Winnetka Heights Historic District

Winnetka Heights is a residential neighborhood in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Texas, covering roughly 164 acres and about 600 buildings. It lies across the Trinity River from the central business district and follows the boundaries of the original Winnetka Heights subdivision. Most houses are frame and were built between 1910 and 1920. Bungalows are the most common type, with low-pitched gable roofs and broad front porches on brick piers. Larger two-story houses show Prairie School influence, and some are Colonial Revival. A few Jacobethan Revival cottages date from the 1930s. A small commercial strip along West Davis Street includes a Jacobethan Revival retail block that is unusual for Texas. Tree-lined streets, generous setbacks, rear garages and mature plantings give the area a uniform scale. About 460 buildings are classed as contributing, 120 as compatible and 25 as intrusive, so the neighborhood remains substantially intact.