Search Results: Texas Modernist

A Bud Oglesby Modernist on Inwood Road Gets a Flawless Facelift

By Karen Eubank / September 12, 2022 /

This Bud Oglesby Modernist on Inwood Road is an architectural anomaly, and that’s a very good thing. Dallas built its reputation on bigger and better, fancier, and flashier. A majority…

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A Nip And a Tuck For an Iconic Lionel Morrison Modernist

By Karen Eubank / May 2, 2022 /

Dallas has a handful of homes you might consider “iconic.” This architecturally significant modernist is certainly one of them. It was a custom design by Lionel Morrison, well-known for his…

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Architecturally Significant: Perry Heights Home of Arch Swank For Sale

By Shelby Skrhak / March 26, 2022 /

…home was architecturally inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright design. Why would a Texas modernist icon like Arch Swank purchase a Craftsman home he didn’t design? It’s a funny story, actually….

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The World’s Most Beautiful Garage, DalPark Gets New Life With Downtown Subway Plans

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / November 25, 2021 /

…there, they’ll say, is the Rogers Lacy Hotel. In 1945 Lacy, a Longview native who had amassed a fortune in East Texas’s oil fields, hired architect Frank Lloyd Wright to…

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Preservation Dallas’ Summer Sizzlers Lecture Series Launches Today

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / August 3, 2021 /

…the Netherlands, the Texas Highway Department pioneered the look and use of Texas’ roadsides. Join us as we listen to Renee Benn, Sandra Chipley, and Jason Dupree, all with TxDOT,…

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