Tenth Street Freedman's Town
Tenth Street Historic District | |
Porches define the character of historic Tenth Street. | |
| Location | Western edge of William S. Beatty Survey, Northeast corner William H. Hord Survey, Southeast corner Elizabeth Robertson Survey, Dallas, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 32°44′56″N 96°48′24″W / 32.74889°N 96.80667°W |
| Area | Approximately 84 acres (34 ha) |
| Built | 1888-1947 |
| Architect | African American carpenters including Noah Penn, Richard J. Moore, and John Siler, among many others. |
| Architectural style | Folk Victorian, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, American Craftsman, Shotgun House, Bungalow |
| NRHP reference No. | 94000604 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | June 17, 1994 |
| Designated DLMK | 1993 |
| Designated EMEHP | May 30, 2019 |
The Tenth Street Freedman's Town is a historic African American community in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Texas. A freedmen's town is a community settled by formerly enslaved people who were emancipated during and after the American Civil War. The freedmen's town that became known as Tenth Street began near the confluence of Cedar Creek and Cedar Creek Branch, at the foot of an African American burial ground dating back to 1846. The name "Tenth Street" became associated with the community in 1887, when John Scarborough Armstrong and Thomas Lafayette Marsalis platted the town of Oak Cliff.