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Old Preston Hollow Real Estate and Homes for Sale in Preston Hollow Neighborhood
These pastoral Preston Hollow estate neighborhoods within eight miles of downtown can be traced back to the acquisition John Howell of Mississippi made from the Peters Colony in 1844 near Cochran Chapel. These 546 acres were patented by the state of Texas on June 15, 1857. Over the next 100 years this remote piece of land made of creeks, woods and hollows gradually began to develop as the neighborhood we now know as Preston Hollow. In 1924, between Northwest Highway and Park Lane, 250 acres were dedicated as Preston Hollow. Continue Reading
Featured Homes For Sale in Old Preston Hollow
We will introduce you to Preston Hollow residents who nurture Dallas, acquaint you with the nuances of the private schools and identify the architecturally significant homes on beautiful estate acreage.
-Douglas Newby
Douglas Newby Discusses with David Sutherland His Preston Hollow Modern Home Designed by Lionel Morrison
Neighborhoods of Old Preston Hollow
Preston Hollow Addition Neighborhood
The Preston Hollow Addition is a neighborhood of country lanes that boast the most expensive homes in Dallas. Some of these Preston Hollow homes were built by prominent architects at the turn of the century and some of the largest mansions are just being completed. Intermixed are modern homes designed by nationally recognized architects.
Sunnybrook Estates Neighborhood
New Dallas estate homes are consistently being built in this neighborhood. Sunnybrook is most closely associated with impressive Dallas estate homes and elegant architect designed homes on impressive acreage.
Meadowbrook Estates Neighborhood
Meadowbrook homes face east and west as opposed to most Preston Hollow Area estates. Prestigious Dallas estate homes are adjacent to the original homes designed in the 1930s creating a large combination of architectural styles in this Preston Hollow estate neighborhood consisting only of the 9700 block to the 10000 block of Meadowbrook.
Meadowood Estates Neighborhood
From internationally recognized modernist Edward Larrabee Barnes to regionally recognized eclecticist Larry Boerder, to national award-winning architect Steven Holl, to builders without a pedigree, these adjacent loops that make up Meadowood Estates are home to the most extravagant, important, and occasionally inane estate homes in the Dallas area.
Maywood Estates Neighborhood
In the corner of Meadowood Estates you will find the Maywood Neighborhood whose boundaries consist of Bachman Creek, Park Lane, Crestline, and Beechwood and also includes a small portion of Rockbrook Drive. Here, the homes are also on large lots including one of Lionel Morrison’s first important homes.
Inwood Park Estates Neighborhood
People desiring estate homes have often found beautiful acreage on Inwood Road. Laced with streams and creeks, adjacent to Strait Lane and other equally desirable streets, Inwood Estates offers many fine modern and eclectic estate homes.
Inwood Addition #1 Neighborhood
This neighborhood is found just to the west of Preston Elms and El Parado and stretches towards Inwood with Park Lane as a southern border. Large lots accommodate the impressive original Colonial estate homes and the newer Dallas estate homes by regionally recognized architects such as Richard Drummond Davis and Robbie Fusch.
Inwood Addition #2 Neighborhood
While this distinguished Dallas estate neighborhood consists mainly of newer homes, they are smaller in scale as opposed to the surrounding estate neighborhoods that originally contained smaller homes, but are now comprised of large and elegant Dallas estate properties.
El Parado Neighborhood
Right in the middle of original Preston Hollow is El Parado, a neighborhood of early estate homes. Preston Downs is on the south and Preston Elms is on the north. The southern boundary of El Parado is Park Lane, the eastern boundary is Preston Road, Douglas defines the western boundary and Falls Road is the northern boundary.
Preston Downs Neighborhood
Found between Park Lane and Northwest Highway with Douglas Avenue on the west and Preston Road on the east and includes Jourdan Way and Averill Way, this neighborhood is an interesting combination of small original houses tucked away between elegant and important Dallas estate homes.
Preston Elms Neighborhood
This neighborhood, located between Walnut Hill and Lupton on the north and south and Douglas and Preston on the east and west, is mostly comprised of the original homes designed between the 1930s and 1960s. They reflect an array of Dallas architectural styles including Mid-Century Modern, Colonial and Georgian.
Ridgewood Addition Neighborhood
Ridgewood Addition is completely surrounded by Sunnybrook Estates and consists only of Wedgewood Lane. Several substantial estate homes have been built here over the last few decades. More new homes reflecting the eclectic architectural taste of Dallas are joining these desired properties along the creek.
Dentwood Addition Neighborhood
This small neighborhood surrounding a creek is lined with one to three acre sites for some of Dallas’ most important estate homes. Here you will find O’Neil Ford’s greatest Mid Century Modern home designed for the Haggertys and you will find other contemporary and eclectic homes consistently on beautiful lots on short hidden streets.
Batesons Neighborhood
Four Charles Dilbeck designed homes were originally built around the spring-fed creek and lake in the heart of the small Batesons neighborhood in Preston Hollow. This significant neighborhood includes Chatham Hill, Deloache and Kemper Court.
Lansdowne Estates Neighborhood
The boundaries of the Lansdowne estate neighborhood are Guernsey, Northwest Highway, and Rockbrook Drive.
Preston Hollow Neighborhood
My mission is to help you to evaluate the aesthetics and value of each Preston Hollow home for sale and the desirability and value of each Preston Hollow site.
Radbrook Estates Neighborhood
Radbrook Estates is made up of Radbrook Place, a quiet street of estate homes off of Inwood Road between Brookview and Northwest Highway.
Thatcher Ella Rose Neighborhood
Thatcher Ella Rose neighborhood is a niche neighborhood of a dozen Preston Hollow estate homes that exemplifies the best characteristics of Preston Hollow. Here you will find country lanes of gracious estate homes on the most prestigious streets: Ravine Drive, Alva Court, and Park Lane.
Rockbrook Estates Neighborhood
This neighborhood includes the 4200-4500 blocks of Lively Lane and Woodfin and 9669 and 9612 Rockbrook.
Hillcrest to Preston Neighborhood
We will introduce you to Preston Hollow residents who nurture Dallas, acquaint you with the nuances of the private schools and identify the architecturally significant homes on beautiful estate acreage.
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If you are considering selling your home in Old Preston Hollow, 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 in Old Preston Hollow.
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Old Preston Hollow Neighborhood – Continued
In 1939 Preston Hollow Township was incorporated to include Preston Hollow, El Parado, Preston Elms, Preston Downs and Preston Highlands. This new township also included Shadywood and Senecca, south of Northwest Highway, that is now known as part of Bluffview. In 1945, with the electoral support of its residents and legislative support of Texas, it merged with the city of Dallas. During these World War II years, when Preston Hollow was a township, it was governed on the principals that permeated the thinking of Dallasites. There were no taxes, but volunteer subscription for police and fire protection. The building permit fees from the rapid growth of the town paid for the rest of the government. In keeping with this Preston Hollow tradition, there are now neighborhood associations that rent off-duty policemen and city police cars to patrol the neighborhood.
These neighborhood associations are spread across an area from Hillcrest to Midway, Walnut Hill to Northwest Highway that is now generally considered Preston Hollow. Here the city’s grandest estate homes have been built, the nation’s finest architects have designed homes, regional architecture has flourished and Dallas architects have left their mark. A rich mix of architectural styles and eras are found in this neighborhood developed in the 20th century on a vast amount of untouched land. The feel of Preston Hollow, in many ways, is the same. Narrow tree-lined streets without sidewalks or parkways create a rural ambience just seven miles from the central business district down the toll road. Large tracts of land have been broken up for new houses to be built, and in the late 1990s it became common for several one acre estate lots to be purchased separately and compiled for an even larger single estate home.
Preston Hollow has consistently been a destination for architects and their clients. The result is rich architectural examples from every decade. Charles Dilbeck designed homes on Park Lane and Chatham Hill. Harwell Hamilton Harris and Howard Meyer designed mid-century modern homes side by side for the respective Tobian children and their spouses in the 1950s. On Park Lane in 1957 the Grafs built the most important home designed by Edward Durell Stone. Frank Lloyd Wright followed with a home he designed on Rockbrook. Dallas architect Max Levy designed one of his first homes on Glenleigh Court in the 80s as did Edward Larabee Barnes on Meadowood. Steven Holl designed a home on Rockbrook in the 1990s. At the end of the century Robert Stern and Richard Meier designed contrasting estate homes adjacent to each other on Preston Road. Contemporary Dallas architects who have designed period estate homes in an eclectic style include Cole Smith, Robbie Fusch, Wilson Fuqua, Ted Larson, Bruce Bernbaum and D.C. Broadstone.
To find out more about Preston Hollow and its architect designed homes and individual neighborhoods call Douglas Newby.