Dallas: Tenth Street Historic District

Tile mural at a bus stop of musicians playing

Small mural on transit stop shelter in Tenth Street Historic District

Brick building with four columns in front and a street sign that says Ninth Street

Greater El Bethel Missionary Baptist Church (Drewp4vp CC BY-SA 3.0)

Small houses on a neighborhood street

Residential area of the district

Cemetery headstone

African-American section of Oak Cliff Cemetery include unique and artistic headstones, including this one chiseled with phonetic spellings.

Detail of cemetery headstone that says Temple No. 86

Ornate marker for Lucy Ann, wife of J.H. Adams, located in the African-American section of the Oak Cliff Cemetery in the district

Dallas’ oldest Freedmen’s Community is the root of the Tenth Street Historic District, now home to many examples of Craftsman, Victorian, and especially interesting examples of folk architecture, including shotgun, double shotgun, L-plan, and camelback plan houses. Most of these dwellings were built prior to World War II, although a few date to the 1890s.

Tenth Street Historic District

  • Bounded by 8th and East Clarendon, Plum and I-35, Dallas, TX
  • National Register of Historic Places
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