Two
story Italian Renaissance. Red brick. Slate roof. Hip
roof w/three window central dormer (arch above center
window); balustrade; dentils. Center pavilion w/stone
quoins; three arched openings to recessed entry portico;
keystones; iron balcony above portico. Stone lintels above
main floor windows; keystones. Shutters on all windows.
Sonte quoins at corners of main mass. Full width raised
open terrace w/wide steps; stone balustrade and urns.
Recessed two story wings either side behind twin loggias
w/Palladain arhces and wood balustrades. Wood balustrades
w/finials above loggias.
OF
INTEREST:
This
house, which is perhaps the Swiss Avenue home most admired
by tourists, was originally built for George Greer, a
lawyer and later president of the Magnolia Petroleum Company.
The family of Currie McCutcheon, a noted criminal lawyer
and one time Dallas county attorney, lived here for over
30 years.
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