Historic Preservation
The Preservation Dallas Annual Achievement Awards recognize preservation, rehabilitation, and restoration efforts. They also remind us of what we take for granted. One of the most significant buildings that I think many of us have taken for granted is the Fair Park Federal Building (now known as the Tower Building), designed by Donald Nelson, the…
Each year, Preservation Dallas recognizes the people who have gone above and beyond in preserving our built heritage. Whether it’s rescuing a rare Pueblo Revival from the wrecking ball, breathing new life into a neglected 1927 hotel, or gut-renovating a historic commercial building for adaptive reuse, Dallas’s historic preservation community perseveres. They bring recognition to…
One can say the history of Dallas preservation runs deep and straight to Junius Heights. Longtime resident Martha Heimberg purchased her home in the neighborhood in 1973 for $26,500. She was there when the historic columns welcoming people to the neighborhood were moved to Column Park on Abrams Road. When she first moved to the…
Sometimes it’s hard to imagine a Midcentury Modern home as historic, but the definition of a historic home is anything over 50 years old. They seem too cool to be historic, don’t they? But they are and serve as a great lesson in historic preservation. Every time someone on social media tries to justify the…
Oakland Cemetery has become known for a handsome, strawberry-blond, very good boy named Rusty. Cemetery administrator Monica Newbury knows everyone loves a good dog tale. When she began including photos of Rusty on the cemetery’s Facebook page, interest in Rusty and this historic South Dallas resting place swelled. Over the past few years, that interest…
