Historic Preservation
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…
While the public has been caught up in the fight to save Dallas City Hall, there is another downtown brutalist building that deserves recognition, attention, and, quite possibly, saving. It’s the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library that faces City Hall. Part of Mayor Jonsson’s 1965 citizen-led initiative, Goals for Dallas, was a massive effort to…
