Make plans to tour vintage homes

Apr. 12, 2016

Five vintage homes in Garland’s Travis College Hill Addition (South 11th Street between Avenues B and D) will be open for viewing in the addition’s second annual historic home tour from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 23.

The event is held in conjunction with Garland’s Heritage Celebration 2016.

Travis College Hill, originally platted in 1913, has received a Texas Historical Marker for its significance in the history of Garland and the State of Texas. At the time the area was platted, 11th Street was known as Garland Avenue (before the name was given to another thoroughfare).

The homes on tour were built in the early days of the last century. They include Garland’s Historic Pace House, formerly a City of Garland event center, which was moved from behind city hall and onto South 11th Street in late 2014. The Queen Anne-inspired home has been refurbished and has returned to residential usage.

Besides the Pace House, the other dwellings open to the public on the free tour are—

* 400 South 11th Street, (1918)—Greg and Becky Baxter;
* 301 South 11th Street (1915)—Dale and Hillary Adams;
* 313 South 11th Street (1913)—Louis and Kay Moore;
* 401 South 11th Street (1913)—KLMK Properties Inc.

All are bungalow style with strong Craftsman influences.

The addition, officially known as the Interurban Land Company’s Travis College Hill Addition, is a rare collection of extant dwellings that represent a remnant of life in early Garland. The addition sprang up as plans for an electric rail car, the Interurban, were being made to connect Greenville to Dallas through Garland. The rail car was to run down Mewshaw Avenue, now Avenue D. The rail car never materialized, but the addition is a reminder of that earlier period of Garland’s life.

Click here for more Heritage Celebration information.

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