{"id":210220,"date":"2025-09-08T12:52:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T12:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/210220\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T12:52:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T12:52:26","slug":"weve-added-a-dines-kraft-french-tudor-to-our-collection-of-magnificent-estates-available-in-east-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/210220\/","title":{"rendered":"We’ve Added a Dines & Kraft French Tudor to Our Collection of Magnificent Estates Available in East Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you\u2019re looking for a luxury historic home that\u2019s on at least half an acre, close to downtown, near water, and has plenty of opportunities for outdoor activities, you want to be in East Dallas.<\/p>\n

There are currently three magnificent estates available in East Dallas that deserve a great deal of attention. I\u2019ve featured two in the past few weeks, and yesterday, this 1935 Lakewood French Tudor with an incredible pedigree popped up on my screen.<\/p>\n

It was built by Albert Dines of Dines & Kraft, one of the most prominent developers of Lakewood. The architect was\u2026 well, it\u2019s complicated. According to the paperwork, it was George Marble. However, Marble and Charles Dilbeck worked together as partners for six months in 1932, shortly after the latter moved to Dallas. As Shakespeare said, \u201cAnd thereby hangs a tale.\u201d<\/p>\n

I rang up Dilbeck authority Willis Winters for further clarification. He sent me information from the Dallas Building Record archives, which shows the building permit for this French Tudor was issued to Dines & Kraft on December 12, 1934. So how could Dilbeck have been involved? This house was built almost two years after the partnership ended.<\/p>\n

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Winters pointed out the signature Dilbeck elements, starting with the round chimney flue, which virtually no other architect in the city did.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way the roof sweeps down in a gentle curve to cover the front porch, the dormer window inset above the porch, the leaded glass windows, the cream colored field stone in the two-story wall, and the way Dilbeck trims his windows with terra cotta orange colored brick are all Dilbeck trademarks,\u201d Winters said. \u201cI can point to about 12 signature items on the house that are Dilbeck design components, and there are some things I\u2019ve\u00a0only\u00a0seen Dilbeck design.\u201d<\/p>\n

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So, back to how this French Tudor could be a Dilbeck<\/a>. It\u2019s conceivable that it was designed while Marble and Dilbeck were partners, but there is no documented proof.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarble\u2019s stamp and name are on the drawings of the Dines & Kraft collection at the library,\u201d Winters said. \u201cMarble\u2019s work is more similar to Dilbeck than any other architect in Dallas, and Marble was essentially the in-house architect for Dines & Kraft.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The only way it could be attributed to Dilbeck, and it\u2019s certainly a strong possibility, is if Dilbeck drew the plans and they were shelved until a client that could afford a house of this stature came along.<\/p>\n

So the mystery remains, but for Winters, all signs point to that scenario. I think we are safe in calling it a Marble & Dilbeck design.<\/p>\n

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\"FrenchThe kitchen features Sub-Zero appliances, double ovens, a commercial-grade range, two dishwashers, multiple refrigerated drawers, marble counters, a large center island, and a butler\u2019s pantry with an ice maker and beverage fridge.<\/p>\n

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The couple that could finally afford those amazing house plans was Melvin and Esther Hurst. Melvin was\u00a0the president of Regina Manufacturing Company, which made, according to advertisements, \u201cfine curtains.\u201d They must have been very fine, as the whopping construction value on the permit was $100,000, which was a very big number in 1934.<\/p>\n

\"FrenchFrench doors in the principal suite open to a private balcony.<\/p>\n

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Fast forward to 1965, and Albert Dines moved his family here. I think that speaks volumes about how much Dines liked this house. He had previously lived down the street at 6711 Lakewood Blvd. in another home he constructed.<\/p>\n

In 1998, the classic French Tudor received the Preservation Dallas\u2019 Best Historic Renovation award, and in\u00a0 2018, it was on the Lakewood Home Tour. Julie and Jay Teinert owned it then and did some impressive renovations and updates. About a third of the present square footage had been added prior to the Tenierts\u2019 ownership, so you can see that everyone who has owned it has been a good steward.<\/p>\n

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The 7,026-square-foot, four-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bathroom home retains its original character while offering all the updates a modern family expects. The attic offers another level of flexible space, and there is even a detached 888-square-foot guest cottage, as well as a whole-house generator.<\/p>\n

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You get the best of both worlds here: a beautifully maintained and updated classic historic home with a provenance you just cannot match.<\/p>\n

Compass Realtor Nancy Johnson has this historic French Tudor at 6748 Lakewood Blvd. available for $4.7 million.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re looking for a luxury historic home that\u2019s on at least half an acre, close to downtown,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":210221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[115317,5229,62785,1596,115318,11212,115319,115320,115321,64689,115322,115323,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-210220","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-6748-lakewood-blvd","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-compass","11":"tag-dallas","12":"tag-dines-kraft","13":"tag-east-dallas","14":"tag-george-marble","15":"tag-h-l-hunt","16":"tag-herbert-marcus","17":"tag-mount-vernon","18":"tag-nancy-johnson","19":"tag-pete-livingston","20":"tag-texas","21":"tag-tx","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-united-states-of-america","24":"tag-unitedstates","25":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","26":"tag-us","27":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115168775156254717","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}