Kessler Park Historic District (Boundary Increase)

This small residential district in the northeast corner of Kessler Park, Dallas, adds about 10 acres and 17 single-family houses to the Kessler Park Historic District listed in 1994. The houses sit on the northernmost lots of the Kessler Highlands Addition, platted in 1923, where curved streets and wedge-shaped lots follow the rolling terrain rather than the regular grid found elsewhere in the subdivision. Most homes date from the late 1920s to the early 1940s and are modest examples of Tudor Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival styles, along with several small bungalows. Brick veneer, concrete foundations and asphalt or asbestos slate roofs are typical. Twelve properties contribute to the district and five do not, including a few post-1944 houses and one built in 1993. The area was recognized for its architecture because it continues the design character of the larger district and reflects George Kessler's community planning ideas. The period of significance runs from 1928, the first house, through 1944.