Trail of Tears
An architectural trail of tears should start at 4101 Beverly Drive where the Cox Mansion recently stood. There have been several architecturally significant homes preserved in Highland Park and several destroyed. The Herbert M. Greene architect-designed home torn down is the most monumental. This is because 4101 Beverly was a residential monument. Architect Herbert Greene designed this home in the Beaux-Arts style, used at the end of the 19th century and early 20th century for monumental public buildings. The location chosen for this magnificent home was the middle of Highland Park on Beverly and Preston. Across from the Dallas Country Club, it anchored the largest homes in Highland Park. New York has its Gilded Age homes on Park Avenue. Dallas had its Gilded Age home at 4101 Beverly. This Beaux-Arts style home was the beacon of opulence and good taste in Highland Park. It announced the early aspirations of Highland Park which came to fruition. This Gilded Age mansion was conceived in 1910, when Main Street was paved with Bois d’Arc wood. In the 20th century Dallas went from a successful outpost to a thriving modern city. The glorious Victorian mansions from the late 1800s on Ross were replaced with modern homes. Munger Place in 1905 became the first planned development of architect-designed homes. Dallas continued to boom throughout the 20th century and still thrived in the 21st century — many historic homes preserved and architecturally significant homes added. Preston in Highland Park is our Gilded Age street of mansions. All original mansions on Preston will or have been replaced except Harlan Crow’s Anton Korn designed home. The 21st century homes will include one designed by British architect Quinlan Terry that replaced Governor Clements’ C.D. Hill designed home; an extraordinary Scottish architect-designed home will replace the Tudor of Trammel Crow; a NYC architect-designed French Home will replace the Herbert Greene designed home. The Gilded Age homes of the 20th century are gone. Can Preston Road turn into a street of 21st century Gilded Age homes? Hope so! *Trail of Tears
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