Lake Cliff, Dallas

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Lake Cliff
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Lake Cliff
Coordinates: 32°45′23″N96°49′6″W / 32.75639°N 96.81833°W / 32.75639; -96.81833
Country United States
State Texas
County Dallas
City Dallas
Area Oak Cliff
Elevation
502 ft (153 m)
ZIP code
75203
Area code(s) 214, 469, 972
Lake Cliff Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by E. 6th St., Beckley Ave., Zangs Blvd. and Marsalis Ave., Dallas, Texas
Area75 acres (30 ha)
Built1888 (1888)
ArchitectAlbert S. Hecht, Robert C. Williams
Architectural style Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Four Square, Rustic
MPS Oak Cliff MPS
NRHP reference No. 94000609 [1]
DLMK No. H/84
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 17, 1994
Designated DLMKNovember 12, 1997 [2]
Website http://www.lakecliff.org/

Lake Cliff is a neighborhood in the northern part of the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas (USA). It surrounds Lake Cliff, a small freshwater lake. From 1906 to 1913, Oak Cliff was home to an amusement park that, according to its founders, outdid Coney Island. Lake Cliff Park featured a 2,500-seat theater, an 18,000-square-foot roller-skating rink, a roller coaster, Japanese village, mechanical swings, and water rides. Dallasites could take a streetcar link straight to its front door and marvel at the park’s electrical lighting. Today, visitors can still spy remnants of the brick-lined channel.

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Sam A. Lindsay (November 12, 1997). "Ordinance No. 23328" (PDF). City of Dallas. Retrieved August 27, 2018.

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