Doug Newby
It’s been a bad year for preserving historic homes in Dallas. We are losing homes built by significant architects at an alarming rate. Recently, there was quite a social media outcry over the demise of a 1932 Clifford D. Hutsell on Lakewood Blvd. The comments on various posts made me realize that the majority of…
Read MoreScott Lyons was one of those under-the-radar architects. You had to know someone who knew someone and then be recommended. He designed homes for the movers and shakers of Dallas society and did so to absolute perfection. The most recognized is the home he designed for Texas Instruments founder Eugene McDermott and his wife, Margaret.…
Read MoreRecall that when Tom and Cinda first put their 25.5 acre estate on the market, it was listed with broker Douglas Newby for $136 million. That was in January of 2013. The market was just waking up, of course, but behemoth properties are always tricky to sell because the buyer pool is so limited. When Allie…
Read MoreWow, big day for Lakewood real estate news. First broker peak at the Stanley Marcus house, and word that Allie Beth Allman has dramatically lowered the asking price of Mt. Vernon. It is now a cool $19 million. That’s a whopping ten million less than the estate’s original asking price of $29 million. No, wait.…
Read MoreThis story in TIME ran mid-January, “An exclusive Dallas mansion has become the most expensive property for sale in the U.S., with a whopping $135 million price tag. The Crespi-Hicks Estate boasts a five-story main residence, three-story pool house and two-story guesthouse, altogether offering 42,500 sq. ft. of living space across 25 acres of manicured land.”…
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