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    House For Sale

    Rare Cliff May home in East Dallas for sale with impeccable original fixtures

    Teresa Gubbins
    Aug 21, 2020 | 12:55 pm

    A rare East Dallas midcentury modern home designed by famed architect Cliff May is on the market, though as of August 21, it's not yet listed on the MLS.

    Located at 2636 Materhorn Dr., it's a 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom home with 1,337 square feet. It has a prototypical Cliff May courtyard, attached garage workshop, and in what MCM purists will find enchanting, original Formica countertops with a "linen" weave pattern, and an original stainless steel electric cooktop, all in tip-top condition.

    Other original details include hardwood floors and floor-to-ceiling windows, also flawless. Vaulted ceilings create visual drama, both in the open-floorplan living room and the bedrooms. There's a fireplace in the living room.

    There's also a built-in intercom system with radio made by Talk-A-Radio, which was a Dallas company in business in the '50s.

    The two bathrooms feature period-style 4X4-inch ceramic tile, although they're forest green and French blue, more intense than the usual '50s color palette.

    Sure hope the buyer can appreciate the inherent value in all of these original features and resist the urge to crap it up with granite and other updates that will look dated in two years.

    A modern 8-foot horizontal fence offers privacy, and the garage workshop is equipped with air conditioning and heat, useful for a work space or studio.

    Cliff May was a California native who was credited as the father of the California ranch house, with a great love for the outdoors and for wide open spaces. His homes were unique in that nearly every room had some kind of connection to the outdoors.

    An estimated 40 of his homes were built in Dallas from 1954-1956, most in Casa View, on streets that include Materhorn, Oates Drive, Millmar Avenue, and Andrea Lane.

    One of the selling points of the May houses in Casa View, says Preservation Dallas, was their modern conveniences, including disposals, built-in ranges, a touch-plate lighting wall, and radios with speakers throughout the house.

    The house at 2636 Materhorn was built in 1956 and is being represented by Mindy Niehaus of Hausco, who offers history on the home and current owner, Martin Craft; his parents bought the house in 1967.

    Martin's dad, Paul, was an architect, and was meticulous with house maintenance and took extraordinary pride to keep the details authentic to the style and era.

    "Martin reminisces about a story of his dad searching through bulk trash, scavenging for door handles that he heard other Cliff May owners had tossed out," Niehaus says. "The home is truly a time capsule as it has been filled with iconic midcentury furniture including Eames, Nelson, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Knoll, Breuer, and more."

    There are also two storage units tucked away. Niehaus says there was once a pool in the backyard, but it has been since filled in and now features a garden.

    The home is listed by Hausco for $365,000. Email Mindy@hauscogroup.com for a showing.

    The prototypical courtyard you find in Cliff May homes in this part of East Dallas/Casa View.

    2636 Materhorn
      
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    The prototypical courtyard you find in Cliff May homes in this part of East Dallas/Casa View.
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    Home For Sale

    Once-in-a-century 3-acre estate for sale in Dallas' Preston Hollow

    Teresa Gubbins
    May 20, 2025 | 10:58 am
    9511 Inwood Rd.
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    9511 Inwood Rd.

    A once-in-a-generation estate has hit the market in Dallas' Preston Hollow neighborhood. Located at 9511 Inwood Rd., the home is being offered for sale for the first time in more than a century, having remained under the stewardship of the same family since at least 1940 when the current home was built.

    Situated on nearly three acres on a corner lot, it's an English-style estate surrounded by century-old hardwoods and manicured landscaping, creating a private sanctuary in the middle of the city.

    There's a main residence, guest quarters, and two workshops, one featuring a rail-mounted hoist and enhanced electrical systems.

    Listed for $7,500,000, the home has 4,675 square feet with four bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, and a five-car garage.

    The property is free from both floodplain and historic designation, allowing a buyer to remodel, rebuild, or (ugh) subdivide. It also has three curb cuts — two on Inwood Road and one on Park Lane — with the possibility of a posh Park Lane address.

    It's also zoned for horses and other animals, and a perimeter privacy wall can be added.

    According to listing agent Andrea Childress with The Agency Dallas, the property was originally known as Sunnyslope Estate, and was developed more than 100 years ago by oilman M.H. Marr, who was searching for a place to settle with his family when he discovered the tract of land on what was then the edge of Dallas and is now in the heart of Preston Hollow.

    Marr's wife, Adah Yale Marr, was known for her prominent social presence, entertaining various figures and hosting business gatherings with Dallas families like the Hunts, Meadows, and DeGolyers among their guests.

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    9511 Inwood Rd.

    Childress calls it "more than just a listing—it’s a landmark."

    "Properties like this simply don’t exist anymore, especially with this kind of acreage, location, and legacy,” she says.

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