Famous Jail Cell, part II

By |2020-01-28T22:57:23+00:00January 28th, 2020|architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, jail, Men, Murders, police, Texans|

Our famous jail cell held Lee Harvey Oswald!  Several people guessed that, but it is only partially correct.  Another famous guest was held [...]

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Famous Jail Cell

By |2020-01-28T00:55:28+00:00January 28th, 2020|architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, detective, jail, Men, night clubs, police, Politics, Texans|

Trivia!  This Dallas jail cell is quite famous.  Who did it hold? Find out in our next post who was held in the [...]

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Magnolia Building

By |2020-01-07T18:25:43+00:00January 7th, 2020|adolphus, architecture, art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Magnolia Building, Pegasus|

The Pegasus, symbol of Dallas, is often viewed atop the Magnolia Hotel.  What is now referred to as the Magnolia Hotel used to [...]

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Pegasus Found!

By |2020-01-06T01:23:21+00:00January 4th, 2020|architecture, art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, Magnolia Building, Old Red Museum, Texans, Texas State Fair, West End|

Our previous posts dealt with the (relatively) new Pegasus atop the Magnolia Hotel that was lit to celebrate New Year's Eve going in [...]

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Pegasus Lost

By |2020-01-04T17:17:29+00:00January 4th, 2020|architecture, art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, detective, Magnolia Building, Pegasus, White Rock Lake|

Yesterday we highlighted the Pegasus atop the Magnolia Building on Commerce Street.  That Pegasus is a mere 20 years old.  The 86 year [...]

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Nevermore – the Southland Life Insurance Building

By |2019-11-21T19:48:20+00:00November 21st, 2019|architecture, art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, department stores, Design, Freemasons|

Next up in our Nevermore series - one of the earliest 'skyscrapers' in Dallas history. This may look like a fairly typical tall [...]

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Nevermore – Dallas Automobile Country Club

By |2019-11-14T17:27:55+00:00November 14th, 2019|architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, Men, Texans, Women|

Next up in our nevermore series:  automobile destination clubs. During the 19teens and 1920s, automobiles were becoming all the rage. Entire industries sprung [...]

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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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