Heritage Oak Cliff Home Tour
By Donovan Westover Our last stop on the tour home express lands us in 1960 in Kiestwood Estates. The Kiestwood area was built between 1950 and 1965 and was originally comprised of the Kiestwood Estates and Southwood Estates subdivisions. With over 400 homes in the Kiestwood Historical Homeowners Association boundaries, the neighborhood represents the largest…
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By Donovan Westover Coming forward from our previous tour home previews (1916, 1920, 1928, and 1950), we move further into midcentury and land in 1954 in the Glen Oaks neighborhood. The neighborhood was developed 1952 to 1967 on the historic Holland Farm. For homeowners looking for trees, hills, and greenery, this was your place. And,…
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By Donovan Westover Our next tour home preview takes us back to the year 1920 as we head over to the Sunset Hill neighborhood, which is behind Sunset High School. The approximately 1,000-household neighborhood was originally part of a 1,000-acre farm which was gradually divided for development in the 1890s. The first homes in the…
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By Donovan Westover Our home tour timeline takes us next to the year 1950 on Duval Drive in the Ravinia Heights neighborhood. There is a row of Dilbeck-esque houses sited on rather large lots and they are as magical as you would expect from Dilbeckian designs. Dilbeck Details on Duval Drive Charles Dilbeck was a…
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When last year’s Heritage Oak Cliff Home Tour was canceled on account of the pandemic, the non-profit neighborhood coalition saw the door on its largest annual fundraiser temporarily close, too. But come Oct. 23-24, the streets of Oak Cliff will come alive again with a new spin on the city’s longest-running home tour fundraiser. From…
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