Architecturally Significant Homes
If you’re not familiar with Van Alstyne, you’re about to be. It’s a city north of McKinney, Melissa, and Anna. It’s about an hour from Dallas — less from the surrounding suburbs. It’s a quiet town that’s on its way up. Keller Williams’ Bob Smit said Kubota Tractor has moved in on the north and John…
All Hallows’ Eve is just one day away, so it has us thinking of America’s spookiest cities. Near the top of everyone’s list is Gettysburg, Pennsylvania – known for its numerous sightings of the 51,000 soldiers who died in one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. Teeming with ghostly encounters, including those with…
Architecture buffs may want to pull out the pocket books for this one. A rare “livable version” of Philip Johnson’s Glass House just hit the market for $7.7 million and includes the 1953-built Alice Ball House, plus a modern design complement by renowned architect Reja Bakh. The iconic beauty sits on 2.2 heavily wooded acres…
We do the hard work every week to find the most wonderful open houses every week. Every Thursday, we pick three fabulous open houses in Dallas (and the ‘burbs from time to time) you shouldn’t miss. One of the houses in our CandysDirt.com Open Houses of the Week this week is a Cliff May-designed beauty. “[That house] was designed…
We reported that the O’Neil Ford-designed home of Dallas philanthropists Jack and Nancy Penson was slated to be razed after being purchased at auction by Lucien “Lute” Riley. The Highland Park home, built in 1954 and considered architecturally significant, was felled just this week. We have learned that the lot at 3756 Armstrong is now…
