Preservation Dallas
The creation of Texas Modern style is credited to legendary architect O’Neil Ford and his mentor David Williams, and draws inspiration from none other than Frank Lloyd Wright. “O’Neil Ford helped launch Texas architecture on a new path by showing that its roots were deep and often beautiful,” Dallas Morning News architecture critic David Dillon…
Read MoreThe very first column that Karen Eubank wrote for her weekly report on North Texas’ built history was about an absolutely irresistible mansion in Highland Park at 3601 Beverly. In her inaugural Historic Preservation column Karen introduced her audience to a property that might just be the crème de la crème of historic homes in…
Read MoreHistoric preservation generally conjures up images of grand homes on Swiss Avenue or cool 1950s commercial buildings. Most people certainly do not think of cabins, yet that’s how Texans lived when this region was settled. Though time took its toll on the original structure, the 1800s Webb-Crownover cabin resurrection is considered so important it has…
Read MoreWhen I saw the 2021 Preservation Dallas Awards this year, my heart beat a bit faster because I used to live mere feet from one of the award recipients — the Tietze Park swimming pool — for many years. Although I never dipped a toe into the pool (I never had time!) I loved living across…
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