Swiss Avenue, Dallas, Texas

Infobox_nrhp | name =Swiss Avenue Historic District
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location= Dallas, TX
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architect= Multiple
architecture= Colonial Revival, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Prairie School
added = March 28, 1974
governing_body = Private
refnum=74002068 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2006-03-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Swiss Avenue is an elegant residential street and historic district in east Dallas, Texas (USA). The tree-lined street is 2.5 miles (4 km) long with approximately 200 carefully preserved and restored historic homes representing several architectural styles including Mediterranean, Spanish, Georgian, Prairie, Craftsman, Neoclassical, Italian Renaissance, Tudor and Colonial Revival. [ [http://www.swissavenue.com/index.asp Swissavenue.com] - Retrieved 13 June 2006.]

The entire district, Swiss Avenue between Fitzhugh and LaVista, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 28 March 1974. Specifically, 5439 Swiss Avenue or the George C. Greer House, designed by architect Marion Fresenius Fooshee, was listed on the Register on 9 January 1997. [Handbook of Texas|id=FF/ffo39|name=Fooshee, Marion Fresenius. By Duncan T. Fulton III. Retrieved 13 June 2006.] The Viola Courts Apartments at 4845 Swiss Avenue were listed on the Register on 19 January 1984 [ [http://www.nr.nps.gov/iwisapi/explorer.dll?IWS_SCHEMA=NRIS1&IWS_LOGIN=1&IWS_REPORT=100000039 National Register of Historic Places] - type in "TX" and "Dallas". Retrieved 13 June 2006.] .

External links

* [http://www.sahd.org Swiss Avenue Historic District]
* [http://www.architecturallysignificanthomes.com/neighborhoods/Munger%5FPlace%5Fand%5FSwiss%5FAvenue/ Photographs and Descriptions of Swiss Avenue Architecturally Significant Homes]

References

* [http://www.architecturallysignificanthomes.com/neighborhoods/Munger%5FPlace%5Fand%5FSwiss%5FAvenue/ Photographs of Munger Place Historic District and Swiss Avenue Homes]