School
Farmers Branch holds claim to the first organized school in Dallas County. The first classes were held in 1846 in the Methodist church. This school was built around 1900 near the intersection of Valley View and Dennis Lane. Around 1915, the T-shaped building was split into three parts. This one-room portion was relocated to Bee Street in Farmers Branch and used as a home. In 1985, the building was moved to the Historical Park and restoration was completed in 1991. Educational artifacts are used in the structure to interpret a turn-of-the-century, one-room school.
Queen Anne Victorian Cottage
The Queen Anne style of architecture is easily recognized with crossed gables, turrets, or cupolas, wrap-around porches and porticos. It is identified as a cottage by its smaller size. During the Victorian period in Texas, roughly 1870-1905, the architecture tended to be ornate. The use of multiple textures and patterns was meant to break the monotony of sameness and create a feeling of expanded height and size. This house, built around 1885, was originally located in Gainesville, and was relocated to the Historical Park in 1992 with restoration completed in 1996.