Preservation Dallas
When the Dallas City Council voted last month to auction a city-owned property that’s been overrun by vandals and squatters, Councilman Jesse Moreno said he was disappointed that immediate demolition wasn’t authorized. It appears that at the time, neither Moreno nor his colleagues knew the building was on the National Register of Historic Places. In…
UPDATE 8/23 11 p.m.: An eagle-eyed resourceful reader sent us the demo permit, issued on August 1, for the Cox Mansion. It was demolished on August 23. We’ll continue to follow up on this story. On the corner of Preston and Beverly Drive sat the most astonishing mansion Dallas has ever seen. Most people knew…
We may need a new term for Midcentury Modern homes when they are this large, this architecturally intact, and absolutely built for entertaining. I think it needs to be the Martini Ranch! Our own Candy Evans dubbed it the House that Chevy Built when she wrote about it years ago. Y’all, let me know your…
There is good news in the preservation world today. First Baptist Dallas Senior Executive Pastor Ben Lovvorn said in a video to the congregation late yesterday that the city has approved efforts to begin preserving the historic walls. Success is not a given, but as Lovvorn said in the video, “We will do everything we…
If you are considering a purchase in one of Dallas’s 21 historic residential districts, the City of Dallas is ready to lend you a hand with its Historic Preservation Tax Incentive Program. You can apply now for these city tax incentives that may encourage you to be bold and take that next step toward owning…
