Heritage Park Plaza, Historic landscape plaza near Trinity River, Fort Worth, United States

Heritage Park Plaza is a landscaped site with interconnected concrete pathways, geometric outdoor rooms, and cascading water channels arranged across multiple terraced levels. The structure creates different spatial experiences as it descends the hillside.

Heritage Park Plaza occupies the spot where Major Ripley Arnold of the U.S. Army established a military post in spring 1849, the origin of Fort Worth. The plaza, designed by Lawrence Halprin, opened on April 18, 1980. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 10, 2010, and has been closed since 2007 for safety reasons.

The plaza stands where Major Ripley Arnold established the military post that became Fort Worth in spring 1849. Its name, Heritage Park, ties the Modernist design to that origin, and the site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as of May 10, 2010.

The plaza has been closed since 2007 undergoing major renovation work that includes pedestrian improvements and street reconfiguration. Check current conditions before visiting to learn when it becomes accessible again.

Heritage Park Plaza occupies the spot where Major Ripley Arnold of the U.S. Army established a military post in spring 1849, the camp that became Fort Worth. The 1/2-acre listed plaza is a small portion of the 112-acre Heritage Park. Halprin later reused its concrete-and-water technique at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, DC.