He has been identified as president of the building committee for the Masonic temple of Dallas and the building chair for the Pretoria Building on main street. During his mayorship, he supported and encouraged the donation of many acres of land to the city for use to build both large and small parks, including: the Dallas Zoo, Riverchen park, Kessler Park, and Fair Park. He created water sources for recreation (White Rock Lake) and drinking (the Garza Dam). He installed drinking fountains for animals and citizens and restorative health measures including a public bath house. He created the means and building funds for the auditorium at Fair Park without city bonds to do so and invested in business for the growth of Dallas. He was a named investor and supporter of the New Century Cotton Mill, the only African American cotton gin in the South. Blaylock was a primary shareholder of the Dallas Morning News. In 1919, he was a founding member of "The Boneheads," an all-male organization founded by 57 disgruntled business leaders (the number coming from Heinz 57) who were fed up with luncheon clubs. As one story goes, after enduring one such assembly, a peeved businessman turned to his colleague and remarked, "I have heard that speech so many times I could recite it." In an effort to debunk the eager-beaver business mentality, they decided to start a lunch club that had no purpose at all. Their motto was, "To learn more and more about less and less, until eventually we shall know everything about nothing." Blaylock died on December 4, 1932, at age 83 and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Dallas. References 2. Boneheads https://www.texasmonthly.com 3. Dallas Morning News April 26, 1913 Masonic Cathedral is Fully Described Water https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth207135/?q=louis%20blaylock%20dallas#description-content-main The WPA Dallas Guide To History c. 1939 (1) Dallas Dispatch, 12 March 1923 (2) Dallas Journal, 13 March 1923 (3) Dallas Morning News 4 April 1923 (4) Dallas Morning News, 4 April 1923 External links Blaylock, Lewis. The Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved on 2007-12-02. 1849 births 1932 deaths Mayors of Dallas People from Sevier County, Arkansas American publishers (people)