Kiwanis Club of Pharr

Historical marker location:

302 W. Park, Pharr, Texas

( 302 W. Park,Pharr)

Marker installed: 1981

This Mission style building was the first meeting place in the Kiwanis International organization owned by a local club. It was built in 1928, 13 years after the formation of the first Kiwanis club in Detroit, Michigan, and one year after the Pharr club was chartered. Designed to serve as a community center, it has been used for a variety of civic functions and meetings and has housed offices of the city Chamber of Commerce.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1981.

fraternal organizations buildings Mission (architectural style) institutional buildings