{{Short description|Public park located in downtown in Dallas, Texas, United States}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox park | name = Ferris Plaza | image = Dallas September 2016 2 (Ferris Plaza Park).jpg | image_caption = Ferris Plaza Park in 2016 | type = Public | location = 400 South Houston St, [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]], [[Texas]] | coordinates = {{coord|32|46|35|N|96|48|24|W|region:US_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | area = {{convert|0.9|acre|m2|adj=on}} | operator = City of Dallas | status = open all year }} '''Ferris Plaza''' is a {{Convert|0.9|acre|adj=on}} public [[park]] located in [[downtown]] [[Dallas]], [[Texas (U.S. state)|Texas]], United States. The park is located to the east of the [[Dallas Union Station]], between Wood Street and Young Street.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Slate |first=John H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o2GYYY2daCUC&pg=PA53 |title=Historic Dallas Parks |date=2010 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-7891-0 |page=53 |language=en}}</ref>
== History == Ferris Plaza was originally proposed in the [[Kessler Plan]] in 1910 as a green space in front of the Union Station.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Segura |first=Judith Garrett |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gu_vEQjL__MC&pg=PA82 |title=Belo: From Newspapers to New Media |date=September 1, 2010 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=978-0-292-79431-3 |pages=82–83 |language=en}}</ref> The park was named after Royal Andrew Ferris, a banker and railroad entrepreneur in Dallas.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Acheson |first=Sam Hanna |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JOsTAAAAYAAJ |title=Dallas Yesterday |date=1977 |publisher=SMU Press |isbn=978-0-87074-160-9 |page=130 |language=en}}</ref>
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