Munger Place Historic District
Discover Munger Place, the First Single Family Zoned Historic District in Dallas
Homeowners and families of all ages enjoy the tranquility of the Munger Place Historic District and its beautiful tree-lined streets of restored Prairie style homes. The bucolic and friendly neighborhood atmosphere of Munger Place is the result of 50 years of revitalization efforts and projects that began in 1974. Neighborhood improvements continue, as seen by the recent construction and dedication of the Munger Place Monuments placed in the middle of Collett Avenue, running through the middle of the historic district. Here you will find the best Munger Place Historic District homes for sale so you too can find a home and enjoy the neighborhood.
Munger Place Homeowners Responsible for Old East Dallas and Swiss Avenue Success
In 1973, the Planning Department of the City of Dallas, with the support of a handful of Swiss Avenue residents, made Swiss Avenue a historic district that allowed modern homes and duplexes. In 1974, in what is now the Munger Place Historic District, a combination of now nationally famous artists, political leaders, media members, young professionals, and apartment owners began actively working on the revitalization of Old East Dallas.
Munger Place Sponsors Home Tours, Wine Walks and Porch Parties
The Munger Place homeowners find many reasons to visit with each other besides just casually saying hello from their front porches. For 50 years, Munger Place has sponsored annual home tours and many other neighborhood events that include monthly porch parties, 4th of July parties, Christmas parties, wine walks, and other neighborhood events like at Christmas carolers strolling through the neighborhood.
Explore the Best Munger Place Historic District Homes for Sale
National award-winning Realtor Douglas Newby recognizes that the Munger Place historic district is one of the city’s most enjoyable neighborhoods in which to live and offers homes for sale with great value. Here you will find the best Munger Place homes that are listed for sale in MLS and additionally you will find information on homes that are not listed in MLS.
In this Munger Place Historic District section you will discover a few featured Munger Place Historic District homes to provide a sense of the range of homes you will find in this neighborhood. You will also see new listings of homes that just came on the market in MLS along with the homes with recent MLS status changes. These new listings are followed by every home for sale in MLS found in this neighborhood. You also will see every MLS home for sale mapped. And to give you a better understanding of the Munger Place market, you will see the homes in MLS that have previously sold in this neighborhood.
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An Insider’s Look at the Neighborhood, Homes, and History of Munger Place Historic District
There is much to know about Munger Place Historic District beyond just the homes offered for sale and that have sold. This section concludes with thoughts on the history of Munger Place, photographs of 200 Munger Place homes taken for the centennial of Munger Place, followed with every home found in this neighborhood. Douglas Newby will enjoy speaking to you personally about Munger Place Historic District and helping you find or sell a home.
Munger Place is the origin of my work as a realtor.
-Douglas Newby
Featured Home Sold by Douglas Newby in Munger Place Historic District
Munger Place Home Built in 2016
4946 Victor Street, Dallas, Texas
Sold by Douglas Newby
Horizontal banks of tall double-hung windows across the front of the home allow natural light to illuminate the four-bedroom, three and one-half bath Munger Place Historic District home. The front porch roof shields the home from the harsh midday sun. The wide, three-foot eaves that are another architectural signature of Munger Place further protect the interior from direct afternoon sun. The wide and deep front porch contributes to the architectural continuity of the historic district and provides another living space for family or another space to entertain visiting friends or neighbors.
Mapped Munger Place Homes for Sale in MLS
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Today’s New Munger Place Listings and MLS Status Changes
Find today’s new listings and the total number of Munger Place homes for sale in MLS. Today we have a total of 0 new listings and a total of 2 homes for sale listed in Munger Place neighborhood.
History of Munger Place Revitalization
Munger Place Homeowners Responsible for Old East Dallas and Swiss Avenue Success
In 1973, the Planning Department of the City of Dallas, with the support of a handful of Swiss Avenue residents, made Swiss Avenue a historic district that allowed modern homes and duplexes. In 1974, in what is now the Munger Place Historic District, a combination of now nationally famous artists, political leaders, media members, young professionals, and apartment owners began actively working on the revitalization of Old East Dallas.
The Munger Place Historic District has been a truly evolving neighborhood from its original Munger Brothers sales contracts that included restrictions guaranteeing a “strictly high class residential district,” to the future decay of these homes after they were converted to apartments, to then its reemergence as a neighborhood on the National Register of Historic Places. Urban pioneers and young professionals initiated the single family rezoning of Old East Dallas and the Munger Place Historic District – the first single-family historic district with historic design guidelines in the city of Dallas.
The foundation of the Old East Dallas revitalization was the single-family rezoning of 100 blocks of 2,000 properties that were zoned multifamily and primarily in use as single-family homes divided up into apartments.
Douglas Newby, as Chairman for the property owners for single family zoning, initiated single-family rezoning for these 100 blocks that are now defined by the Munger Place Historic District, the Junius Heights Historic District, and the Peak Suburban Historic District. Douglas Newby collected mailed in petition requests from 800 property owners representing 1,200 properties requesting that the entire 100-block area be rezoned single-family and Munger Place become a historic district. Despite fierce opposition from the Dallas Planning Department, the City Council voted in favor of the single-family rezoning for the entire 100-block area and Munger Place being considered for a historic district. This was the largest rezoning case in the history of Dallas. It was also the largest single-family rezoning of a multifamily area anywhere in the country. FNMA made their first inner city loans in the country within the boundaries of this rezoned single-family neighborhood. Douglas Newby and many others, including Bob Logan, an apartment owner, initiated many other projects. These Old East Dallas revitalization projects included the East Dallas Beer Ordinance that shut down over 100 beer bars, parkway tree plantings, new curbs and sidewalks, antique streetlights, defeating crosstown expressway, and replacing two lanes of traffic on Munger Boulevard with a green boulevard, turning Fitzhugh and Collett from a one-way couplet to two-way residential streets with stop signs, and the recent Munger Place Monuments installed on Collett.
These improvements resulted in the homes selling for 100x what they sold for in 1974 and generated over one billion dollars of restoration, new construction and appreciation.
The Success of the Munger Place Historic District Pushed Up the Prices of the Homes in the Swiss Avenue Historic District
The homes on Swiss Avenue were built as the most expensive homes on the largest lots in Munger Place. However, in the Munger Place Historic District the smaller homes on smaller lots at different times over the last 50 years began selling for prices that were as high or higher than some of the homes on Swiss Avenue. This was the result of the contagious renovation and momentum of people moving into the Munger Place Historic District neighborhood. The more potential Swiss Avenue homebuyers realized Swiss Avenue was not on an island and that it was surrounded by an emerging single-family renovated neighborhood, the prices began to rise on Swiss Avenue. Swiss Avenue also followed the lead of Munger Place and requested the city change their zoning to reflect historic criteria and require single-family homes.
The beautiful Munger Place Historic District neighborhood is now made up of young families and residents of all ages, some who have lived in the neighborhood for 50 years. The Munger Place Historic District continues to positively impact the desirability of the Swiss Avenue.Historic District. Munger Place offers the perfect combination of nature and vibrancy just two miles from downtown Dallas.
The positive evolution of Munger Place and its revitalization is evident from the Munger Place Centennial photographs taken in 2005 of the Swiss Avenue Historic District and the Munger Place Historic District.
Every historic home in the Swiss Avenue Historic District and in the Munger Place Historic District was photographed during the week of the 2005 Munger Place Historic District Home Tour. The 2005 Munger Place Historic District Home Tour was celebrating the centennial of this historically and architecturally significant neighborhood. These photographs represent 30 years of the revitalization and restoration of Munger Place. Since 2005, many more homes have been renovated. Now, almost every home in Munger Place has been renovated.
You will enjoy speaking with Douglas Newby at 214.522.1000 to discuss how he might represent you in finding and evaluating the best Munger Place home for you.
Articles on the Revitalization of Munger Place
Douglas Newby Received the Keystone Award for the Revitalization of Old East Dallas and for the Single-Family Rezoning of Munger Place
Dear Doug,
It is my belief the re-zoning of Old East Dallas, conducted under your direction when you were chair of the Physical Development Committee of the East Dallas Design Committee (EDDC) was one of the most significant things in the preservation of our part of town.
It is hard for me to imagine anyone but you having had the time, energy and drive that monumental effort required.
Virginia McAlester
Founder of Preservation Dallas
See Centennial Photographs of Every Munger Place Home
Centennial Photographs of Munger Place Homes Organized Block by Block
Realtor Douglas Newby took photographs of every Munger Place home during the centennial of Munger Place so that you would have an opportunity to see this collection of architect-designed and architecturally significant homes in geographical order. You can scroll through and see the homes on each block in Munger Place as if you are driving down the boulevard.
Are You a Munger Place Homeowner? You Have Come to the Right Place
If you are considering selling your Munger Place home, we will bring you the best results as we best understand your home and the potential buyers. Call me to see if I should represent you in selling your home.
If You Desire an Architecturally Significant Home You Will Love, Douglas Newby Invites You to Call or Contact Him
The Best Homes in Munger Place Historic District Neighborhood
Sold MLS Homes in Munger Place Historic District
This section is created to help you understand the Munger Place Historic District market. Knowing the homes that have sold will give you an idea of the future inventory of homes coming on the market and the trend of the Munger Place Historic District prices.
Munger Place Homeowners Appreciate Douglas Newby
Thank you so much for finding me a home in Dallas. I am very much looking forward to living in Munger Place. I very much appreciate your insight, expertise and sense of humor – you made the whole process go flawlessly.
Looking forward to seeing you soon.
All the best,
Amy Juraszek, M.D.
Munger Place Homeowner
Fantastic – thanks for all your help on this, Doug! Definitely not the best time or the easiest house to sell, but I think the buyers will be very happy.
John Lindgren
Munger Place Homeowner
Dear Doug and Connie,
David and I truly appreciate all that you have done for us. We are so happy with our new home.
Sincerely,
The Kents
Munger Place Homeowner
