Water Improvement District No. 2 Office
Grandfalls, Ward County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Water Improvement District No. 2 office. Built 1896 by promoters of irrigated farming. Community Center. (Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1966.)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Built in 1896 by promoters of irrigated farming, this office anchored a water improvement district that aimed to turn arid Ward County land into productive fields. It later found new life as a community center and was named a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1966.
Why it matters
The building embodies the irrigation boosterism that promised to make the dry lands of West Texas bloom at the turn of the twentieth century.
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