Colonial Revival Style Architecture
Dallas Eclectic Architecture
Entrances, windows and cornices of Colonial Revival homes are emphasized. Their front door often has a decorative and embellished pediment and the house if often lined with pairs of windows. Anton Korn designed 4700 Preston on 7.7 acres in 1917.
5373 Wenonah Drive, Dallas, Texas – Original Home
The home designed by Fooshee and Cheek at 5373 Wenonah was designed in 1955 in Colonial Revival style. Sited on approximately an acre of land in Greenway Parks, it was torn down for a modern home to be built that was designed by Bodron and Fruit.
Belfort Place Original Home
Fooshee and Cheek also designed a two-story Colonial Revival style home with two-story neoclassical columns at 4400 Belfort Place in Highland Park in 1937. This home on an approximately one-acre of land like the Fooshee and Cheek house on Wenonah was also torn down. Colonial Revival style homes along with Georgian style homes were very popular across the United States and in Highland Park in the 1920s. As a result of this home being built in 1937, it had lower ceilings than the homes of this style built in the 1920s. It is interesting that Fooshee and Cheek, late in their careers, pivoted from the Spanish Revival style and other eclectic styles to design in this more generic Colonial Revival style from 1937 to 1955.
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.
Goodwin and Tatum Design
3500 Rock Creek Drive, Dallas, Texas
Turtle Creek Park Colonial Revival
Goodwin and Tatum designed this Colonial Revival home for Henry W. Strasberger, the founder of one of Dallas’ oldest law firms, and his wife, who was an architectural student at the time. It has always been one of Dallas’ favorite homes. Not because it is grand with imposing ceilings or dramatic architecture, but just the opposite. Its appeal comes from being sympathetic and authentic to its immediate surroundings of Rock Creek lined with dense forest and the topography and winding streets you find in this secluded neighborhood of Turtle Creek Park. In this setting, the random cut stone winding up to the front door is charming, not contrived. The wood shingles cantilevered over the first floor of random cut country stone are warm and inviting, not flimsy or without weight. Wings, sun porches and curved bay walls suggest real places to enjoy the views. This home represents a residence as a retreat or refuge and still a beacon of hospitality. In 1983, architects Robbie Fusch and Wilson Fuqua were invited by the granddaughter to expand the home which they did within the spirit of the original design.
Colonial Style Estate Home Designed by Richard Drummond Davis in Lucas, Texas
1545 Winningkoff, Lucas, Texas
