Historic Preservation
By Norman Alston, FAIASpecial Contributor The Geneva Heights Elementary school in East Dallas is facing quite a challenge. In November of 2020, the citizens of Dallas approved a truly remarkable bond program for the Dallas Independent School District. At $3.2 billion, it’s the largest ever undertaken by a school district in Texas and dwarfs previous…
If we’re highlighting the people who preserve, protect, educate, and keep the bulldozers at bay so we may continue to have a city with character and history, we have to profile Nancy McCoy of McCoy Collaborative Preservation Architecture. McCoy has touched almost every significant building you can think of in and around Dallas, from those…
For those of you new to Texas, let me introduce you to North Texas Giving Day, which is Sept. 23, 2021. The Communities Foundation of Texas sponsors this 18-hour online event every year to support local non-profit organizations in 20 counties of North Texas on one user-friendly platform. North Texas Giving Day was created in…
By Jay FirschingSenior Historic Preservation Specialist, Architexas On a hot August Friday, Barbara McCutcheon stood on the square in downtown Bonham and admired the manifestation of her hard work. It was a day of celebration as her decades-long struggle to restore the Fannin County Courthouse, her passion project. But it was in 2010 that the…
Are you mad for Midcentury Modern? Do you have a preservationist’s heart? Then I’ve found the perfect project for you. It’s a Ju-Nel A-frame! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own one of only two A-frames built by Lyle Rowley and Jack Wilson. The duo was known for seeking out challenging landscapes that embraced nature and…
