Science Place II (Domestic Arts Museum), 1936

Anton Korn; J.A. Pitzinger
Emil Fretz, addition, 1973

The transition from residential design to large-scale public architecture was a difficult one for Anton Korn.  Nearby, the Texas Star Ferris Wheel, the second tallest in the world, is easily Fair Park's most visible structure.

Credits: Excerpts taken from The American Institute of Architects Guide to Dallas Architecture, published in 1999 by the American Institute of Architects, Dallas Chapter. The editor of this book was Larry Paul Fuller. The Fair Park Introduction and entries were written by Willis Winters, AIA.

Permission to publish these excerpts was granted by The American Institute of Architects, Dallas Chapter, in October 2002.