Swiss Avenue / Munger Place Historic Districts

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One of the Five Best Homes on Swiss Just Sold – Architect Hal Thomson

5323 Swiss Avenue home designed by Hal Thomson shaded by live oak trees in the Swiss Avenue Historic District of Munger Place neighborhood in Dallas.
This architecturally significant home designed by architect Hal Thomson is prominently sited on one of the best blocks in the original Munger Place Addition at 5323 Swiss Avenue.

5323 Swiss Avenue, Dallas, Texas

Hal Thomson Historic Home on Swiss Avenue – Sold by Douglas Newby

Swiss Avenue is the cradle of Dallas architecture and architecturally significant homes. Architect Hal Thomson, who designed this home in 1914 at 5323 Swiss Avenue, is the godfather of Dallas architects. Many don’t realize the impact and influence the homes on Swiss Avenue and architect Hal Thomson have on the architecture and architects in Dallas. Many consider 5323 Swiss to be one of the best five homes in the Swiss Avenue Historic District and one of the most architecturally significant homes in Dallas. You can scroll through Centennial Pictures of all 100 homes on Swiss Avenue and determine what you think are the best five homes on Swiss Avenue.

After a Grand Tour of Europe, Hal Thomson Made His Mark on Swiss Avenue

Henry B. Thomson (Hal Thomson) was a society architect who after his grand tour of Europe made his mark on Swiss Avenue before he began designing architecturally significant homes in Highland Park. The Aldredge house also on Swiss Avenue and 5323 Swiss Avenue that Douglas Newby recently sold quickly come to mind when one thinks of architect Hal Thomson.


Douglas Newby Sold and Closed Lang & Witchell Designed Home on Swiss Avenue in Ten Days

Architecturally Significant Home Designed by Lang & Witchell on Swiss Avenue
Architecturally Significant Home Designed by Lang & Witchell on Swiss Avenue

5112 Swiss Avenue, Dallas, Texas

Architects Lang & Witchell Designed Home on Swiss Avenue Boulevard – Sold by Douglas Newby

This architecturally significant Lang & Witchell designed home is the architectural exclamation mark of this Swiss Avenue block that boasts three Lang & Witchell architect-designed homes. National award-winning Realtor Douglas Newby has now sold every home on this block face of Swiss Avenue boulevard, including all three Lang & Witchell designed architecturally significant homes on the block.


Swiss Avenue Home Designed by C.W. Bulger & Son

5105 Swiss Avenue, Dallas, Texas

Prominent Italian Renaissance Style Home on Swiss – Sold by Douglas Newby

This Italian Renaissance style home designed by C.W. Bulger & Son has long been a favorite home on Swiss Avenue and in Dallas. The home at 5105 Swiss Avenue is on a block of the Swiss Avenue boulevard that is made up of some of the most important architecturally significant homes on the street. Elaborate vast gardens create an environment you would never guess is only two miles from the Dallas Arts District in downtown Dallas.

Over the years many people consistently identified this architecturally significant home as their favorite on the street. The Swiss Avenue boulevard is the only street in Dallas people will stroll down or drive down, looking at the houses as if they were walking through an art gallery. Each home is architecturally distinctive and creates an unsurpassed 20th century body of work.


Munger Place Home Built in 2016

4946 Victor Street, Dallas, Texas
4946 Victor Street in Munger Place Historic District

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.


Hal Thomson Designed Home Listed and Sold by Douglas Newby

I always strive for a gracious transaction like this one between a fabulous buyer and seller who both love historic homes. The seller, a Swiss Avenue home owner for nearly 4 decades, asked me to sell her home. I was delighted and honored to represent her. Also, I was excited to offer a home for sale designed by Hal Tompson, the first prominent society architect of Dallas and his junior architect partner James Cheek who went on to design Highland Park Village and many architecturally significant homes with his architecture partner Marion Fooshee.


Architecturally and Historically Significant Homes in Munger Place and Swiss Avenue

Munger Place was the first planned development in Dallas designed for the prestigious families of Dallas.

Munger Place, which now comprises the Munger Place Historic District and Swiss Avenue Historic District, was created in 1905 as the finest residence park in the southland. Deed restrictions, uniform setbacks, and the best architects created a neighborhood that is increasingly attractive over 100 years later.

Munger Place is the origin of my work as a realtor.

-Douglas Newby

If You Desire an Architecturally Significant Home You Will Love, Douglas Newby Invites You to Call or Contact Him

Neighborhoods of Swiss Avenue / Munger Place

Munger Place Historic District Neighborhood

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.

5323 Swiss Avenue home designed by Hal Thomson shaded by live oak trees in the Swiss Avenue Historic District of Munger Place neighborhood in Dallas.

Swiss Avenue Historic District Neighborhood

Douglas Newby has sold more homes on Swiss Avenue than any other real estate agent or real estate company. Douglas Newby started his business here and continues to sell the finest homes on Swiss Avenue. The earliest homes, built in 1905, in the Swiss Avenue Historic District are found in the original addition of Munger Place, between the Swiss Avenue gates on Fitzhugh and Dumont.

Today’s New Swiss Avenue / Munger Place Listings and MLS Status Changes

No MLS Homes For Sale in Neighborhood.

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Are You a Munger Place or a Swiss Avenue Homeowner? You Have Come to the Right Place

If you are considering selling your Munger Place or Swiss Avenue 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.

See Centennial Photographs of Every Swiss Avenue and Munger Place Home

Centennial Photographs of Munger Place Homes

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.

Centennial Photographs of Swiss Avenue Homes

Realtor Douglas Newby took photographs of every Swiss Avenue home during the centennial of Swiss Avenue 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 on Swiss Avenue as if you are driving down the boulevard.


Munger Place is the finest resident park in the entire southland.

-Munger Brothers, 1905

Swiss Avenue / Munger Place Historic District Homes for Sale Previously in MLS – Sold

No MLS Homes For Sale in Neighborhood.



Munger Place is the origin of my work as a realtor.

-Douglas Newby


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