Jason Saucedo
Candysdirt.com readers are the best! Last week I asked for help solving a couple of mysteries surrounding Villa Vista, a beautiful Tudor Revival on Rio Vista in East Kessler Park. Boy, did y’all come through! DCAD was offering a build date I knew was wrong, but I had to prove it. Finding the architect’s name…
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Rarely am I unable to uncover almost every detail of a home, but this East Kessler estate has been a test for me and all of my preservation resources and contacts. Maybe you can help us! What we do know is this estate has records dating back to 1940. Although there were reports of a…
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So, we’ve broken a few temperature records lately. Is anyone keeping score of how many? Or are you too busy fanning yourself and refilling the ice in the glass that was supposed to contain iced tea? Besides inserting one’s head inside the fridge, one must find another way to keep oneself from melting in August…
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This gorgeous Kessler Park Old English Tudor was built for a king. Although not royalty, this king made a real difference in the lives of Dallas workers during the Great Depression. Louis Carlisle Kimple was considered to be the king of wax paper. You know the stuff. Years ago, cake tins were lined with it,…
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We know everything boils down to location. When the owners found this East Kessler property in 2015, they knew it was the perfect spot for a dream home with every modern amenity that surely George Jetson would envy. They put in calls to architect Paul Dickel and builder Bart Gardner with Gardner Custom Homes and…
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