{"nrhp_refnum":"95000317","name":"Levi-Topletz House","other_names":["Phase IV--East Dallas DAL/DA 9"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2603 Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dallas","county":"Dallas County","state":"TX","lat":32.76742825700006,"lon":-96.77058777299999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-03-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large 2 1/2-story brick house at 2603 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in the Edgewood Addition of South Dallas, Texas, built around 1914 and designed by architect H. A. Overbeck. Two outbuildings stand behind it.","why_significant":"The house is nominated under Criterion C for architecture at the local level as an outstanding example of early 20th-century domestic design blending Italian Renaissance and Prairie School detailing. It retains its original fabric to a remarkable degree, even though most of the surrounding streetscape has been lost to commercial and apartment development. It is also tied to Edgewood, the last exclusive streetcar suburb in South Dallas, and to the Levi family who developed it.","narrative":"Built around 1914 at 2603 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Dallas, this 2 1/2-story brick house combines Italian Renaissance and Prairie School features. It has a low hipped roof of red ceramic tile, a balconied one-story portico with massive brick corner piers, exposed carved rafter ends, and horizontally emphasized windows. A garage/apartment and a small playhouse stand behind it. Dallas architect H. A. Overbeck designed the house for Leo S. Levi, a businessman whose family firm helped develop the Edgewood Addition, the last exclusive streetcar suburb in South Dallas. Solomon Topletz, a real estate investor, bought it in 1922 and lived there into the 1940s. Along Forest Avenue, now Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, commercial buildings and apartments replaced most of the grand homes. This house survives with its original character largely intact, which is why it was recognized for its architecture at the local level.","period_of_significance":"c. 1914","architect_builder":"Overbeck, H.A.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Italian Renaissance (with Prairie School elements)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and virtually unchanged since about 1914; the two outbuildings are in fair condition. Current function is single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.363151-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/58/9686/40968658/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/95000317.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000317/1fde9bb462-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000317/1fde9bb462-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Levi-Topletz1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Levi-Topletz1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968658","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi%E2%80%93Topletz_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000922"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dallas-county/levi-topletz-house-95000317/"}