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A team including Patrick Surratt of Lee Lewis Construction and Brett Holzle of Stantec Architecture scaled a model of a portion of the historic Elbert Williams house done by students in Yvette Hightower’s Highland Park High School Moody Advanced Professional Studies (MAPS) environmental architecture class into a full-sized playhouse replica.
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The Park Cities Historic and Preservation Society recently received a Spirit of Preservation Award by Preservation Dallas along with Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones for preserving the Elbert Williams home at 3805 McFarlin Boulevard.
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The historic 1933 Elbert Williams House at 3805 McFarlin Boulevard in University Park went under contract to Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones the evening of Dec. 3.
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When building the Elbert Williams residence on McFarlin Boulevard around 1933, architect David R. Williams sought to inject Texas flair into a landscape dotted with European-imported styles.
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The University Park City Council Aug. 1 approved changing the city’s code of ordinances to add new regulations for e-bike use.
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A new group of students (and one recent alumnus) in Yvette Hightower’s Highland Park High School Moody Advanced Professional Studies (MAPS) class designed and helped build a playhouse inspired by a historic home in the Park Cities.
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Among the notable returning builders this year are Lee Lewis Construction and Stantec, who partnered with Yvette Hightower’s Highland Park High School’s Moody Advanced Professional Studies (MAPS) environmental class to design and build a playhouse inspired by a historic home in the Park Cities for the second time.
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Visitors to NorthPark Center for Parade of Playhouses will see “the most important house in Texas” in replica form.
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Park Cities homes aren’t only grand and well-manicured.
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Preservation Park Cities lists most architecturally significant historic homes
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Meet some of the neighbors that made the headlines in 2021.
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