Historic site
Swiss Avenue Historic District
5 locals recommend,
Location
Dallas, TX
Swiss Avenue
Tips from locals
Elizabeth
April 20, 2016
Stroll up Swiss Avenue and enjoy a lovely walk while admiring the awesome historic architecture. Swiss Avenue is one of the best walking streets in East Dallas!
Brian
January 13, 2015
Incredible walk to see Historic homes.
David
October 1, 2016
Fitzhugh Ave, Northeast of downtown, Dallas, TX 75204 Swiss Avenue became the first paved street in the entire city of Dallas. The surfacing material selected was bois d’arc block (horseapple tree wood), known for its extreme density and durability. A trolley line was installed to provide residents with convenient transportation to the downtown business and shopping districts, and a railway spur track was laid in what is now the alleyway between Swiss and Gaston, allowing residents who were well-heeled enough to own private rail cars to simply board at the rear of their homes and travel to anyplace the rails could transport them. Today, Swiss Avenue stands as the finest example of an early 20th Century neighborhood in the entire Southwest. Its eclectic mix of homes, spanning its 2 ½ mile stretch, represent virtually every popular residential design style of the day, including Mediterranean, Spanish, Spanish Revival, Georgian, Mission, Prairie, Carftsman, Neoclassical, Italian Renaissance, Tudor and Colonial Revival. It has evolved from one man’s unique experiment in planned urban development to become a living testament to America’s architectural diversity.”
Fitzhugh Ave, Northeast of downtown, Dallas, TX 75204 Swiss Avenue became the first paved street in the entire city of Dallas. The surfacing material selected was bois d’arc block (horseapple tree wood), known for its extreme density and durability. A trolley line was installed to provide residents…
