Traces of notorious outlaw couple Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are scattered across the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where they grew up.
The two rose to notoriety during the Depression for committing robberies and murders across the American Southwest, including parts of North Texas. After being on the run for two years, they died in a 1934 shootout with law enforcement.
Some local sites linked to the gangsters — like Clyde’s childhood home on Singleton Boulevard in West Dallas — have been demolished, succumbing to blight and redevelopment.
Other spots are still around.
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Crown Hill Memorial Park
9178 Webb Chapel Road, Dallas
A photograph shot April 29, 1992 of Bonnie Parker’s grave marker in Crown Hill cemetery, Dallas.
The Dallas Morning News
Bonnie was first buried in 1934 at another cemetery, before being reinterred in 1945 alongside family members at Crown Hill, near Dallas Love Field.
Western Heights Cemetery
1617 Fort Worth Ave., Dallas
Clyde was laid to rest in this West Dallas cemetery alongside his brother Buck Barrow. An empty plot beside Clyde’s grave was intended for Bonnie, according to her niece Rhea Leen Linder, but the couple was buried apart because Bonnie’s mother blamed Clyde for her daughter’s death.
Main Street Cafe
208 E. Main St., Lewisville
This Victorian-style building used to be the home of Dr. J.W. Kennedy, who, according to town lore, was coerced by Bonnie and Clyde into providing medical care for them in a nearby area now submerged by Lewisville Lake.
The Eagle Ford School
1601 Chalk Hill Road, Dallas
The façade of Eagle Ford School on Chalk Hill Road in Dallas stands vacant behind a chain-link fence in this 2010 file photo. The building’s premises have since been restored and turned into a wedding and event venue.
Mona Reeder/The Dallas Morning News
Bonnie reportedly attended this West Dallas school, which shuttered in 1965. The over-a-century-old building was once at risk of being razed, but has since been designated a Dallas landmark as “the only remaining structure associated with the Eagle Ford community,” according to the city of Dallas’ website for the office of Historic Preservation. The premises have since been restored and turned into a wedding and event venue.
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3302 Swiss Circle
This curved building in Old East Dallas was the site of Hartgraves Cafe, where Bonnie worked as a waitress. It is now occupied by a law firm called the Texas Defenders.
Memorial to State Troopers
500 W. Dove Road, Southlake
This marker remembers motorcycle patrolmen H.D. Murphy and E.B. Wheeler, who were killed by the Barrow gang in 1934, according to the Southlake Historical Society. Bonnie, Clyde and an associate were waiting on the side of the road for a meeting with Clyde’s family when they encountered the patrolmen, according to The Dallas Morning News archives. The gang then shot and killed the officers.
The Arts District Mansion
2101 Ross Ave., Dallas
The Arts District Mansion, formerly known as the Belo Mansion, was leased to a funeral home before being purchased by the Dallas Bar Association.
The Dallas Morning News
Clyde’s funeral, which drew roughly 10,000 attendees, took place at this glitzy downtown building, the former home of Alfred Horatio Belo, founder of The Dallas Morning News. The Belo family had leased the mansion to a funeral parlor. The Dallas Bar Association bought the property in the late ‘70s.