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5620		5634

YEAR BUILT:

1919

ARCHITECT/BUILDER:

Georgie Basham

ORIGINAL OWNER:

R.A. Furlow

ORIGINAL
DESCRIPTION:

Two story 4-Square/Prairie. Red English bond brick. Composition roof. Gable roof w/low shed roof dormer; twin front gables. Entry portico w/brick piers, Doric columns and flat roof. Stone lintels w/keystones on main floor windows. Shutters on second floor windows. One story porch on left w/Doric columns.

OF INTEREST:

The second owner of this home, Dr. Mary Grace Wilhite, authored "Prize Recipes From Dallasê Historic Swiss Avenue," which is in the Library of Congress. Dr. Wilhite was instrumental in rebuilding the Swiss Avenue gates at Fitzhugh Avenue.

WEB SITE
	The SAWG Tour is a guided one hour audio walking or driving tour starting at Fitzhugh Avenue up Swiss Avenue to La Vista Avenue and back. The SAWG Tour iPhone/iPad showcases 40 of the 106 homes across eight long blocks. The SAWG Tour App is provided by the SAWG - Swiss Avenue Women's Guild for free. SAWG Tour was designed to promote awareness of this unique Dallas Land Mark and it's designation as the largest and oldest Historic District in in the Southwest..

	THE SWISS AVENUE WOMEN'S GUILD The magnolia was chosen as the Guild's symbol because it represents Southern beauty and strength. Owners of the homes depicted on this web site do not necessarily support or are necessarily affiliated with the Swiss Avenue Women's Guild.

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