Allie Beth Allman
The former H.L. Hunt estate, which sits on 10 beautiful acres fronting White Rock Lake, is back on the market. The Georgian Colonial was completed in 1930 as an almost exact replica of Mount Vernon, the former residence of President George Washington. Hunt, a true Texas legend, was an oil tycoon who had 15 children…
This impressive Italian Renaissance villa was designed by architect Anton Korn and completed in 1923 for William P. Head, the chairman of the board of Texas Power and Light, and his wife Lula Rose. In Great American Suburbs, The Homes of The Park Cities, Dallas, the authors describe this home as having “the tantalizing aspect…
If you had seen this 1916 Junius Heights Craftsman before 2021, you would never believe it’s the same house. Katie Conklin and her husband essentially worked a miracle here, bringing this home back to life. Conklin is the founder of Gas Lamp Design, a commercial interior design business, and her husband is a contractor, so they…
You may not know our city has been at the forefront of modern residential architecture. Dallas has embraced the style since Art Moderne was introduced at the Texas Centennial in 1936. Frank Lloyd Wright and Edward Durrell Stone were among the influencers in the 1950s, and Lionel Morrison and Gary Cunningham were creating a new…
In Hollywood Heights, the homes are rapidly becoming mullets, and that’s a good thing! They are all business in the front and a total party in the back. Or, to put it in more sensible terms, in a conservation district like Hollywood Heights, you can’t change the front of your home or the first third…
