Historic Preservation
It seems fitting that at the end of football season, we feature the historic home of a historic football player. Doak Walker’s University Park Tudor childhood home just hit the market, complete with a plaque on the sidewalk in front of it. Walker attended Highland Park High School, played for SMU, and married his high…
After more than three years of debate and at least 18 community meetings, the proposed Lakewood Conservation District expansion is finally going to the Dallas City Council for a vote on Feb. 26. With the City Plan Commission’s unanimous approval in November, there’s reason to be hopeful. People move to Lakewood for many reasons. Certainly, location is…
Hollywood Heights is widely regarded as having the largest collection of stone-embellished Tudor homes in America. What most people don’t know is that the neighborhood has a couple of Pueblo Revival homes, which might be the only two in Dallas. We almost lost one of them. I have some inside dirt here because I live…
This 1912 Munger Place Prairie busts all the myths about living in a historic home. So many people think it must be like living in a museum, or they think there will be enormous maintenance costs. Then there is an absurd misconception that you cannot touch the interior of these homes and the truly crazy…
The pace at which we have seen demolitions of important historic buildings and residences that helped to define our city is concerning. There is no better way for Realtors to help their buyers and sellers understand the value of our built heritage than to take part in the Historic House Specialist Seminar offered by Preservation…
