The Stewart House is a two-story Tudor Revival structure, generally rectangular in plan, clad in brick on the first floor and half-timbered stucco above. Gabled and hipped bays project from the main gabled roof. A segmented, arched entry with cast stone surround is flanked by a massive chimney. The house was designed by Joseph R. … Read more
Dr. Alden Coffey, who ran the Coffey Clinic, purchased three lots in 1928. Constructed in 1929 by contractor A. J. Howard, this large house was designed by architect Ben B. Milam. The Tudor Revival structure is faced in polychrome clinker brick, with half-timbering, sandstone and cast-stone trim detailing. Cross gables, gabled dormer windows and a … Read more
Edward A. and Adele Landreth purchased in 1928 several large parcels west of River Crest Country Club, overlooking Trinity River to the west. Landreth, an oil producer who was president of Landreth Production Company and vice-president of Landreth Oil Corporation, resided there by 1930. Fooshee and Cheek of Dallas were the architects for the project … Read more
The plan of this Tudor Revival house angles in response to its pie-shaped lot on a curving street. It is superbly constructed of ashlar limestone, with cast stone trim and steeply pitched roofs. The house is prominent by virtue of its conspicuous site and solidity of materials. It was built in 1933 for Dr. William … Read more
Stanley A. and Clara L. Thompson purchased this site in 1931; he was secretary of Westbrook Oil Co. Their River Crest House was designed by Joseph Pelich; construction work was carried out by J.H. Bradshaw. The large Tudor Revival house is in composition a two-story, hip-roofed main section flanked by angled wings. Offset gabled bays … Read more
Fred Hyer, an oil operator, and his wife, Hattie, were the first occupants of this house in 1929. The Tudor Revival house is clad in variegated buff brick and features a major two-story sloping cross gable containing a smaller arched portico and a porte cochere. The roof is clad in green glazed flat tiles of … Read more
This brick house was built in 1928 for Marvin B. Simpson, an attorney, in the newly opened Park Hill subdivision. Partial half-timbering on the second story and a crenelated balcony over the entry are evocative of Tudor architecture. The house was purchased by R. E. Cox, Sr. in the later 1930s and lived in by … Read more
J. Marvin Leonard, president of Leonard Brothers Department Store, purchased several lots facing River Crest Country Club in 1935. The large house, constructed in 1936, is faced in warm orange brick with a hipped roof of polychrome slate. Important features of the Tudor Revival structure are the arched entry flanked by a two-story cross- gabled … Read more
Andrew L. Meadows, a display manager for Washer Brothers Store, and his wife, Emma, hired contractor J. L. Howell to construct their residence; Meadows is thought to have designed the house. The one and one-half story house of generally rectangular plan is clad in textured buff brick. A lively, Period Revival composition is formed by … Read more
The Mitchell-Casler House is a large red brick residence with a rectangular plan and cross-gabled roof. A gabled portico with heavy half-timbering projects forward. A roof-terraced porte-cochere adjoins to one side. The house was built in 1928 for Ansel P. Mitchell, owner of a Cadillac and LaSalle automobile dealership. The Casler family has owned the … Read more
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