Fall is here and so is our unique tour of Frank Welch designed homes!

Preservation Dallas2922 Swiss Avenue

Dallas TX 75218214-821-3290

October 2017 News & Updates

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Fall Architectural TourSaturday, October 28

We are honored to attribute an entire home tour to Frank Welch, and hope you have tickets to join us for adecade by decade look at his body of work. The tour home timeline begins in the 1960s and leads up hisstately contemporary projects. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity and you do not want to miss the trulyremarkable line up! The day will begin at the Lamplighter School with morning refreshments and anarchitectural symposium including moderator Mark Lamster, architects Mark Gunderson and Scott Marek,and John Hardy who constructed many of Welch’s Texas projects. Check in begins at 8:30 am, thesymposium begins at 9 am and tour houses are open 10 am to 2 pm. An optional tour of the 1966 O’NeilFord designed Lamplighter School is also available! For more information and reservations visitPreservationDallas.org

Vote to Support the 2017 Bond!

On November 7 (with early voting startingOctober 23), Dallas citizens will be asked to votefor a $1.05 billion bond package to include fundsfor city facilities, libraries, streets, economicdevelopment, city parks and more with separatevotes on the 10 individual propositions. Two of those propositions are crucial for cityowned historic structures – Propositions C and F.Proposition C will fund $50 million for crucialrepairs and rehabilitation of the buildings at FairPark, including the iconic Hall of State.Proposition F will fund $14 million for repairingand improving cultural and performing artsfacilities, including the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Kalita Humphreys Theater. For more information on the bond, visit the City's website or the Bond Campaign website.

The Dallas Center for Architecture will be hosting Paying It Forward: A Discussion of the City of Dallas2017 Bond Election on October 23. The program will feature a group of architects and city employees withthe latest information on the bond. It will be an interesting discussion on how we maintain our architecturalheritage and determine what priorities we should make with these often-in-the-spotlight buildings. Details onspeakers and panelists are to come. The program will begin promptly at 7 p.m. A $10 donation to supportDCFA programming is requested at the door. RSVP here..

Advanced Historic House Specialist seminar

October 198:30 am - 5 pmWilson Carriage House2922 Swiss Avenue, behind the Wilson House

Hone the skills learned in the Historic HouseSpecialist seminar by taking our one-day advancedclass. Learn about materials and methods ofhousing in Dallas, preservation economics, homeappraisal, landscape and more. This class includesa trip to the public library for advanced historicbuilding research. Don't delay! Enrollment islimited with only ten seats left! The past sessionshave sold out with a wait list!

REGISTRATION:The workshop is $115 and includes lunch and a light continental breakfast. Realtors will receive 6 hours MCEcredit.

Register online with MetroTex Association of REALTORS or at 214-540-2751.

More Realtors Receive the Historic House SpecialistDesignation

Twenty-three North Texas Realtors received theHistoric House Specialist designation inSeptember, having completed our ever popularHistoric House Specialists (HHS) program. Thetotal number of Historic House Specialists in NorthTexas is now just over 1000. These Realtors®have added special knowledge of historicneighborhoods, Dallas architectural styles andarchitects, and historic designation criteria to theirprofessional skills. Our next HHS seminar will beheld in March 2018. Check our website forupdates. Congratulations to our new specialists!

Preservation in the 2010s

This is the last in our series on the history ofPreservation Dallas which brings us to the 2010s.In an effort to bring younger folks into thepreservation fold, the Preservation Dallas YoungProfessionals group (PDYP) was started in 2011with the goal of creating a networking group and tolearn more about preservation in the city. Theyhave since gone on to hold events, happy hoursand participated in National Rebuilding Day in thehistoric Tenth Street neighborhood in 2014.

The Urban Armadillos group formally joined withPreservation Dallas in 2013 in an effort to developwalking trails in downtown Dallas. Their volunteergroup, made up of folks interested in “digging up the history of Dallas,” had been working on researching sitesin downtown Dallas before joining Preservation Dallas. The trails idea expanded into the free mobile appPegasus Urban Trails (available on Android and iTunes), which launched in 2014.

After the unfortunate surprise demolitions of four historic buildings in downtown Dallas in the fall of 2014Preservation Dallas called attention to the lack of protections for significant buildings in downtown.Preservation Dallas was represented on the city’s newly established Downtown Preservation Task Force tolook at the issue. The task force came up with nine recommendations for the city to implement. The mostimportant was a Demolition Delay Ordinance which was passed in the fall of 2015.

To help educate the public about the incredible diversity of architectural styles in Dallas a temporary exhibitwas launched at the Old Red Museum of Dallas County History and Culture in 2015. The exhibit wassubsequently developed into a booklet which has been donated to all public libraries and the libraries of allDISD middle and high schools. The exhibit has continued to travel since its debut in 2015.

Expansion of the celebration of National Preservation Month started in 2016 with a roster of activitiesthroughout the month to showcase and celebrate the power of historic preservation in Dallas. In 2017,National Preservation Month culminated in the biggest awards event for Preservation Dallas at the Statlerhotel with Stephanie Meeks, President and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, as thekeynote speaker.

As we move closer to the 2020’s there will more that Preservation Dallas will accomplish and in only fiveshort years we turn 50, which of course will be a huge celebration!

Preservation IssuesConfederate Monuments - The Confederate Monuments Task Force has completed their work and came upwith a set of recommendations for the city. They include: the Lee Statue not return to Lee Park and that thepark be renamed; the removal of the Confederate Monument in Pioneer Cemetery; the renaming of fivestreets – Lee, Cabell, Beauregard, Gano, and Stonewall; and the Confederate imagery at Fair Park remainwith information added to help explain its context as part of the history of Texas; and several others. View therecommendations here.

Aldredge House – The Aldredge House will go to the City Plan Commission on October 19 for theconsideration of a Planned Development (PD) which will define and limit the uses of the property within itsresidential community and allow the Aldredge House to operate for charitable purposes with a focus oneducational, neighborhood groups and nonprofit activities. A Special Use Permit (SUP) is proposed for amaximum of 12 social events per year with specific guidelines and limits for how those events can operate. Eagle Ford School – A new owner has purchased the school and they have received approval from theLandmark Commission to install a fence around the property, make repairs to the exterior and paint, andremove the concrete blocks from the window openings to install new windows. The school is also still makingits way through the Landmark Designation process. Noll-Struck House – The Noll-Struck House has also been purchased and the new owner would like torehabilitate the house. It is also going through the Landmark Designation process. Lake Cliff Historic District – Last week at the Landmark Commission meeting they voted to initiate theLandmark Designation process to add 11 more properties to the Lake Cliff Historic District. The move wasprompted by a demolition permit application submitted for 834 Blaylock, which is at the entrance to the LakeCliff district. Unfortunately, since the demolition permit for 834 Blaylock had already been applied for beforethe Landmark Commission meeting it cannot be revoked. The Landmark Designation Committee will nowreview the additional properties and the potential for adding them to the existing historic district.

Director's LetterDavid Preziosi

A big thanks goes out to everyone who supported Preservation Dallas during North Texas Giving Day! Thereare a lot of choices of organizations to give to during the day and Preservation Man was greatly pleased withthe results for Preservation Dallas. In total over $39 million was raised for nonprofits in North Texas. Thatwas $2 million more than last year.

We surpassed our goal again this year through the wonderful support of the following who gave toPreservation Dallas: Kerry Adams, Buddy Apple, Architexas, Vanessa Baker, Tom and Tiffany Bakewell,Alice Baltierra, Crystal Bell, Beth Bentley, Patrick & Tom Boyd-Lloyd, Colleen Brainerd, John Brown, thefamily of Will Clow, Zoe, Anders, Nichole and Chris Culak, Nicky DeFreece Emery, Adrianne Duvall,Harryette Ehrhardt, Susan Ernst, Chas Fitzgerald, Sean Garman, Jacque Gavin, Erin Granberry, Joannaand John Hampton, Rick and RuLan Hebeler, Philip Henderson, Sydney Herndon, Daniel Huerta, GinanKalenik, Brian Keith, Victor Kralisz, Robert Kucharski, Yolanda Lawson, Peter Livingston, Nicola Longford,Susan Lowry, Ashley McClure, Craig Melde, Patrick Mendoza, David Millheiser, Peggy Millheiser, KellyMitchell, Linda Mitchell, Brady Moore, Lisa and John Moreno, Greg Nieberding, Jane Pak, Paula Peters andJohn Armstrong, Al Preisser, Alicia Quintans, Carol Roark, Lisa Ricci Rofsky, Jon Rollins, Alicia Schroeder,Douglas Sharp, Nancy Shelton, Diane Sherman, SparkFarm, Kim Stanley, Doug Taylor, Shawn Todd, JulieTravis, Kathy Turpin, Melinda Valentine, Ambrosio Villarreal, Jeff and Louanne Weeks, Karen WilsonSmith, Claudia Worme, and Karen Young.

Thanks again so much to all of those above for choosing to support Preservation Dallas with a special gift onNorth Texas Giving Day 2017! There is a rumor floating around that Preservation Man will be back for 2018and joined by some additional superfriends!

Don’t forget about our signature fall event, the Fall Architectural Tour, coming up this month on the 28th. Itwill be a not-to-miss opportunity to see the amazing work of Frank Welch during his career from the 1960s to2000s, all in one day!

EventsPDYP happy hour

Wednesday, October 11, 6 pmBromberg House3201 Wendover

Join PDYP for a members only event at the beautiful andhistoric O'Neil Ford designed Bromberg house in Lakewood thatsits on almost 7 acres of land. This is a come-and-go tour andnetworking event with complimentary beer and wine. Registerhere.

Historic Architectural Styles of Dallas

October 16 - November 17Monday - Thursday, 9-5 pm, Friday, 9-1 pmDallas Center for Architecture1909 Woodall Rodgers Frwy, Suite 100

Check out the amazing diversity of architectural styles throughthis engaging exhibit featuring Dallas' best historic architecture.This exhibit is on loan to the Center from Preservation Dallas.

InTown Outing: Weinstein House

Thursday, October 19, 6 pm716 North Janmar

In preparation for the Frank Welch fall home tour, we are excitedto share the Welch designed Weinstein House in the beautifulJanmar neighborhood. The house was one of Frank's lastprojects and the tree filled, topographical neighborhood could notbe a more fitting platform for this unique design. You can seenine Frank Welch designed houses in the month of October andyou do not want to miss this one! Register here.

Tales from the Vault

Monday, October 30, 6:30 pmWilson Carriage House - 2922 Swiss Avenue

Join the Friends of the Dallas Municipal Archives as theypresent Tales from the Vault: Weird Tales and FascinatingStories in Dallas’ Historic Cemeteries. John Slate, CityArchivist will weave a web of history and folklore around ourcity's cemeteries. Free for members of the Friends of the DallasMunicipal Archives and Preservation Dallas; $5 suggesteddonation for non-members. For more info on the event clickhere.

DFW Deco Book Event

Thursday, November 9, 6 pm

Hall of State at Fair Park

Authors David Bush and Jim Parsons have followed up theirhighly successful Fair Park Deco book with DFW Deco:Modernistic Architecture of North Texas, the pair's fourth bookchronicling Art Deco in the Lone Star State. The new bookexplores the full range of modernistic building styles and someof the uniquely Texan influences that have shaped the growingcities of North Texas from Dallas to Fort Worth. David and Jimwill discuss their latest work and sign copies of the bookafterwards. This event is sponsored by Dallas ArchitectureForum, Dallas Center for Architecture, Dallas Historical Society,and Preservation Dallas. Register here.

Please Welcome our New Members in September!

IndividualNancy AddisonMichael BrinkThani BurkeLizette CadenaChad CarlsonSkylar ChampionKarina DavilaSydney DelagiAndrea HillsDiane Jackson-AbelMarilyn JonesBrenda Kronenberg

Teresa LenschLaura Michele MayeauxAlexis PearlRebekah RayKandice ReedAlbany ShawLinda SmithWilliam Joshua StoolRobert R. SullivanLarry A. Wood

Young Professionals (PDYP)Brad Allison

Thank you to the following members for renewing!

Katie BlairMichael Cheever

Bess DicksonTravis Finlan

Beth FitzgeraldGinger Gill

Andreea HamiltonJon Howells

Alexandra KleineckDavid KlempinAshley McClureDavid RolstonNancy Shutt

Rodney Willis

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