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THE SWISS AVENUE
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5002   5032

YEAR BUILT: 1928
ARCHITECT/BUILDER: Lang and Witchell
ORIGINAL OWNER: Offa S. Boggess
ORIGINAL
DESCRIPTION:
Two story English country. brown brick. Slate roof. Steep hip roof; two dormers w/shed roofs and shuttered openings. Massive front chimney of stone and decorative brickwork w/multiple pots on recessed left wing. Pagoda roofed entry portico w/wood spindles. Large stained glass stair window. Diamond shaped panes in main floor windows. Recesses two story porte cochere on right w/brackets and herringbone brick pattern.
OF INTEREST: This home was built for Nina Bell, the daughter of Rufus Higginbotham, and her husband, Offa S. Boggess, a banker. Later it was the home of Ray and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson, who were married in the house in 1978. The exterior was used to introduce scenes of Sue Ellen Ewing in her parent's home in the popular television series "Dallas."
VIDEOS: Swiss Avenue Historic District - Mother's Day Home Tour 2006
PHOTO GALLERY:

Feb 14, 2004 - Most snow since 1985

December 2005

December 2005