City of Mansfield, Planning Department

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HISTORICAL NOTE

The City of Mansfield Planning Department administers regulations for land use and development in Mansfield, Texas. Mansfield is located in the southeast portion of Tarrant County and within the lines of Tarrant, Ellis, and Johnson Counties. The Department has worked with the Mansfield City Council and Historic Landmark Commission on various historic preservation projects. One such project was a preservation plan implemented in 1999.

In 1995, former Planning Department Director Felix Wong initiated an oral history project in collaboration with the Mansfield Historical Society and Bethlehem Baptist Church. It was funded by a Certified Local Government grant of the National Park Service, Mansfield Historical Society, and Bethlehem Baptist Church. The goal of the project was to record the stories and experiences of Mansfield's African American residents who had lived in the area since the early 1900s. 

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The City of Mansfield Planning Department Collection contains a copy of the 1999 historic preservation plan and a copy of the 1995 oral history transcripts. 

Materials in this collection consist of the following: 

  • Mansfield Oral History Project, 1995, conducted at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Mansfield. Project completed with help of Stan Solamillo of the Research and Media Group.
  • Mansfield Historical Preservation Plan Volume I: Goals, Objectives, Policies and Implementation Strategies for Historic Resources in the City of Mansfield, prepared for the City of Mansfield by Diane E. Williams and Associates, Austin, Texas, 1999, draft, machine copy