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THE SWISS AVENUE
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5210   5310

YEAR BUILT: 1918
ARCHITECT/BUILDER: Unknown
ORIGINAL OWNER: Fred M. Lege, Jr.
ORIGINAL
DESCRIPTION:
Two story 4-Square/Prairie w/Georgian details. Tan brick. Composition roof. Hip roof; triple dormer window w/hip roof; paired brackets and expose rafters. Recessed entry; Georgian door surround w/broken triangular pediment. Raised full width open terrace w/corbeled brick wall. Urns. Recessed two story wing at left (open porch on first floor). Recessed two story porte cochere on right.
OF INTEREST: Fred Lege, Jr. was a pioneer in the oil and gas industry. He became the first president of Magnolia Oil Company in 1924. In the 1930s Hal Thompson, architect of several homes on Swiss Avenue, remodeled the interior of this house in the Art Deco style that was popular at the time. The home was the first in Dallas to have air conditioning installed in August 1959.