Heritage Oak Cliff
By Donovan Westover Our last stop on the tour home express lands us in 1960 in Kiestwood Estates. The Kiestwood area was built between 1950 and 1965 and was originally comprised of the Kiestwood Estates and Southwood Estates subdivisions. With over 400 homes in the Kiestwood Historical Homeowners Association boundaries, the neighborhood represents the largest…
Read MoreBy Donovan Westover The next Heritage Oak Cliff 2023 Home Tour house slips us forward a few years to 1958 in the Guggenheim Acres Addition of the East Kessler Park neighborhood. The neighborhood was established in 1937 and boasts a streamlined art modern house built in 1936 by Dallas Power & Light as the first…
Read MoreBy Donovan Westover Coming forward from our previous tour home previews (1916, 1920, 1928, and 1950), we move further into midcentury and land in 1954 in the Glen Oaks neighborhood. The neighborhood was developed 1952 to 1967 on the historic Holland Farm. For homeowners looking for trees, hills, and greenery, this was your place. And,…
Read MoreBy Donovan Westover Our next tour home preview takes us back to the year 1920 as we head over to the Sunset Hill neighborhood, which is behind Sunset High School. The approximately 1,000-household neighborhood was originally part of a 1,000-acre farm which was gradually divided for development in the 1890s. The first homes in the…
Read MoreBy Donovan Westover Time traveling forward from our previously featured 1916 four-square tour house in Winnetka Heights, we find ourselves in Beckley Club Estates in 1928. The moment I saw this stone cottage I was taken with the charming combination of the puzzlelike stone capped with the sweeping roofline. Curb Appeal When built, the house…
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