Highland Park Architecturally Significant Home by Architect Herbert M. Greene
This historically and architecturally significant home in Old Highland Park looks over Hackberry Creek.
4511 Highland Drive, Dallas, Texas
Iconic architect Herbert M. Greene designed this architecturally significant home for his family. Some of my favorite homes are homes that prominent architects designed for themselves and their family. These homes showcase architectural significance and also the personality and care of the architect. What makes it even more significant and special is that it has remained in the family for three generations. I recall when his grandson, John Greene Taylor, called me about the home that he lived in for several decades before his death in 2022. He loved the home and lived in it to the very end with dignity and joy. I also have always liked homes on Highland Drive, as they sit across from Hackberry Creek and behind them are the estate homes on Lakeside Drive overlooking Turtle Creek. This home is sited on the high point of Highland Drive, allowing views of the trees that line Hackberry Creek and Turtle Creek. It is a special home that many homeowners will want to preserve, renovate, and enjoy for their families for the next two or three generations.
Architect Herbert Greene designed his own home with his characteristic high ceilings and a series of front windows spanning the living room, from the fireplace to the informal living room. The informal living room in this Old Highland Park historically significant home has a large wide-cased opening from the living room and a bowed arched series of windows allowing the sunlight to illuminate both of these rooms that open to each other. The key to architecturally significant historic homes in Highland Park being preserved are the original large rooms with tall ceilings. This Highland Park historic home has ceilings taller than ten feet and extraordinarily wide open passageways to adjoining rooms. One can stand in one room and see sunlight in four different directions. Entering into this architecturally significant Old Highland Park home found at 4511 Highland Drive by architect Herbert M. Greene, one can see commodious rooms with tall ceilings that are linked with wide open passageways. Iconic architect Herbert Greene was a master at opening rooms to each other and surrounding the rooms with walls of windows. The sunlit openness of this original Highland Park home in many ways feels more modern than new builder modern homes. From the living room of this original Old Highland Park home, one can see through the wide open passageways into the library and dining room. Architect Herbert M. Greene shows us how a historic Highland Park home can be open and elegant. This staircase is another example of architect Herbert Greene’s attention to detail. The balustrades and newel posts are elaborate and intricate but also simple and elegant. What a joy to see fine craftsmanship and design in a 1921 Old Highland Park architecturally significant home.Architect Herbert Greene delineated simple and elegant moldings and details throughout this historic Old Highland Park Home at 4511 Highland Drive.Dallas, Texas Home4511 Highland Drive, Dallas, Texas 75205
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