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 Tyrrell Park - Beaumont, Texas Posted by:  JimmyEv
N 30° 00.710 W 094° 08.803
15R E 389411 N 3320650
The clubhouse and a few picnic pavilions are the only remaining structures in Tyrrell Park built by the CCC. The other structures have been neglected then torn down one-by-one.
Waymark Code: WM3X3H
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/29/2008
Views: 110
From McFaddin-Ward House:
"the CCC’s construction of Tyrrell Park facilities, and PWA stamps on downtown sidewalks gave evidence of New Deal activity. In 1937, the WPA pulled up the streetcar tracks in Beaumont, and people began riding the bus.
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From Pt Arthur News:
"MARCH 28, 1941. THE PORT ARTHUR NEWS PAGE ELEVEN CCC CAMP WILL Open House Sunday Marks 8th Anniversary BEAUMONT, March thousand persons are expected to visit Tyrrell park Sunday, the eighth anniversary of the CCC 9 Following a dance Saturday night, the observance proper will start at 10 a. m. Sunday with an Inspection of park facilities and CCC quarters, and include a dinner at p. m. for enrollees, their Barents and guests."
From Beaumont Enterprise:
"Jun. 25--BEAUMONT -- The Tyrrell Park recreation building, still out of commission after Hurricane Rita's destruction, stands silent, dark and a little ragged around the edges.
But the building is steeped in the history of Beaumont.
It's been the site of weddings, anniversaries and class reunions for thousands of Beaumont residents.
And, for a brief period, it was home to about 200 German soldiers.
During World War II, the facility was converted to a prisoner of war camp to house the overflow of prisoners of war.
Here the German POWs slept on cots, tasted the Cajun-laced cuisine of Southeast Texas and endured the onslaught of vicious hordes of swamp mosquitoes.
Here they rested at the end of a long day of farm labor.
The prisoners provided much-needed agricultural support during years when the region's young men were busy in jobs supporting the war effort or fighting overseas, according to The Enterprise archives.
The Civilian Conservation Corps built the recreation center between 1935 and..."
From Beaumont Enterprise:
"During the Great Depression, Schaumburg, an Army reserve officer, led the Civilian Conservation Corps' effort to develop Tyrrell Park.
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Source I used: Parks for Texas: Enduring Landscapes of the New Deal, James Wright Steely, University of Texas Press, 1999. It lists all of the CCC projects in Texas, most of which were state parks and disposed of by the state by 1965.
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