Historic Preservation
Council members are still on summer break in Dallas, but that doesn’t mean news isn’t being made. For instance, legal developments — and misfires — related to the ongoing drama over the potential relocation of Dallas City Hall have been unfolding in recent weeks. Here’s the latest on that as well as some other items…
One of the most important historic properties in Dallas is about to hit the market. This is the kind of opportunity that makes my heart skip a beat because I can clearly see what the F.A. Brown Farmstead could become if it lands in the right hands. Built around 1880, it is the oldest unaltered…
After attending a District 4 meeting last week about the viaducts connecting Oak Cliff to downtown and listening to the city representatives’ guarantee that “We are not cutting off the Cliff,” I came home and went down the rabbit hole of research again. That comment made me think about the history of the Houston Street…
Dallas City Hall was named by the World Monument Fund as one of the sites on its new Irreplaceable America List last week. “As the nation approaches its 250th anniversary, Irreplaceable America is a call to protect the places that reflect the richness of that history, and the role heritage plays in education, community memory,…
One of the most beautiful historic Belmont Addition Craftsman homes has just been publicly listed for the first time. After 21 years, homeowners Philip and Melissa Kingston put their beloved home on the market. As lawyers, the Kingstons participated in leadership with the Dallas Bar Association and completed the Leadership Dallas program. They got involved…
