.
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Old Sinclair Gas Station is now home to Bridges Wrecker Service.
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Photo opportunity at the Visitor's Center.
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Former Childress County Neo-Classical Style Jail - Replaced by a new jail in 1939. Currently it is home to the Adult Probation Department.
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1926 Michie Building was built to house a Whippet Car dealership.
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Childress 1902 mural depicting life in Childress way back when.
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Ed posed for me at the ticket window of the 1937 Art Deco Palace Theater
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Childress Public Library circa 1974.
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Old Montgomery Ward building is one of the prettiest buildings in historic downtown. Currently it is Saturday's Discount Furniture Store.
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"Valentine of Steel" memorial mural commemorates the World War II bombardier training classes held at Childress Army Airfield.
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First Presbyterian Church - Temple style with four large white columns.
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Childress City Hall - 1920 Neo-Classical building designed by Wyatt Hedrick.
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Another old Sinclair Gas Station dating from 1920s to early 1930s. Currently vacant.
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Childress County Heritage Museum is housed in the historic U.S. Post Office which was built by the WPA in 1935. Postal service moved to a new building in 1981.
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The 5 story 1920 Hotel Childress - built as a hotel, then turned into a retirement home, and then low-income housing. It is currently vacant.
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1920s Phillip 66 Service Station - one of the larger "cottage" style stations.
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