FAIR PARK

by Clint Skinner

37. Briscoe Carpenter Livestock Center

The Briscoe Carpenter Livestock Center is currently being built next to the Swine Building with the expectations that it will be ready for the 2016 season of the state fair. Plans for its construction were made in 2010 after the roof of the Sale Pavilion partially collapsed. The new building will replace the demolished pavilion as the permanent place for auctions. In addition, the two-story structure will also host trade shows, horse events, and livestock competitions. The first floor of the building will feature a show ring, loading docks, sorting pen, a washing section within its 11,000 square feet. On the second floor, there will be a lounge, ballroom, banquet hall, offices, and the Heritage Hall of Honor Museum and Library.

Dallas Fair Park - The Briscoe Carpenter Livestock Center under construction

Briscoe Carpenter Livestock Center under construction
Photo courtesy Clint Skinner, February 2016

January 13, 2017
© Clint Skinner

FAIR PARK:
Fair Park - Attractions:
1. Fair Park Station
2. Main Entrance
3. Founders Statue
4. Women's Museum
5. DAR House
6. The Texas Vietnam Veterans Memorial
7. Sydney Smith Memorial Fountain
8. Music Hall
9. Fair Park Esplanade
10. Centennial Building
11. Automobile Building
12. Hall of State
13. Tower Building
14. Big Tex Circle
15. Grand Place
16. Old Mill Inn
17. Magnolia Lounge
18. Hall of Religion
19. African American Museum
20. Leonhardt Lagoon
21. Dallas Museum of Natural History
22. Science Place I
23. Children's Aquarium
24. Fair Park Bandshell
25. Texas Discovery Gardens
26. WRR Headquarters
27. Science Place II
28. The Texas Star
29. Cotton Bowl Stadium
30. The Texas Skyway
31. The Embarcadero
32. The Creative Arts Building
33. Food and Fiber Building
34. Pan American Arena
35. The Woofus
36. The Swine Building
37. Briscoe Carpenter Livestock Center
38. Livestock Pavilion and Arena
39. The Horse Barn
40. Fair Park Coliseum
41. Top of Texas Tower

References:
1.Bigtex.com
2.Dallashistory.org
3.Dallas Morning News Archives
4.Fairpark.org
5.Slate, John H. Historic Dallas Parks. Arcadia Publishing, 2010.
6.Tshaonline.org
7.Watermelon-kid.com
8.Wikipedia.org
8.Winters, Willis Cecil. Fair Park. Arcadia Publishing, 2010.