Historic Preservation
The Dallas Arboretum is one of the city’s most beloved attractions. The centerpiece of the 44-acre gardens is the striking Spanish Colonial DeGoyler Estate, which overlooks White Rock Lake. It’s one of our city’s most important historic landmarks. The DeGolyer mansion was designed by architects Denman Scott and Burton Schutt for the late geologist Everette…
Oak Cliff History Day, a community event celebrating the rich history of the area, takes place on Saturday, May 4, at the Western Heights Cemetery, the final resting place of the infamous gangster Clyde Barrow. This cemetery has drawn the Bonnie and Clyde crowd for decades, but there is so much more here. Cemeteries are the…
Even if you are a Dallas native, you may never have heard of Frankford Church and Cemetery. It’s hard to imagine, but you can truly step back into history just off the Dallas North Tollway. Take a right onto Briargrove, then Spyglass Drive, and another right onto Frankford Cemetery Road. You will find the historic…
If you live in East Dallas, you cannot miss the park across from Woodrow Wilson High School in Lakewood. Take a walk into it, find the Willis C. Winters historic pavilion, and I promise you will be charmed. This year, the pavilion became the well-deserved recipient of a Preservation Dallas Achievement Award due to the…
Winning one of the new legacy business awards from Preservation Dallas can be challenging because the full committee has to agree. But when Preservation Associate Palmer Bradshaw proposed the breakfast spot he’s been coming to since he was a child, there was simply no contest. Thanks to Bradshaw’s nomination, Kuby’s Sausage House and European Market…
