Wilson McClure, Dallas Architect
Past Dallas and Texas Architect
Wilson McClure had a brilliant career designing homes from the 1930s that had a Texas flair, to very formal Georgian homes in the late 1930s, to more contemporary homes in the 1950s. Regardless of the style, he designed homes with beautiful proportions and maybe was the first to design oversized living rooms and family rooms.
Example of Homes Architect Wilson McClure Designed
4618 Shadywood Lane, Dallas, Texas
Classic Colonial Revival
When I think of the perfect proportions of an original estate home, this architect Wilson McClure-designed renovated home is always the one I think back to. The ceilings are high, the windows large, the rooms have an inviting width and depth, connected by elegant, tall double passageways.
3802 Shenandoah Avenue, Dallas, Texas
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 in the house is good, but the finishes were bad. Bruce Bernbaum and Emily Summers redesigned the house with 1940s furniture, custom designed wrought-iron railings and fireplaces with space and materials derivative of the period.
4735 Chapel Hill Road, Dallas, Texas
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 Texas Modern.
