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The unifying theme of University Park is the excellent Highland Park Independent School District schools. Coupled with University Park’s reputation for safety, parks and tree lined streets, families with young children flock to University Park. Often the mortgage on a $1 million or $2 million home is less than the tuition for three children at the private schools. But there is more to University Park than just the extra value the good schools bring. The success of SMU, founded in 1911, prompted the incorporation of University Park, founded in 1924. A great relationship has continued for over 100 years of professors finding homes close by and University Park residents taking advantage of the extraordinary resources, lectures, museums and performances Southern Methodist University offers.

Dallas Hall at SMU is a symbol of SMU, a symbol of University Park, Highland Park, and Dallas. SMU has been an academic and athletic hub of both the Park Cities and Dallas.

Video of Volk Estates – Originally Developed as the Estate Home Neighborhood in University Park

Volk Estates was originally developed as the estate home neighborhood in University Park. Early University Park homes were primarily for SMU professors and families associated with SMU. The wealthiest in Dallas gravitated to Volk Estates when it was developed for estate homes. Dallas residents of great prestige and resources continue to make Volk Estates the location of their Dallas home.

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6920 Vassar Avenue

$15,250,000
University Park, Texas 75205
Listing Date: June 15, 2023
SQ. Feet Acres Year Bedrooms Bathrooms Lot Size
14,181 0.9 1959 6 10 200 x 204
SQ. Feet 14,181
Acres 0.9
Year 1959
Bedrooms 6
Bathrooms 10
Lot Size 200 x 204

4020 Glenwick Lane Sale Pending

$13,400,000
University Park, Texas 75205
Listing Date: September 18, 2023
SQ. Feet Acres Year Bedrooms Bathrooms Lot Size
10,111 0.6 2019 5 7 100x245
SQ. Feet 10,111
Acres 0.6
Year 2019
Bedrooms 5
Bathrooms 7
Lot Size 100x245

6625 Golf Drive

$7,950,000
University Park, Texas 75205
Listing Date: July 6, 2023
SQ. Feet Acres Year Bedrooms Bathrooms Lot Size
5,137 0.3 2016 4 4 62Fx217Dx53B
SQ. Feet 5,137
Acres 0.3
Year 2016
Bedrooms 4
Bathrooms 4
Lot Size 62Fx217Dx53B

3548 Marquette Drive

$7,245,000
University Park, Texas 75225
Listing Date: February 29, 2024
SQ. Feet Acres Year Bedrooms Bathrooms Lot Size
6,839 0.2 2024 5 9 70 x 150
SQ. Feet 6,839
Acres 0.2
Year 2024
Bedrooms 5
Bathrooms 9
Lot Size 70 x 150

4020 Colgate Avenue

$6,995,000
University Park, Texas 75225
Listing Date: March 7, 2024
SQ. Feet Acres Year Bedrooms Bathrooms Lot Size
5,918 0.3 2002 6 7 72x162
SQ. Feet 5,918
Acres 0.3
Year 2002
Bedrooms 6
Bathrooms 7
Lot Size 72x162

3220 Colgate Avenue

$6,925,000
University Park, Texas 75225
Listing Date: January 8, 2024
SQ. Feet Acres Year Bedrooms Bathrooms Lot Size
6,838 0.2 2024 5 7 70 x 148
SQ. Feet 6,838
Acres 0.2
Year 2024
Bedrooms 5
Bathrooms 7
Lot Size 70 x 148

3224 Centenary Avenue

$6,500,000
University Park, Texas 75225
Listing Date: February 9, 2024
SQ. Feet Acres Year Bedrooms Bathrooms Lot Size
6,905 0.5 1985 5 6 158x150
SQ. Feet 6,905
Acres 0.5
Year 1985
Bedrooms 5
Bathrooms 6
Lot Size 158x150

3633 Haynie Avenue

$5,999,000
University Park, Texas 75205
Listing Date: January 21, 2024
SQ. Feet Acres Year Bedrooms Bathrooms Lot Size
6,052 0.2 2024 5 5 60 X 150
SQ. Feet 6,052
Acres 0.2
Year 2024
Bedrooms 5
Bathrooms 5
Lot Size 60 X 150

3025 Bryn Mawr

$5,975,000
University Park, Texas 75225
Listing Date: April 14, 2023
SQ. Feet Acres Year Bedrooms Bathrooms Lot Size
5,974 0.0 2024 5 7 70x160
SQ. Feet 5,974
Acres 0.0
Year 2024
Bedrooms 5
Bathrooms 7
Lot Size 70x160

3545 Centenary Drive

$5,650,000
University Park, Texas 75225
Listing Date: December 21, 2023
SQ. Feet Acres Year Bedrooms Bathrooms Lot Size
5,141 0.3 2013 4 5 100x150
SQ. Feet 5,141
Acres 0.3
Year 2013
Bedrooms 4
Bathrooms 5
Lot Size 100x150
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Map of University Park Homes for Sale

University Park Map of University Park Neighborhoods

University Park is one of the featured neighborhoods found in the Dallas area. University Park is made up of nineteen smaller neighborhoods inside Park Cities. Click on the map and discover each specific neighborhood as you explore homes for sale marked in red and lots for sale marked in green in each University Park neighborhood.

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University Park Neighborhood - Continued

In the heart of University Park is Volk Estates. Volk Estates has large estate lots, extraordinary architecture, and homeowners who are world leaders. Throughout University Park you will find lovely streets like St. Andrews, with a flowing creek that runs through front yards or the Dallas Country Club golf course sharing a boundary.

University Park has both affordable homes for professionals and extraordinary architect designed homes with a price reflecting the acreage of spacious lots, the architect and quality of the home and site.

When SMU opened in 1911 University Park, Texas, began with the president's house on University and a few faculty homes close by. By 1924 the population grew to 1,200 and it was incorporated. There are many distinct neighborhoods in University Park, but the range of homes can be seen by the small houses and duplexes close to SMU, to the golf course setting of St. Andrews to the one and two-acre lots of Volk Estates.

SMU Has an Increasing Impact on University Park

The 50-year-old live oak trees lining Bishop Boulevard provide a civilizing experience to the students of SMU going to class on this Georgian architectural style campus. The 21st century at SMU has emphasized renovating the buildings and expanding the campus.

With a population of approximately 20,000, the shops of Snider Plaza, the Park Cities swimming pool, the YMCA and many churches, University Park, Texas, is like many old suburbs across the country, with the exception that it is in the middle of Dallas and the Highland Park School District.

I just want to thank you for your contribution to Texas Modern architecture style. I have found your website to be very informative on the subjects of my grandfather, David Williams, and of the other notable architects that have contributed to this regionalist movement.

-Thomas McMahon

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