Editing Garland, Texas (section)

==Arts and culture==
Garland is home to numerous historic and recent entertainment venues.

=== Entertainment ===
[[File:Patty Granville Arts Center (Garland, Texas).jpg|thumb|right|220x220px|The Patty Granville Arts Center]]The Granville Arts Center is a complex owned and operated by the city. Included within the complex are two [[proscenium]] theatres which seat 720 and 200, respectively. Also included as part of the complex is the Plaza Theatre, which has seating for 350. The Plaza Theatre is a historic entertainment venue.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.garland.tx.us/Home/Departments/Recreation+and+Cultural+Services/Garland+Arts/PA4+Plaza_landing.htm |title=Plaza Theatre - City of Garland |access-date=September 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908173318/http://www.ci.garland.tx.us/Home/Departments/Recreation+and+Cultural+Services/Garland+Arts/PA4+Plaza_landing.htm |archive-date=September 8, 2009 }}</ref> The Plaza Theatre was refurbished and is utilized for business conferences, concerts, receptions, and stage productions. It is also host to paintings by artist Bruce Cody.<ref>{{cite web|title=Plaza Theatre {{!}} Garland, TX|url=https://www.garlandtx.gov/3196/Plaza-Theatre|access-date=2020-10-29|website=www.garlandtx.gov}}</ref> The Atrium at the Granville Arts Center is a {{convert|6500|sqft|m2|adj=on}} ballroom encased in glass on two sides and opening onto an outdoor courtyard. The Atrium provides civic, community and commercial organizations the opportunity to house banquets, receptions, trade shows, and conventions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.garland.tx.us/Home/Departments/Recreation+and+Cultural+Services/Garland+Arts/ |title=Granville Arts Center Facilities - City of Garland |access-date=September 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907065933/http://www.ci.garland.tx.us/Home/Departments/Recreation+and+Cultural+Services/Garland+Arts |archive-date=September 7, 2009 }}</ref>

=== Landmarks ===
Garland is home to the Pace House,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.garland.tx.us/Home/Departments/Recreation+and+Cultural+Services/Garland+Arts/PA5+Pace+House_landing.htm |title=Pace House - City of Garland |access-date=September 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905063811/http://www.ci.garland.tx.us/Home/Departments/Recreation+and+Cultural+Services/Garland+Arts/PA5+Pace+House_landing.htm |archive-date=September 5, 2009 }}</ref> which was the original home of John H. Pace and his wife; it was built in the [[Queen Anne style architecture|Queen Anne]]-style architecture. The Pace House was recognized as a historic landmark by the Dallas County Historic Resource Survey of 1982.<ref>{{cite web|date=2014-10-25|title=The Historic Pace House Finally Given New Home|url=http://thegarlandmessenger.com/historic-pace-house-finally-given-new-home/|access-date=2020-10-29|website=The Garland Rowlett Messenger|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2014-07-01|title=Pace House Relocation More Than Just an Old Garland Home Project|url=http://thegarlandmessenger.com/pace-house-relocation-more-than-just-an-old-garland-home-project/|access-date=2020-10-29|website=The Garland Rowlett Messenger|language=en-US}}</ref>

Other historic areas of the city include the Garland Landmark Museum, housed in the former 1901 Santa Fe depot. Inside are historical artifacts and documents representing the period from 1850 to the present.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.garlandhistorical.org/|title=Garland Landmark Society - Home|website=Garlandhistorical.org|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref> Historic Downtown Garland is another local landmark. Historic Downtown Garland was listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Historic Downtown Garland, Texas|url=https://www.garlandtx.gov/3520/Historic-Downtown-Garland|access-date=October 28, 2020|website=garlandtx.gov}}</ref>

Travis College Hill Historic District, a residential neighborhood in downtown Garland, was the first site in Garland history to be added to the National Register of Historic Places, administered by the [[United States Department of the Interior|U.S. Department of the Interior]] through its [[National Park Service]]. Two months later, the downtown square and surrounding buildings became the second site in Garland added to the listing. Travis College Hill consists of 12 homes whose period of significance is 1913 to 1960. Travis College Hill was platted in January 1913 by developer R.O. Travis.<ref>{{cite web|title=Travis College Hill|url=https://www.garlandtx.gov/342/Travis-College-Hill-District|access-date=October 28, 2020|website=garlandtx.gov}}</ref> [[File:Garland July 2015 08 (Central Library).jpg|thumb|right|The Nicholson Memorial Library System's Central Library in July 2015]]

On May 9, 1927, a tornado destroyed much of the city and killed 17 people, including a former mayor, S. E. Nicholson. Six years later, the Nicholson Memorial Library opened in his honor.<ref name="Garland, TX"/>

The Nicholson Memorial Library System is also the Major Resource Center, or headquarters, of the Northeast Texas Library System (NETLS). NETLS serves a 33-county area that includes 105 member libraries. The Nicholson Memorial Library System headquarters and offices have been housed in NMLS' Central Library since 1983.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Nicholson Memorial Library System|url=http://www.nmls.lib.tx.us/Home/Departments/Recreation+and+Cultural+Services/Nicholson+Memorial+Library+System/NMLS+90+Library+History_landing.htm|publisher=Nicholson Memorial Library System-|access-date=January 8, 2012|archive-date=January 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129010604/http://www.nmls.lib.tx.us/Home/Departments/Recreation+and+Cultural+Services/Nicholson+Memorial+Library+System/NMLS+90+Library+History_landing.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>