Nevermore – City Hall

By |2019-11-14T02:34:19+00:00November 14th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, Texans, West End, Women|

Our latest dive in to Nevermore architecture is this version of Dallas City Hall.  It stood for a little more than 20 years [...]

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Nevermore – Ursuline Convent

By |2019-11-11T17:40:50+00:00November 11th, 2019|architecture, art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, Texans, Women|

Here is our next nevermore structure - the original building of the Ursuline Convent completed in the 1880s in Dallas. There would be [...]

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Nevermore – St. Paul’s Sanitarium

By |2019-11-11T00:22:05+00:00November 11th, 2019|architecture, art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, Texans, West End|

Adding to our pile of nevermore buildings, here is a beauty!  This is St. Paul's Sanitarium - this building is so delightful it [...]

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Nevermore – Ross Avenue Hotel

By |2019-11-06T15:51:05+00:00November 6th, 2019|architecture, art, Black History, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Texans|

The Ross Avenue motel catered to traveling African Americans up until the 1960s.  Before that time, it was almost impossible for black travelers [...]

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Nevermore, the Times Herald Building

By |2019-11-06T04:09:01+00:00November 6th, 2019|architecture, art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, police, Private Investigators, Texans|

This rainy weather has me in a funk and so I am starting a series on Dallas buildings that are nevermore. Feast thine [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XXIII

By |2019-09-03T16:50:52+00:00August 31st, 2019|architecture, castle, cemeteries, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Fires, fort worth, graves, hanging, jail, Men, Murders, oak cliff, philadelphia, Texans|

What type of burial does a serial killer request in the late 1890s?  Well, if you are H.H. Holmes/Herman Mudgett, you request to [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XVII

By |2019-08-16T15:01:17+00:00August 16th, 2019|architecture, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Design, fort worth, graves, jail, Texans|

Taking a break from the bleak story of Holmes’ crimes, let’s go back to the mess he left in Fort Worth – the [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XVI

By |2019-08-15T16:30:17+00:00August 15th, 2019|architecture, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Deaths, fort worth, jail, Men, Texans|

Photo 1 – Moyamensing Prison when it was in use around 1904 Photo credit – Hidden City Philadelphia website Photo 2 – rampart [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XV

By |2019-08-15T00:39:24+00:00August 15th, 2019|architecture, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Fires, graves, Men, Texans|

Pictured: what was 1316 Callowhill Road in Philadelphia Photo Credit: Me! I was there! Just a few days ago! Why am I flying [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XIII

By |2019-08-07T17:40:52+00:00August 7th, 2019|architecture, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, fort worth, jail, Men, oak cliff, st. louis, Texans, Women|

Image:  A life insurance policy dating to 1893 – it is unrelated to serial killer H H Holmes himself, but gives us an [...]

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