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{{Infobox NRHP
 | name = Wheatley Place Historic District
 | nrhp_type = hd
 | image = Housing in Wheatley Place Historic Disctrict.jpg
 | caption = Houses in the neighborhood in 2014
 | location = Bounded by Warren, Atlanta, McDermott, Meadow, Oakland and Dathe, [[Dallas, Texas]]
 | coordinates = {{coord|32|45|54|N|96|45|43|W|display=inline,title}}
 | locmapin = Texas#USA
 | map_label = Wheatley Place Historic District
 | locmap_relief = yes
 | area = {{convert|98|acre}}
 | built = {{Start date|1916}}
 | architect =
 | architecture = [[Bungalow]]/[[American Craftsman|Craftsman]]
 | added = March 23, 1995
 | mpsub = [https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/AdvancedSearch/MPS?mpsid=21 East and South Dallas MPS]
 | refnum = 95000331<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a}}</ref>
 | designated_other1 = Dallas Landmark
 | designated_other1_date = October 25, 2000<ref name="DalOrd">{{cite web|title=Ordinance No. 24432|url=https://dallascityhall.com/departments/sustainabledevelopment/historicpreservation/DCH%20documents/pdf/WheatleyOrdinance.pdf|author=Madeleine B. Johnson|date=October 25, 2000|publisher=City of Dallas|access-date=September 1, 2018}}</ref>
 | designated_other1_number = [https://dallascityhall.com/departments/sustainabledevelopment/historicpreservation/Pages/landmark_districts.aspx H/100]
 | designated_other1_num_position = bottom
}}

'''Wheatley Place''' is a neighborhood in [[south Dallas|South]] [[Dallas, Texas]], that is designated as a [[historic districts in the United States|historic district]] on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] (NRHP) and as a somewhat smaller [[Dallas Landmark|Dallas Landmark District]] by the city. Included among the buildings that compose the historic district is the Juanita J. Craft Civil Rights House, a museum that was the former home of Dallas [[American civil rights movement|civil rights]] pioneer, [[Juanita Craft]]. The house is a [[Recorded Texas Historic Landmark]] and is included within the NRHP district but not the municipal landmark district.<!--Admittedly, this needs work. I can't find a list of buildings online anywhere... -->

Predominantly constructed as a neighborhood for [[African-American]]s, the area was named for [[Phillis Wheatley]], an African-American poet from the 18th century, who was the [[List of African-American firsts|first African-American author of a published book of poetry]].

The district was listed on the National Register on March 23, 1995, and the [[Dallas City Council]] designated Wheatley Place as a historic landmark district on October 25, 2000.

[[File:P1520669-1.jpg|thumb|left|Home of Juanita Craft]]

==See also==
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*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Dallas County, Texas]]
*[[List of Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks (Cameron-Duval)#Dallas County|Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Dallas County]]
*[[List of Dallas Landmarks]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Wheatley Place Historic District}}

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{{NRHP in Texas}}

[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Dallas]]
[[Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas]]
[[Category:Dallas Landmarks]]
[[Category:Houses in Dallas]]
[[Category:African-American history of Texas]]

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