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Crespi Hicks

Crespi Hicks

Sophistication and Refinement Define Estate Home

You will find articles on the Crespi Hicks estate, articles and photographs on the original Crespi Estate and over 300 photographs illustrating the Crespi-Hicks home.

Who Purchased Crespi Hicks Estate?

After the years’ expectation that Andy Beal would purchase the Crespi Estate, Andy Beal successfully negotiated the purchase of this Preston Hollow estate home.

Andy Beal Purchases Crespi Estate

Private Air on Cover Reveals Crespi Hicks As Finest Estate home in America

Private Air Luxury Homes is provided to private jet travelers, an audience shared with Douglas Newby.

Crespi Hicks Featured on Cover of Private Air

Crespi Hicks Designed by Maurice Fatio

Architect Maurice Fatio designed the Crespi Estate was considered the nation’s best estate architect in the 1920’s and the 1930’s. Maurice Fatio was best known for his work in New York and Palm Beach and the Crespi home, the last great estate home he designed.

Architect Maurice Fatio

Crespi Hicks is Found in Preston Hollow Neighborhood

The estate neighborhood of Preston Hollow is the perfect location for the estate – Crespi Hicks. The Crepi Hicks renovation architect was Peter Marino. For the Crespi Hicks estate, Peter Marino furthered the proportions and refinement of architect Maurice Fatio.

Preston Hollow Neighborhood

The Largest Estate Properties are Found in Mayflower Estates

Crespi Hicks Estate benefits from the  seclusion and topography of Mayflower Estates.

Mayflower Estates Neighborhood

Crespi Hicks Defines Architecturally Significant

The Crespi Hicks Estate is the lens through which to look at other Architecturally Significant Homes.

Architecturally Significant Homes

History of Crespi Estate

The origin of the Crespi Hicks estate home begins with the Crespi Estate.

History of Crespi Estate – Pio Crespi and Florence Crespi and Architect Maurice Fatio

Crespi Hicks For Sale

Crespi Hicks offered for sale is found on Featured Listings of Significant Homes.

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Crespi-Hicks Has Modern Floor Plan

The Crespi Hicks Estate is divided into three structures, allowing each room to be filled with sunlight.

An Estate Home Even Modern Architects Love

Crespi Hicks in President Bush Neighborhood

Crespi Hicks is found in the neighborhood of President and Mrs. George W. Bush.

New Home for President Bush Will Double Land Value
Mayflower Estates is Neighborhood for President Bush

Crespi Hicks is Announced For Sale in the Huffington Post

The Huffington Post was the first to announce that the Crespi Hicks Estate was being offered for sale.

Huffington Post Article on “A Cultural Icon Comes on the Market”

Huffington Post Identifies Crespi Hicks as Finest Estate Home in America

An article in the HuffingtonPost.com describes the criteria for the finest estate homes.

Huffington Post Article on “The Finest Estate Home in America Found”

Crespi Hicks Video

This video on the Crespi Hicks explains the relationship of the architect and architecture with the land.

Crespi Hicks Estate Video

Original Crespi Estate

The origin of Crespi Hicks was the Crespi Estate designed by Maurice Fatio

See Original Crespi Estate

Crespi Hicks Has Most Value of Any Property Offered For Sale

Many consider Crespi-Hicks to have the most potential appreciation because of its architectural pedigree and the Crespi Hicks’, 25 acre estate property.

See Crespi / Hicks Estate Home For Sale

Crespi Hicks Finest Estate Home in America

See over 300 photographs of Crespi Hicks.

See Renovated Crespi / Hicks Estate Home

For further information contact me, Douglas Newby, real estate broker and listing agent for Crespi Hicks Estate.

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The Dallas Museum of Art opened the Cartier and Is The Dallas Museum of Art opened the Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity exhibit with a 5:30 to 8:00 black tie reception. New York Met Gala, Art Exhibitions, and Social Events are flourishing after a social sabbatical. Has there been a fashion reset? Does a mid-spring 90° afternoon influence one’s sartorial decisions? Liberties taken with black tie are often evident at the Oscars defining the too-cool-for-black-tie movement—no ties, long ties, and the latest fashion cliché, untied or loosely draped ties. Black tie and boots have long been a popular approach. My interpretation of a black tie afternoon Dallas Art Museum opening was black tie and slides. I was inspired by black tie and boots because of the long accepted blue jeans. White jeans (Loro Piana) seemed perfect for spring. Being a traditionalist, I thought it important to wear a proper black dinner jacket (my Savile Row tailor made my “tux” jacket and also organized my Emanuel Berg German-made pique shirt). The long Hermes gray tie wasn’t to eschew the black bow tie, but to tonally connect the black jacket and white jeans. The casually placed pocket square from Brooks Brothers also places me as a man of the people. The soft white eyeglass frames are from Barton Perreira. The foundation of the look is the black Hermes slides (Chypre). A nod to Cartier was the silver and black panther cufflinks. The only black tie convention that it hurt me to break was wearing a watch. However, a tribute to Cartier and their loaning such fabulous pieces from their permanent collection, I wore a black and silver Cartier S-watch. My pain was eased by the invitation showing an end time. For this black tie event, time did matter. Oh, and it occurred to me afterwards, maybe I am doing my part for gender progression by wearing open-toe shoes usually only acceptable for women at black tie parties. *Black Tie Afternoon
 
#DallasMuseumOfArt #BlackTieAndSlides #DinnerJacket #SavileRow #HermesChypre #LoroPiana #CartierAndIslamicArt #BartonPerreira #BrooksBrothers #HermesTie #Cartier #HermesSandals #Dallas #Fashion
What a great name, Wired Ball, shown on the hand l What a great name, Wired Ball, shown on the hand lettered sign, for a croquet party at the home of the Stevens family on the corner of Swiss Avenue and Haskell. Laura Stevens Chadwick, whom I discussed in my previous post, sent me this photograph of her grandmother’s house with her father measuring the distance of the ball to the wire wicket, along with several young ladies in fashionable croquet dresses. This picture arrived in my mailbox not long after I participated in a Multiple Sclerosis Society fundraising Bachelor Bid Auction, in which I participated along with several of my supportive friends on Swiss Avenue. They hosted a progressive dinner with each course at a different home on Swiss Avenue making up my bid package. In the Bachelor Bid book, I was photographed holding a croquet mallet, as I thought this conveyed the gilded age of Swiss Avenue. It was so fun to receive this photograph validating my impression of Swiss Avenue. The winning bid was $5,500, a meaningful contribution to the cause.  Kenny Novorr’s home at 5303 Swiss Avenue was the first home built on the street in 1905 and it was featured on the progressive dinner. It is probably close to the age of the home on Swiss and Haskell. Both homes had elements of Victorian architecture but had made the transition to a more nuanced Prairie style. When Laura Stevens’ grandfather moved to Dallas in 1870, she said the streets were mud with wood planks. When her grandfather suddenly died, her mother moved from the Stevens Park area to the home on Swiss and Haskell. She said the house in the photograph further down the street was the Chilton home. May is a month of preserving homes, preserving memories, and creating new homes worth preserving in the future. *Wired Ball 
 
#SwissAvenue #DallasNeighborhood #Dallas #Croquet #LawnParty #HistoricHome #PeakSuburbanDistrict #MungerPlace #OldEastDallas
#HistoricPreservation #PreservationMonth
During Preservation Month in May, I would like to During Preservation Month in May, I would like to share two photographs I received from correspondence with Laura Stevens Chadwick 35 years ago about neighborhoods. As a result of my work as a real estate broker and my interest in Dallas neighborhoods and history, I occasionally received little treasures like the original architectural plans for the Bianchi house on Reiger designed by architects Lang & Witchell or in this case the photograph of 3013 Swiss. The picture is of Laura Chadwick’s grandmother’s house on her mother’s side where Laura was born. It is one block down from the Wilson block of Victorian houses assembled and renovated by the Meadows Foundation for nonprofit offices, including the 1902 Preservation Dallas office.  By 1905, Prairie influence was transitioning away from Victorian style, and by 1910 all new homes had Prairie elements.  While the Meadows Foundation renovated Victorian houses for offices, Munger Place homeowner Jim Aiken moved two Victorian houses to Munger Place and renovated them along with several Prairie style homes in Munger Place that he sold to homeowners. Jim did on Reiger what Don Criswell and his neighbors did on their block. They purchased divided-up rent houses and renovated them so that families would buy them for single family homes. Fred Longmore did the same thing on Tremont and Victor. All these Munger Place homeowner preservation efforts were before Virginia and Lee McAlester and I created the Revolving Fund to do much the same thing but with the profits going to the Historic Preservation League so they could hire their first Executive Director, Susan Mead. Earlier this year, a 1990 Victorian style home on Gilbert in Oak Lawn sold. It was one of the rare Victorian style homes to be built in the last 100 years. Virtually every other 20th century style has been successfully revived. For this reason, architecturally significant homes in these popular styles should be easier to preserve, not harder. In addition, new homes in these classic styles should continue to contribute to the rich architectural landscape. *Neighborhoods Evolve
 
#WilsonBlock #PreservationDallas #MungerPlace #MeadowsFoundation
May Day is always one of my favorite days–associ May Day is always one of my favorite days–associated with wildflowers, May baskets, and a festive mood halfway into spring. What better way to celebrate May Day than with vibrant friends who celebrate Dallas all year with their accomplishments. What better place to celebrate May Day than dinner on the garden patio of Cafe Pacific on a beautiful evening. Notre Dame was also celebrated, which is fitting since the day has tributes made to Virgin Mary. The former Notre Dame student council president, now owner and Chief Wagoneer of Radio Flyer, upon hearing that fellow transportation titan from Notre Dame was celebrating May Day along with progeny of a Notre Dame All-American football player, sent miniature Radio Flyer wagons as May basket table favors. May Day also is the first day of Preservation Month. Who better to celebrate Preservation Month with than Amy and Les Ware who have accomplished the most important home restoration of the century in Highland Park and Dallas. On a massive lot this English-style architecturally significant home designed by C.D. Hill was doomed for destruction. In the good hands and aesthetic sophistication of the Wares, the 100-year-old home on Beverly was restored and seen at the Patron Party of the Park Cities Preservation Tour. May Day also has a more ominous meaning, one of warning. A splendid celebration at Cafe Pacific reminds one of the fragility of time-honored places and institutions deeply engraved in our lives that need to be preserved. Is there anywhere in Dallas that embodies the grace, elegance, sense of perfection and fun that Highland Park homeowner Jack Knox has created at Cafe Pacific–a restaurant as relevant today as 30 years ago? Also in the house on May Day, were the 3 best chefs in Dallas: Dean Fearing and Stephan Pyles as guests and Chef Terry Cook in the kitchen, along with dignitaries, Highland Park families, young couples, all treated like royalty and longtime friends. As we think about Preservation in May, may we devote time to think about preserving the magic of Cafe Pacific and its contributions to Highland Park for years to come. *May Day
 
#CafePacific #JackKnox #HighlandParkVillage #HighlandPark
A house concert with a chamber music intimacy at t A house concert with a chamber music intimacy at the spectacular guest pavilion designed by architect Cliff Welch was a perfect way to kick off spring, celebrate the elevation of Cliff Welch to an AIA Fellow, and the re-emergence of Welch architecture as Cliff again concentrates his practice on what he loves most and does best, designing architecturally significant modern homes. At this beautiful and serene setting, we were able to hear the music of the talented Jackson Emmer, a singer and songwriter, and converse with many Cliff Welch clients who exchanged their reflections on how much they enjoy the modern home Cliff Welch designed for them. The modern home of Katherine and Bruce Winson on West Lake Highlands Drive is a home imbedded in every cyclist’s mind as it is always a treat to see it from the lake and is a reward for climbing the hill to see it up close. Thank you to all those who have retained Cliff Welch to design their homes so the rest of us can enjoy his work. Thank you to Joe McCall, FAIA, a brilliant modern architect and leader in his profession, for nominating and sponsoring Cliff to become an AIA Fellow, and to Cliff for his continued good work and contribution to the community. *Welch Pavilion at Lake
 
#ModernHome #DallasNeighborhood #WhiteRockLake #Pavilion #Dallas #JacksonEmmer @CliffWelchAIA @JoeMcCallFAIA @JacksonEmmer #Architect #DallasArchitecture #ArchitecturallySignificant #ModernDesign #HouseConcert #DallasContemporaryDesign
Iconic street, iconic home, iconic architect. Faci Iconic street, iconic home, iconic architect. Facing the last few moments of the life of a home, one reflects on the home’s impact and why it made such an impact. Slide through images to see composition and articulation of Hal Thomson’s architectural detail at 4908 Lakeside that made this home the most iconic and admired home on Lakeside Drive. I have even come to the conclusion that the reason Highland Parks’ Lakeside Drive has been thought of as one of the five iconic streets in Dallas is because of this Hal Thomson-designed home and its flourishes of restrained romantic details perfectly proportioned and distributed. When one thinks of Lakeside Drive, one thinks of this Old Highland Park home. It is these details that have sustained Henry B. Thomson as the iconic Dallas architect of the early 20th Century. Hal Thomson is the one Dallas architect admired by all current architects of Dallas and revered by historicist architects who are inspired by his work. I recall the late Ted Pillsbury, the former director of the Kimball Art Museum remarking on the perfect composition and details of his favorite Dallas home—one by Hal Thomson. I continually find myself visually stopping at each Hal Thomson house when I ride my bike on Swiss Ave. These homes are familiar as I have ridden by them thousands of times. The Hal Thomson houses seemingly blend into the landscape of other architecturally significant homes on the street that are of a similar size and setback, yet the Hal Thomson houses catch my attention every time. I look closer and wonder why the home has such profound effect on me. I come to the conclusion it is the details. The details are romantic, elegant and refined, but are subtle, the last thing you notice. These images of details will hopefully be imprinted in our minds and of architects. Great community sentiment came for the home to be saved. Beyond contacting the owners, what efforts were made over the last year, 5 years, 25 years to save the home. Additional strategies are needed. We need to start saving homes. *Disappearing Details
 
#HighlandPark #4908Lakeside #HighlandParkPreservation #HomesTornDown #CurbAppeal #HalThomson #HistoricHomes #Architect

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