Illustration by Brian Smith
“History cannot give us a program for the future,” Robert Penn Warren wrote. “But it can give us a fuller understanding of ourselves and our common humanity, so that we can better face the future.” Our weird and wonderful neighborhood is full of fascinating history, and much of it remains tangible. We set out to map a few of the places that made Oak Cliff and West Dallas what they are.
Cliff dwellings
Mayor’s house, 635 N. Zang Blvd.
Illustration by Brian Smith
Oswald and outlaws
The Texas Theatre, 231 W. Jefferson Blvd.
Johnson Rooming House, 1026 N. Beckley
The backyard photo house, 214 W. Neely
The Barrow filling station, 1221 Singleton Blvd.
Western Heights Cemetery, Neal Street at Fort Worth Avenue
Eagle Ford School, 1601 Chalk Hill Road
Illustration by Brian Smith
Remnants of bygone Dallas
Trinity Portland Cement Co. cemetery, 5300 Singleton
La Reunion Cemetery, 3300 block of Fish Trap Road
Bilbo Jitney Line, Sylvan Avenue and Seale Street
Lancaster Avenue commercial district, Jefferson and Marsalis
Tenth Street Historic District
Old-Time Religion
Oak Cliff United Methodist Church, 549 E. Jefferson Blvd.
Trinity Presbyterian Church, 901 N. Zang Blvd.
