Historic Preservation

A Kessler Park Dilbeck Has The Magic of a Storybook Cottage

By Karen Eubank / November 19, 2019 /

This historic Kessler Park Dilbeck cottage is an over-the-hills-and-through-the-woods storybook home. It’s the sort of house you imagine to have magical properties. Considering the number of artistically inclined owners who’ve made their own kind of magic here, it clearly has been sprinkled with fairy dust. The cottage was a custom build in 1937 by one…

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Winnetka Heights Historic Craftsman Bungalow is The Picture of Preservation

By Karen Eubank / November 12, 2019 /

This is the most extraordinary historic Craftsman bungalow you will find in Dallas. It’s such an excellent example that it was one of the nominating houses which helped to secure historic district status for Winnetka Heights in 1981. This historic Craftsman bungalow was built for J.P. Evans in 1911. Evans is what we refer to…

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A Completely Updated Hollywood Heights Stone-Embellished Tudor Cottage

By Karen Eubank / November 6, 2019 /

Hollywood Heights draws people that love to remodel, update, improve, and of course, preserve history. This stone-embellished Tudor cottage is a perfect example of that. Here’s a little back story, in case you are reading about Hollywood Heights for the first time. This neighborhood is home to one of the largest collections of 1920s stone-embellished…

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Magnificent Tudor in Hollywood Heights is a Triple Treat!

By Karen Eubank / October 30, 2019 /

Just in time for Halloween, we have a triple treat for you! It’s a Hollywood Heights magnificent Tudor on a triple lot. That’s right, a triple lot! You don’t often find a house anywhere, much less Hollywood Heights, that sits on a triple lot. Most of you know by now this is my ‘hood and…

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This Old East Dallas Prairie Foursquare Is a Chef’s Dream

By Karen Eubank / October 23, 2019 /

Preservation is not just about saving a wonderful old home like this beautiful Prairie Foursquare. It’s also about preserving the stories of those that have called these houses home. That story may be about who built it or who owned it in the 1900s. Each of those stories lends a rich layer to a home’s…

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