Dallas Landmark commission

It Takes a Heritage Village: This Cedars-Area Park Is a Treasure Trove of Dallas History

By Karen Eubank / July 8, 2021 /

Dallas Heritage Village is a 13-acre haven of calm in the middle of our bustling city. It allows you to stop, step back in time, and see what life was like long ago. The area was once a municipal park, but now it houses the most extensive collection of nineteenth century homes and commercial buildings…

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Landmark Designation: How to Make Progress With Preservation in The Path of Resistance

By Karen Eubank / May 6, 2021 /

What happens when you spot a preservation-worthy building and know the owner is bent on demolition and utterly resistant to the idea of a landmark designation? Last week I broke down landmarking your residence. For commercial buildings, though? Well, that’s where it gets tricky. Developers in Dallas are not always homegrown, so they often don’t…

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Want to Preserve Your Property? Learn About Historic Landmark Designation

By Karen Eubank / April 29, 2021 /

Let’s say you purchased a gorgeous vintage home and pulled out all the stops to bring it to its former glory. You carefully researched paint colors, meticulously rebuilt existing windows, and perhaps stripped away an ugly fireplace façade to uncovered an original Rookwood. After pouring heart and soul into restoration and renovation, of course, you…

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Dallas Landmark Commission Seeks Volunteers for Landmark Historic District Task Force

By Heather Hunter / October 11, 2019 /

If you get tickled by a Tudor, find your verve in a Victorian, or go cuckoo for a Colonial, we have the perfect gig for you! Dallas Landmark Commission is looking for volunteers for its Landmark Historic District Task Forces. Sounds very official, right? No word on whether it comes with a badge but, fingers…

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Landmark Bella Villa Apartment Complex Lives Up to its Name – Again

By Deb R. Brimer / June 25, 2019 /

In Italian, Bella Villa means “beautiful villa.” In Vickery Place, Bella Villa means a stunning, newly preserved neighborhood landmark that’s living up to its name a second time. Bella Villa is a prime example that preserving history often takes a village. The circa 1926 complex was not only the sole multi-family building in Vickery Place,…

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