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tfisNstatf 6fIhi creaky bowler Orphanage build* irtg, w*iich was the Air Force's original Main building at Hensley Air fteserve Flying Cent of* wns nearing romp’etion this Week,The area on which the three*. Story house has stood will become ft parking area, according to Go!. Bob* eft W. Warren, Hensley commanded. At a later date it probably Will be Utilized in a projected long-range construction program (or the base,The old house, designated by the Air Force as Building 309,’’ has been n landmark southeast of Grand Prairie for more than 50 years. Originally built as an Orphanage, it later served as ait inn and roadhouse until the Air Forte took it over in 1 930.It has served tire Air Force as everything from quarters far gen* erais to warehouse. It has been, at various times tho base officers’ chib, base headquarters building, dispensary and a general office building.For the past three years it has been condemned, long cracks in its walls giving warning that it was no longer safe for occupancy.The building was erected with I funds left in a bequest by Mrs, Juliette Fowler at her death in 188S for establishment of a home for I children and aged members of theChristian ©hufeh, Stillt UhdtlF. 6PS* frees «f the Testa Ghrtstbm Convention, the house stood on ft 20tf*acre farm lying along the Takas and Pacific! Rrdyway southeast of Grand Praiiie.A year of bad crops stepped con*struction on the building but it wasfinished with help from the National Benevolent Association of the Ois-cl pies of Christ The building was dedicated on January 26, 1665.It was intended that the farm home care for orphaned children between the ages of 6 and 12 years of age. It soon became evident, however, dial children of that age could not maintain the 269*ncre outlay, so the orphanage was sold in 1910
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Grand Prairie Texan
Grand Prairie, Texas, US
Thu, May 05, 1955
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