1915 – House and Automobile
1915 was an elegant year in Dallas. Wood pavers downtown had largely given way to concrete streets. Following a classic European Grand Tour, Hal Thomson returned to Dallas and began designing the city’s most elegant society estate homes, including this residence on Swiss Avenue in Munger Place, the grand boulevard of Dallas.
The motor court between the original architecturally significant 1915 residence and the later garages and secondary house is the perfect place to park a 1915 Packard Twin Six Seven Passenger Touring Car.
More than a century later, both remain reminders of an era when craftsmanship, engineering, and architecture were celebrated as expressions of progress and elegance. Today, the touring routes are more likely to be White Rock Lake and Swiss Avenue than the roads of 1915, but the Packard still looks entirely at home.
The home of John and Elise Willding was a highlight of this year’s Swiss Avenue Historic District Mother’s Day Home Tour. Mel, the family chauffeur and mechanic, stands by for special occasions and family motoring excursions. *1915 House and Automobile
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