Swiss Avenue Historic District

Aldredge House: Board of Adjustment Denies W/O Prejudice Request for “Nonconforming Use” On Swiss Avenue, But Where ARE the Red Panties?

By Candy Evans / October 22, 2015 /

I had a personal stake in this dog fight, as I have mentioned before: I’m a proud member of the Dallas County Medical Alliance and I do not want us (the DCMA Foundation) to lose Aldredge House. Never ever. It’s a beautiful home, one of the few open historic homes left in town, and it…

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Aldredge House: The Power of Video, Bad Employees, and Big Closets

By Candy Evans / October 21, 2015 /

Update: Precious Jo North, friend and fellow Alliance member, tells me that we made a lot more than $30,000 on the home tour. Co-chair Sandi Ciarochi and the team brought in $112,000, the second highest fund raiser in DCMSA history! (I just don’t have a head for numbers.) The Prescription Texas Luncheon with then-Governor Rick…

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Channel 4’s Take on the Nightmare on Swiss Avenue & Aldredge House: Meet the Neighbors!

By Candy Evans / September 14, 2015 /

Channel 4’s Fox 4 News did their version of the Nightmare on Swiss Avenue that neighbors allege the wedding business at Aldredge House is causing. I’m not saying anything except, watch:

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Swiss Avenue Residents Say Aldredge House Ignored Pleas, Refused to be a Good Neighbor

By Joanna England / September 14, 2015 /

Nick McCune has lived in the Swiss Avenue Historic District for more than 16 years at 5514 Swiss Ave., a sublime two-story Craftsman home that is right next door to the Aldredge House. His home, like the Aldredge House, was built in 1917 and is pristine, with a large front porch and an expanse of…

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Swiss Avenue Mother’s Day Event Features Home of Preservationist Virginia Savage McAlester

By Joanna England / May 7, 2015 /

It’s a time-honored tradition now in its 42nd year, and it’s one of the best way to ogle at some real, historic, graceful house candy! Truly, the Swiss Avenue Historic District’s Mother’s Day Home Tour is the only opportunity you’ll get all year to witness the grandeur of the oldest historic district in Dallas from…

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