Pike Park (last trace of Frogtown red-light district)
By 1910 city ordinance, Dallas penned its prostitution into a vice district nicknamed 'Frogtown' (for the frogs croaking along a Trinity-fed branch), where some 400 women worked until the women were ordered out by 6pm on November 3, 1913. The district was bulldozed into today's West End and Uptown; Pike Park, opened in 1913 as Summit Play Park, survives as one of the few structures left from that vanished red-light era.
The move: Make it a walking history scavenger hunt: meet at Pike Park, then trace the old Frogtown footprint east of Lamar toward the West End while reading the lurid 1910s brothel history aloud. End with a drink in the West End and debate which buildings might be the 'handful' of originals still standing.
- 📍 Uptown (near the West End)
- 💸 Free
- ⚡ Up for anything
- 🌗 Outdoors
Where: 2807 Harry Hines Blvd (Pike Park), Dallas, TX
Hours: Public park, daylight hours; Frogtown itself no longer exists -- this is a history-walk, not a single site.
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Verified 2026-06-06.