Irving Community Clubhouse - Irving, TX
N 32° 48.775 W 096° 56.701
14S E 692388 N 3632416
An Irving Centennial Marker here at 135 S Jefferson Street notes that this building was constructed by the WPA in 1936. It has served the community in many ways, and continues to do so today.
Waymark Code: WMRYM5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/23/2016
Views: 5
The marker provides some background:
Irving Community Clubhouse
Esther Hurwitz and the Irving Felicity Club led efforts to obtain this U.S. Works Progress Administration project for Irving. The Felicity Club, Dallas Co., the WPA, and various individuals funded the project at a cost of $1,852.52. The Dallas Co. Irving Fresh Water Supply Dist. #5 donated land for the building.
Work began on the Irving Community Clubhouse in January 1936. On March 17, 1936, the Felicity Club presented the one-story brick building to the city.
J.F. Woerner served as architect and Robert Gidley as landscape architect. Local men constructed the 50' x 25' structure, which had a small kitchen and a large meeting room with French windows, a cathedral ceiling with fans, and a fireplace. Another room was added in 1946.
Home to the Boy and Girl Scouts, Rotary and Lions Clubs, the Irving Home Demonstration Club, the Chamber of Commerce, and other groups, the building saw teens through rites of passage such as first dances and driver's license tests. During World War II, women made army kits here, and the Red Cross once began a fundraising march here.
The city closed the deteriorating building in 1995. In 2002, the city council funded its restoration.
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Today, the building is home to the Irving Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Project type: Other
Date built or created: 1936
Location: Irving Community Building
City: Irving, TX
Condition: Good upkeep with a little wear and tear
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