Park Cities Historic and Preservation Society

Weekend Celebrating Preservation

Presented by Media Sponsor D HOME 

Featuring the 10^th Annual Historic Home Tour 

What: Park Cities Historic and Preservation Society builds on its annual Home Tour with a new series of events, creating a “Home Tour Weekend”. The new weekend celebrates historic preservation and is designed to generate awareness of the role history and preservation play in enhancing the quality of life for everyone who lives and works in the Park Cities communities.

When: Thursday, April 12 - Sunday, April 15, 2012 

• Thursday, April 12 Patron Party 

• Friday, April 13 New! First PCHPS Distinguished Speaker Luncheon Series Event at the Dallas Country Club featuring Ray Washburne, President of Highland Park Village. Proceeds will benefit the PCHPS scholarship fund for HP students. Purchase tickets online: www.pchps.org

•  Saturday, April 14 10^th Annual Historic Home Tour & Boutique at 4416 Beverly Dr, 10 a.m to 4 p.m.

• Sunday, April 15 New! Preservation Sunday Open House featuring properties for sale in the Park Cities of historic or architectural significance. 

Who:

• Harry Shawver, President, PCHPS

• Cindy Brewer and Lucia Hrncir, Historic Home Tour Co-Chairs

Details: 2012 Historic Home Tour weekend will feature architecturally and historically significant homes in the Park Cities.  

• The purpose of the annual Historic Home Tour weekend is to showcase architecturally and historically significant homes of the Park Cities and illustrate how these homes have been restored or remodeled and updated to serve the lifestyle needs of families today.  

• The Historic Home Tour Weekend is the Society’s only fundraiser each year.  Proceeds from the weekend help further our mission to promote, protect and preserve the historic, architectural, cultural and aesthetic legacy of the Park Cities.

• The Society landmarks architecturally and historically significant homes in the Park Cities, some of which are showcased on the Historic Home Tour.

• Members of the Society enjoy historic and preservation oriented educational programs.

Tickets: Advance tickets for the Saturday, April 14 Home Tour are available at Tom Thumb stores in the Park Cities area, or through the PCHPS office (214) 582-0021 or the PCHPS website www.pchps.org. Tickets for the April 13 Luncheon may be purchased online at www.pchps.org

Checks for the April14 Historic Home Tour tickets can be mailed to 25 Highland Park Village, Suite 100, Box 286, Dallas, TX 75205-2789. You can contact the PCHPS office at (214) 528-0021 or via e-mail at info@pchps.org

Contact: For further information, visit the website at www.pchps.org or contact info@pchps.org or call (214) 528-0021.

Overview: The Historic Home Tour Weekend is the only fundraiser of the Park Cities Historic and Preservation Society.  Our mission is to protect, preserve and promote the historic, architectural, cultural and aesthetic legacy of the Park Cities. A portion of the proceeds of the 2012 Home Tour Weekend will be used to help preserve and maintain the Park Cities House at Dallas Heritage Village, which was the second home built in Highland Park. Proceeds from the Distinguished Luncheon Event will go toward the PCHPS scholarship program for Highland Park High School.

Homes On The Tour:

• 3421 Beverly Drive:  1920/ Traditional Arts & Crafts style with Frank Lloyd Wright influence 

• 4416 Beverly Drive:  1933/Architect Unknown/Tudor

• 4221 Versailles Ave.:  1925/Anton Korn/Spanish Revival

• 4132 Shenandoah:  1936/Charles S. Dilbeck/Tudor 

• 4348 Shenandoah:  1938/Architect unknown/Greek Revival

• 3131 Southwestern:  1935/George N. Marble/Colonial Revival

• 3437 Mockingbird Lane:  c 1910. Earliest available records show 1933, however, mode of construction indicates turn of the century/Early American Cape Cod