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To attract the "right" social element, Munger Place was carefully planned. Just minutes from downtown Dallas by carriage, Munger Place became the very first deed-restricted neighborhood in Texas. Homes had to be a full two stories, cost at least US$2,000 and no house could face a side street. The infrastructure featured such amenities as ...
Location of Dallas County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Dallas County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Dallas County, Texas. There are 35 districts, 113 individual properties, and three former ...
The Dallas Downtown Historic District is a 555-acre (225 ha) area in downtown Dallas, Texas, United States that was designated a historic district in 2006 and expanded in 2009 to preserve the diverse architectural history of the area.
Harris-Savage Home (RTHL #17586, [20] 2013), 5703 Swiss Ave.—Constructed in 1917 for P.A. Ritter, later occupants of the home included William A. Turner, a Texas oil field pioneer, and W.R. Harris, who was a prosecutor during the impeachment of Texas Governor James Ferguson by the Texas Legislature, and Wallace Savage, a former mayor of Dallas.
Junius Heights is Dallas' largest historic district, a neighborhood of more than 800 homes in East Dallas, Texas situated east of Munger Place, south of Swiss Avenue and southwest of Lakewood. [1] It is relatively rectangular, bounded roughly by Gaston Avenue on the NW, Paulus Avenue on the NE, Reiger Avenue on the SE, and Henderson Avenue on ...
The 2010 United States Census compiled the following demographic data for Caruth Terrace : Median household income: $89,722 Median house or condo value: $375,000 Median contract rent: $1,800.00 Unemployment: 1.5% Residents below the poverty level: 4.1% Median resident age: 39 Males: 45.1% Females: 54.9%
Dealey Plaza was built on land donated by early Dallas philanthropist and businesswoman Sarah Horton Cockrell. It was the location of the first home built in Dallas, which also became the first courthouse and post office, the first store, and the first fraternal lodge. It is sometimes called the "birthplace of Dallas". [15]
DeLoache moved to Dallas in 1909 and sold cigarettes there until 1915. [1] [2] In 1922, DeLoache flew in an airplane over Dallas and decided to become a developer. [2] He turned his father-in-law's ranch near Lubbock, Texas, into the new town of Whiteface, Texas, in 1924. [1] Two years later, in 1926, he opened a real estate development firm in ...