This Home is The Crown Jewel of Perry Heights 

Live in ultimate luxury in a multi-generational compound in one of Dallas’ earliest and most convenient neighborhoods. 

The estate, one of only 115 single-family, detached homes in the Perry Heights neighborhood of Oak Lawn, is a three-house compound at 4502 Rawlins Ave. that has been under the same ownership for almost 40 years. 

The primary home is a four-story, brick and stone, arts and crafts, Tudor-style home, which has been consistently updated and maintained far beyond the expected. It includes a 100-plus year slate roof, copper guttering and over $85,000 in updated windows. There are niches throughout that make for perfect reading or conversation spaces. There is also an intimate wine-tasting room. An elevator was installed to serve the second-floor bedrooms. 

The second home is a two-bedroom, two-bath home that is perfect for visitors or extended family members. It also features a massage room and houses the equipment for the Olympic-sized pool. 

The third building is a four-car, tandem garage with a full apartment above that has a bedroom, living and dining rooms and an office. 

In the late 1980s, the owners acquired the adjacent lot, expanding the property to a fully integrated three-quarters of an acre. There are two outdoor entertaining areas. The first is the courtyard, which is surrounded by the homes to create an intimate, New Orleans-style feel with a koi pond. Intricately laid hardscape was installed by a New York stone mason with up and down lighting throughout. 

The second is a pool with entertaining areas looking onto a totally open expanse with perimeter landscaping and lighting. It will impress even the most jaded guests. Should the buyer not want the additional lot, it can be sold separately. 

For more than three decades, the owners, who have traveled around the world with their business, have updated the home to add opulent modern amenities while maintaining the elegance of its old-world charm. No detail was overlooked. 

“Anything the owners touched was done with exquisite taste and vision,” said Jeanne Deptula with Allie Beth Allman & Associates. 

Perry Heights has retained its early Dallas charm with an architectural mix of Colonial Revival, Georgian Mansions, Bungalow and Arts and Crafts Tudor style homes. Rawlins Avenue was restricted by Colonel Perry, it’s developer and one of Dallas’s early oilmen, to the grandeur of two-story homes. Only a handful of homes in Perry Heights have been replaced. The city in 2007 designated Rawlins as a conservation district. 

Ask Jeanne for a tour of this extraordinary multi-generational compound. But she warns, “There is so much to see, wear tennis shoes and plan to spend an hour and a half.” 

Contact Jeanne Deptula at 214.707.9972 or at [email protected].