Fairview

‘Keeping it Country and Not an Inch More’: Fairview Residents Oppose This Church’s 173-Foot Spire 

By April Towery / June 25, 2024 /

The Collin County community of Fairview — perhaps familiar for being home to the famous party house of acquitted ax murderer Candy Montgomery — is at the center of a controversy of a higher order. This one has to do with a Mormon church and its proposed steeple to heaven.  Representatives of the Church of…

What’s Developing: It’s Fairview’s Time to Add to Collin County’s Residential Growth

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / August 16, 2022 /

Dallas-based Lincoln Property Co. is preparing to break ground on an $86 million apartment community at Fairview Town Center, according to planning documents filed with the state.

Dallas Architect Recalls Designing ‘Best Party House’ For Infamous Candy Montgomery

By April Towery / July 19, 2022 /

April Towery: We were thrilled to find architect Stephen Chambers, the man who designed a stunning home in the late 1970s for Candy Montgomery, who infamously was acquitted of killing her friend Betty Gore with an ax. An excerpt from the true crime tome on the case reads, “They got the land for $10,000. The…

Designing For Candy: Dallas Architect Stephen Chambers Recalls Infamous Party Home of Candy Montgomery

By April Towery / June 8, 2022 /

Stephen Chambers was just starting out decades ago as a young Dallas architect when he was approached by Candy and Pat Montgomery to design their perfect home. It would become “the best party house” in eastern Collin County — a prominent backdrop in Candy, the Hulu miniseries about a gruesome 1980 Dallas-area murder in the…

Fifty And Living Fab In This Fairview Home

By Nikki Barringer / May 29, 2021 /

I am legit fascinated by Fairview. It’s a very well-to-do little pocket over by Allen and McKinney, and it likes to split its schools. Some homes feed into McKinney ISD and some homes feed into, are you holding your breath? Beloved Lovejoy ISD. Boy oh boy, people are really obsessed with that one. Anyway, Fairview…