Historic Preservation

It Takes a Heritage Village: This Cedars-Area Park Is a Treasure Trove of Dallas History

By Karen Eubank / July 8, 2021 /

Dallas Heritage Village is a 13-acre haven of calm in the middle of our bustling city. It allows you to stop, step back in time, and see what life was like long ago. The area was once a municipal park, but now it houses the most extensive collection of nineteenth century homes and commercial buildings…

Join Us Tonight For The 2021 Preservation Achievement Awards With Preservation Dallas

By Karen Eubank / June 30, 2021 /

Preservation Dallas presents the 2021 Preservation Achievement Awards tonight! This year will be a virtual event once again, so you can enjoy the ceremony from the comfort of your own home. Each year Preservation Dallas presents awards to individuals and companies that have been instrumental in restoring our historic structures.  Past winners have included The…

Renovation Is Underway for Downtown Irving’s Heritage Park

By Karen Eubank / June 24, 2021 /

The complete renovation of Heritage Park in downtown Irving should make it clear to anyone that historic preservation is quite simply a labor of love. Each week I talk to the people involved in every aspect of preservation. They all display such heart, passion, and dedication that there is zero doubt in mind preservation is…

Deep Dives Into Dallas History Pay Off: CandysDirt.com Wins a Preservation Achievement Award

By Joanna England / June 17, 2021 /

The very first column that Karen Eubank wrote for her weekly report on North Texas’ built history was about an absolutely irresistible mansion in Highland Park at 3601 Beverly. In her inaugural Historic Preservation column Karen introduced her audience to a property that might just be the crème de la crème of historic homes in…

Twice-Resurrected Webb-Crownover Cabin Took a Village to Preserve

By Karen Eubank / June 10, 2021 /

Historic preservation generally conjures up images of grand homes on Swiss Avenue or cool 1950s commercial buildings. Most people certainly do not think of cabins, yet that’s how Texans lived when this region was settled. Though time took its toll on the original structure, the 1800s Webb-Crownover cabin resurrection is considered so important it has…