Munger Historic District

One of the things that we have always enjoyed doing in our spare time is looking at homes, and imagining what type of home (i.e. style, location, etc.) we would one day inhabit. While living in Iowa City we had staked out the few homes that really caught our eye, and enjoyed the annual parade of homes tour during the summers.

It seems lately as though the only time one hears of homes is in relation to the downward spiral that the housing market has taken recently...however we're pretty excited about this downturn. Hopefully looking to buy in the near future (i.e. 1-2 years), assuming the market doesn't instantly recover (which we don't think it will), this could work to our favor.

At any rate, while living in Dallas, we spent many a hot saturday or sunday driving around neighborhoods, just checking out what the city had to offer. We staked out the Frisco/Plano area, which is definitely nice, but is too "strip-suburban" for our tastes. Of course Highland Park, which is right around the corner from us, is about as ostentatious a neighborhood as one can find. Being that Emily and I tend to enjoy the "prairie-style" or "craftsman" or what Chris likes to refer to as "pacific-northwest" style, we were thrilled to randomly discover a small historic district, not too far from downtown Dallas that has the largest collection of these types of homes in the country. The area is referred to as the Munger Historic District, and most of the homes were built in the early 1900's.

We'd like to preface the below slideshow in saying that these homes by no means reflect the general style down in DFW. In fact they are a small minority, and that's why we had so much fun finding them, because most of the homes down here tend to be built of solid brick (perhaps because of the heat?), and we're not really big fans. However, if you're a fan of brick, and hot weather, then you definitely need to check out Dallas.

Perhaps wherever we settle we'll be lucky enough to find a home that suits our style, but in the meantime, we're just building a photocollection of homes that catch our eye. So enjoy your tour of the Munger Historic District (we saved you a plane-ticket and a $15 luggage-fee).