Architecturally Significant Homes
Homes Impact Our Lives
- Douglas Newby
Top 100 Architecturally Significant Homes List
Dallas has the Best Collection of 20th and 21st Century Homes in the United States
Living in an architecturally significant home may not cost more but it sure feels better. We want to help you find and purchase a home of good design, one that is aesthetically pleasing, architecturally important, and has enduring value. To further acquaint you with homes of distinction, styles that are expressive, and homes that enhance your investment, we have created a section of architecturally significant homes, architect designed properties, and architecturally important Dallas estate homes by internationally and regionally recognized architects.
Video of Crespi Hicks Estate Property
When you review architecturally significant homes, I invite you to look at them as I do, through the lens of the Crespi/Hicks estate, designed by Maurice Fatio, the original architect in 1939, and Peter Marino, the 21st century renovation architect.  This architecturally significant home found in Preston Hollow resonates with modern and eclectic architects because of its proportions, purity, site and grace.  It reflects many of the best characteristics of the other homes in this section.  A home is your greatest design decision so please contact Douglas Newby at 214.522.1000 to discuss Douglas Newby & Associates helping you evaluate the special assets and importance of your home. See featured architecturally significant homes offered for sale.
The 50 Significant Homes project identifying the most architecturally significant homes in Dallas, I consider the year's most important project. Thank you for coordinating this effort.
- Deedie Rose
Past President of Board of Trustees, Dallas Museum of Art
Swiss Avenue Home Designed by C.W. Bulger & Son
Swiss Avenue is where the oldest architecturally significant homes are found. Twenty-first century architects are still inspired by these homes, like this one designed by C.W. Bulger. See More
Frank Welch Designed Modern Home
Turtle Creek Park Inspiration
This inspired modern home designed by architect Frank Welch expresses the best in a modern home. You will find it on an extraordinary site, in a fabulous neighborhood (Turtle Creek... See More
White Rock Lake Estate Home For Sale
Estate Property on 3.95 Acres
On approximately four acres, the most beautiful elevated point of White Rock Lake with 356 feet of frontage, you will find this 1936 renovated estate home. See More
Crespi Hicks Estate Home
Crespi Experience – Crespi Insights
There are faux estate homes, builder homes, spec homes, development homes, but proper estate homes are much different. The finest estate homes elevate the cultural consciousness.
Inspiring Cultural Consciousness
While generic homes tire me, significant homes inspire me. I have found one home that is truly profound – the Crespi / Hicks estate. See More
Cliff Welch Designed Modern Home
When evaluating architecturally significant homes, I always consider how the home relates to its site and its impact on the neighborhood. Then I admire the architectural appeal and, finally and... See More
Glen Abbey Modern Home
Contemporary Home in Glen Abbey Neighborhood
Zillow Estimate: $5,326,694 Value
DCAD Value: $4,751,960
Architect Graham Greene of Oglesby•Greene Architects, recipient of the Dallas Chapter AIA 2010 Firm of the Year Award, designed this award-winning home. This home at 40 Braewood Place also received... See More
I.M. Pei Protege, Architect George Woo Designed
Highest Point in Dallas County
George Woo, FAIA, protégé of I.M. Pei, selected this three acre site 19 miles south of Dallas to design this postmodern home. With 3,012 square feet, it is sited on... See More
Dallas Midcentury Modern
Dallas 50's Modern Style Home for Sale
The original owners of the last standing, architect designed, pristine condition, midcentury modern home in Preston Hollow have asked me to offer this architecturally significant home for sale. In 1957... See More
Edwardian Estate Home
Preston Hollow 5.3 Acres
Here is a proper estate property. A splendid approach curves along a creek up to a magnificent home articulated in stone and brick, surrounded by wide manicured lawns and a... See More
Lionel Morrison Attached Single-Family Homes Recognized on 50th Anniversary of Dallas Chapter of AIA
Modern Attached Single-Family in Northern Heights by Katy Trail
Architect Lionel Morrison energized the interest in modern homes with his series of modern single-family attached homes on Springbrook. Dallas has always had many of the best modern homes in the country. This modern home and the ones around it began the current wave of interest in modern architecture sweeping Dallas. See More
Edward Durell Stone - Park Lane and Meadowbrook
Russell Buchanan, AIA – Renovation Architect, 2007
Architecturally Significant
The renovation of this internationally important residence, including reclaiming the pool and floating dining room island, was completed in 2007. Comparable to Edward Durell Stone's international projects, this 1957 Park... See More
Architect Bob James Designed Home
Saint Michael's Drive
Bob James designed this AIA award-winning home to blend into the neighborhood and provide dramatic views by the surrounding creek and woods. With 3,450 square feet, it is both stylish... See More
Crespi Estate
Crespi Estate
The Epitome of Preston Hollow Real Estate
Maurice Fatio trained in Switzerland and began his practice in New York. In the 1920s he was voted the most important architect in New York. His largest body of work is... See More
Scott Lyons Designed Architecturally Significant Texas Modern Estate Home
Highland Park Modern Home
On the fascia of the Lexington House, he introduces cobalt blue ceramic tile imported from Asia for this stone Texas Modern home he designed in 1958. Torn Down 2011. See More
Frank Welch Designed Home
White Rock Lake Texas Modern Home
This home overlooking White Rock Lake, was designed by Frank Welch in 1997 for John and Barbara Bradfield. It draws directly from O'Neil Ford and David Williams. The balconies evolved... See More
Preston Hollow Architect Designed Home
Haggerty / Hanley Home
This complex house on a difficult site of trees and stone ledges is known for its simple lines, serene views and beautiful craftsmanship. O'Neil Ford, at his best, designed this... See More
Gary Cunningham Designed Architecturally Significant Industrial Building
Gary Cunningham and Sharon Odom are responsible for the renovation design of the Dallas Power and Light Utility Station by the Katy Trail. No whole building and industrial space has... See More
Clifford D. Hutsell Designed Architecturally Significant Spanish Colonial House
Clifford D. Hutsell designed this Lakewood home for himself in 1930. At a cost of $10,000, this was one of the most expensive new residences in Lakewood and the same... See More
Rick Robertson - Beverly Drive, Highland Park
Architecturally Significant Home
The many compliments of this new home indicate that it has struck a chord with Dallas. This Romanesque styled home is built out of Texas fossilized limestone. We see many... See More
Fooshee and Cheek Design
Beverly Drive Home
This Spanish Eclectic Grand Mission style home is one of many that Marion Fooshee and James Cheek designed on Beverly Drive in Highland Park. This home they built for the... See More
David Braden Design
Oak Cliff Modern Home on Colorado, 1950
David Braden designed this home in Oak Cliff at 665 West Colorado in 1950. This home is just a cube with square-hipped roof but built on a severe slope by... See More
Antoine Predock Design
Highland Park Contemporary Home
This Dallas modern home was designed by architect, Antoine Predock who incorporated the client’s passion for collecting modern art and bird-watching into the concept of the home. While the Austin... See More
Wilson McClure Designed Architecturally Significant Residence
Wilson McClure was a prominent architect. Most of the windows were replaced to reflect the oversized panes of the dining room bay window and side great room window. The volume... See More
John Allen Boyle Designed Architecturally Significant Mediterranean Moroccan Style Residence
Architect John Allen Boyle, who also designed the Shepherd King Mansion, designed this Mediterranean home with elaborate tile and stone detailing. The terraced gardens down to the creek are reminiscent... See More
University Park Real Estate
Shenandoah and Douglas
This is considered the best home of the famous Dilbeck houses known as the four sisters that occupy the four corners of Shenandoah and Douglas in University Park. Here you... See More
John Scudder Adkins - Turtle Creek - Volk Estates
Beautiful Residence Designed by John Scudder Adkins
In 1929 Colonel Alvin and Mrs. Lucy Ball Owsley built one of the most important homes in Dallas. They retained John Scudder Adkins of Cincinnati, Ohio, to design this neo-classical... See More
O'Neil Ford Designed Architecturally Significant Early Texas Modern Residence
The Jerry Bywaters Studio faithfully conveyed the early Texas homes that David Williams and O'Neil Ford so faithfully sketched as an inspiration for the Texas modern architecture. This Texas landmark... See More
Old Highland Park Historically Significant Home
Beverly Drive
The home at 4101 Beverly designed in 1915 expresses the exuberant grandeur of Beaux Arts mansions. 4101 Beverly is still the centerpiece of Highland Park, across from the Country Club... See More
University Park Home
The Caruths built one of the first housing developments in Dallas, in the area that is now the West End. About the same time that neighborhood became Frogtown, the Caruths... See More
Hal Thomson Design
Swiss Avenue Historic Home
This home was designed by Hal Thomson in 1914 for George Greer, the president of Magnolia Petroleum Company, which later became Mobil Oil. Truly eclectic, the home is not true... See More
Modern Home Designed by Architect Richard Meier
Richard Meier - Preston House
Howard Rachofsky encouraged and allowed Richard Meier to explore and experiment in this 10,000 square foot home on Preston Road. The seemingly simple, effortlessly floating stark facade belies its massive... See More
Robert Johnson Perry Bridge House
Boyd & Heidrich – Landscape Architects
John Watson – Lighting
One of my favorite houses in one of my favorite neighborhoods is this Robert Johnson Perry designed home in Mayflower Estates. Emilie and Phillip Schepps originally owned a home across... See More
Alexander Mansion
East Dallas Mansion
Ross Avenue was a street with house after house of individual splendor. On the edge of town, each mansion was built with the proper amount of land and magnificence to... See More
Texas Modern in Highland Park
Kelley Residence
Sited on a peninsula, a footbridge leads you over the creek to the house defined by the meandering creek on three sides. Jim Wiley of the Oglesby Group designed this... See More
Harwell Hamilton Harris Designed Home
Preston Hollow Mid Century Modern Home
Harwell Hamilton Harris is one of the most important architects to have ever designed a home in Dallas. His work appears from the East to the West Coast, but he... See More
University Park Home on .25 Acres
Charles Dilbeck Designed Residence
Charles Dilbeck was a prolific architect, much loved and currently featured at the Meadows Museum's architecture exhibit Crafting Traditions. This four-bedroom Dilbeck home across the street from Williams Park was... See More
Preston Hollow Historic Home
Private Gallery
A most remarkable project is the gallery and guest house in Preston Hollow designed by Bill Booziotis. Bill has designed major museums and important houses, but this is definitely his... See More
Edward Larrabee Barnes Design
Preston Hollow Modern Home
Edward Larrabee Barnes was selected to design the Dallas Museum of Art. Ralph and Nelba Greenley, who were very involved in the Dallas Museum of Art project, retained Edward Larrabee... See More
Arch Swank and O'Neil Ford
Lakewood Texas Modern Home
Arch Swank and O'Neil Ford designed this architecturally significant home in 1939 for the Brombergs who lived in the home for 60 years. You can see references of earlier David... See More
Midcentury Modern Home For Sale in Highland North Neighborhood
Award Winning Architect Arch Swank Designed This Modern Home
Arch Swank, one of the most accomplished modern architects in the 1950s, designed this architecturally significant modern home in 1957 in Highland North neighborhood located west of Midway Road. The architect... See More
Max Levy Designed Architecturally Significant Modern Real Estate
A Bent Tree lot was found overlooking the Preston Trails greenbelt. This home takes its cue from the modernism cubes of the Frank Welch home designed in the 1970s when... See More
Swiss Avenue Historic Home
This is how the Munger Brothers first touted their new development that had replaced a 300 acre cotton field on the eastern edge of the city limits. A City Beautiful... See More
Modern Home For Sale on 1.53 Acres
Best Sited Texas Modern Home in Preston Hollow Estate Area – Scott Lyons Architect
Architect Scott Lyons enhanced a magical setting with a Texas Modern home that is thrust into nature with close and distant views in three directions of trees, gardens, a wide... See More
Charles D. Hill Designed Architecturally Significant Mount Vernon Residence
4800 Preston Road was designed in 1910 and remained a landmark for 90 years. Not only was it one of the first homes built in Highland Park, but it was... See More
Stretto House
This home on Rockbrook was designed in 1993 by Steven Holl. Thin curved roof planes shelter open and closed spaces. Four sharply detailed concrete masses correspond to the dams on... See More
David George Designed Architecturally Significant Early Texas Modern Estate Home
The seven metal roof caps create a dramatic line interrupted by several chimneys. This Texas Modern home was also influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright, with whom David George apprenticed. Ted... See More
James Pratt and Hal Box
Broken Arrow
This home was designed by James Pratt and Hal Box in 1959 for Edward and Mary Jane Wilson. Mary Jane Wilson had grown up in a Lang and Witchell designed... See More
Goodwin and Tatum Design
Turtle Creek Park Colonial Revival
Goodwin and Tatum designed this Colonial Revival home for Henry W. Strasberger, the founder of one of Dallas' oldest law firms, and his wife, who was an architectural student at... See More
DeGolyer Estate
Shutt & Scott Architects
The DeGolyer House is a Beverly Hills interpretation of a hacienda incorporating a sprawling design of many arches, courtyards and a red tile roof. DeGolyer himself called it a Beverly... See More
Far North Dallas Architecturally Significant Estate Home
Young modern architects in 1950 explored form that followed function, diligently evaluating family needs and designing rational approaches for those needs while investigating modern materials to fulfill their design, and... See More
Anton Korn Design
Preston Hollow Historic Home
Anton Korn designed 4700 Preston on 7.7 acres in 1917. This home was built for Highland Park developer Hugh Prather, former owners include Electra Waggoner. His other important homes on... See More
Anton Korn Design
Highland Park Tudor Style Home
This Beverly home was designed in 1924 by Anton Korn. The oak timbers were replaned from the grand Oriental Hotel when it was torn down. See More
David R. Williams Designed Architecturally Significant House
In 1926, architect David Williams, the father of Texas Modernism, designed a house at 700 Paulus for his youngest brother and physician, Raworth Williams. While this residence incorporates Spanish idioms... See More
Wilson McClure Design
White Rock Lake Texas Modern Home
Wilson McClure designed many beautiful homes in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Many of these had a Georgian influence, but this home on Chapel Hill, built in 1940, is pure... See More
David R. Williams Designed Architecturally Significant Early Texas Modern Residence
An East Texas/Louisiana influence is seen on the facade, but this home makes a further leap into Texas Modernism. The continuous beams from the living room to the arched verandas,... See More
Lionel Morrison Design
Northern Heights Contemporary Home
In 1987, Lionel Morrison designed a modern single-family attached townhome in Northern Heights. Other important architects followed, including Frank Welch, Graham Greene, Ron Wommack and others, both in Northern Heights... See More
Lionel Morrison Design
Highland Park Modern Home
Lionel Morrison is the starkest of the regional modernists. Reduction, not exuberance, is his goal. This 1994 home, while very elegant and precise, can be seen as a shed with... See More
Lionel Morrison - Modern Home
Springbrook Modern Townhouse
This modern townhouse was the architectural project that Dallas AIA Chapter selected as one of the Dallas 50 Significant Homes for their 50th Anniversary. The prestigious selected committee recognized Lionel... See More
Downtown Dallas Architecturally Significant Concrete Residence
This might be the first concrete structure in Dallas. Created by Joseph Kovandovitch in 1914 overlooking R.L. Thornton Freeway. See More
Wilson Fuqua Design
Highland Park Mediterranean Style Home
This Mediterranean style home designed in 1919 along Hackberry Creek in Highland Park, is significant both architecturally for its renovation and for who has lived in the home over the... See More
Howard Meyer Design
Greenway Parks Modern Home
In 1951, Howard Meyer designed this International Modern style home for Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lipshy. It was beautifully restored by Carolyn and James Clark in 1981. Art and architectural... See More
Frank Lloyd Wright Design
Preston Hollow Modern Home
In 1950, Frank Lloyd Wright began his only residential project in Dallas. This home, designed for John Gillin, was completed after three years of construction in 1958, Wright's last home... See More
Mark Lemmon Design
Highland Park Historic Landmark
Mark Lemmon designed 3211 Mockingbird in 1924. Mark Lemmon's wife, Maybelle Reynolds Lemmon explained that "During World War I, he was in charge of 250 men in a transport division.... See More
Architect Herbert M. Greene Designed Building
The Dallas Bar Association, led by Robert Hyer Thomas, reclaimed the Belo Mansion, built in 1900. The owner sold it for less than half its value. The attorneys' dues tripled,... See More
Kessler Park Architecturally Significant Italian Renaissance House
This Italian Renaissance home is prominently set in Kessler Park as the first home built in this expensive development created in 1925. See More
Culture Gulch
Small Houses Hidden Along the Creek
These small houses almost hidden along the creek keep capturing the affection and imagination of Dallas residents. SMU artists and academics clustered around the Gulch in a series of very... See More
Old Highland Park Architecturally Significant Dutch Colonial Real Estate
Built in 1913 for Dr. and Mrs. R.W. Baird, Highland Park Methodist Church was founded here as it received a Park Cities historical marker in 1990. This Dutch Colonial home... See More
Cole Smith Designed Architecturally Significant French Eclectic Estate Home
Often we not only lose good houses to new construction, but we lose a beautiful site as a lot is scraped and flattened to accommodate the new house. This French... See More
Turtle Creek Corridor Architecturally Significant Modern Eclectic Home
This insignificant older home was adapted by an artist and designer and his wife. Japanese water gardens and teahouse surprise the visitor. An extended patch of wild flowers slope up... See More
Glenn Allen Galaway Designed Architecturally Significant House
Galaway designed 1019 Waterford in 1954 for himself. It is a good example of a small house with a very sophisticated design. Twelve-foot sliding glass doors lead to the back... See More
Henry B. Thomson Designed Architecturally Significant French Eclectic Estate Home
Many consider the Aldredge House, a French Eclectic style home with Renaissance detailing, the high mark of eclectic architecture by Hal Thomson. The home is owned by the Dallas County... See More
East Dallas Architecturally Significant Queen Ann House
The style of this architecturally distinctive home is Queen Anne, complete with the wood trim, stenciling, murals, and wall coverings from the Victorian period. The house is constructed with a... See More
Architect Gary Cunningham Designed Home
Surrey Circle
5400 Surrey Circle was designed in 1996 by Gary Cunningham and Sharon Odom. Beautifully placed on the lot, the interior accentuates the feel of the wooded exterior. Architect Daphne Perry... See More
Howard R. Meyer Designed Architecturally Significant Highrise
Howard Meyer designed this modern mid-century highrise. The Turtle Creek highrise was the first luxury apartment building in Dallas. It is sheathed in a bris soleil and remains current today. See More
White Rock Lake Architecturally Significant Mount Vernon Estate Home
Since the 1920s until today, Dallas residents and visitors have driven around White Rock Lake and marveled at this imposing home looking over the lake. Built by H.L. Hunt at... See More
Downtown Dallas Architecturally Significant Original Residence
The Millermore House is the oldest remaining house in Dallas and best represents the collection of houses in Old City Park. It was originally built with a one-story porch by... See More
East Dallas Architecturally Significant Tudor Cottage Home
5427 Morningside captures the charm of the several hundred Tudor cottages on the M Streets, now a conservation district. These brick homes with irregular stone ornamental inlays have a screened... See More
Charles S. Dilbeck Designed Architecturally Significant Estate Home
This is one of the largest homes that Dilbeck originally designed. The other large homes for the most part have been torn down as they were built on several acres... See More
Preston Hollow Architecturally Significant Eclectic 1980s Estate Home
In the mid 1980s, the Maguires commissioned architect Jack Hemphill to design this stately mansion on the corner of Rockbrook and Overton Shelmire designed the addition. Rather than be hidden... See More
Rob Allen & Jim Buie Designed Architecturally Significant Modern Residence
4037 Druid is public in scale, and architecturally exciting in a very traditional suburban neighborhood. A modern house is often looked at as stern, rather than as a warm accessible... See More
Lionel Morrison-Designed Home in Preston Hollow
This modern home is the second collaboration between a celebrated furniture designer and Lionel Morrison, an award-winning architect. The progression of materials and technology in this contemporary home make a... See More
Home in Heart of Greenway Parks
Largest Lot - .951 Acres
Personification of Greenway Parks This architecturally significant home best expresses the charm, architecture, and desirability of Greenway Parks. Its architectural pedigree is strong. The home was originally designed by Fooshee... See More
Modern Home Inspired by Texas Ranch Houses
David Williams, Architect
In 1932, David Williams built his last private home which also was his first home to become widely recognized and applauded. Elbert Williams, Mayor of University Park and no relation... See More
Anton Korn Architecturally Significant Home
"Homes of Lasting Significance"
October 16, 2004 Preservation Dallas Tour:
There is an opportunity to see seven of the Dallas, 50 Significant Homes established by the Dallas Chapter of the American Association of Architects to celebrate their 50th anniversary in 1996. Click here to continue
Dallas, America's Twentieth Century City- Architecturally Significant Homes
Dallas has the most significant collection of twentieth century homes in the world with architectural styles and movements represented from every decade.
- Douglas Newby