Just when I think I cannot be impressed, Compass agent Michelle Wood lists a drop-dead gorgeous estate. It’s the new classic iconic home and embodies everything I mentioned about uber-luxury homes on Monday. While I’ll shed a tear for the 1963 Midcentury Modern that once stood on this land, I will also heartily applaud this tasteful beauty.
In August 2017, Candy let readers know what was happening with 3616 Crescent.
The new owner is Gil J. Besing, Chief Executive Officer and founder of Cardinal Capital Partners, Inc. and a seasoned real estate investor. His wife is Tricia Besing. They currently have a home in Highland Park across from the Dallas Country Club on Saint Andrews Drive. Hexter House, you had a good run.
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As someone who walks the fine line between fabulous multimillion-dollar homes and historic preservation, it can be tricky to both comprehend and explain how and why a new owner decides to tear down a significant historic home.
The original Midcentury Modern on the lot was built for the Hexter family by E.G. Hamilton, and was absolutely iconic. Hamilton was one of the founders of OmniPlan, the same firm that designed NorthPark Center.
Mil Bodron of Bodron / Fruit updated and expanded it in 2008, and daltxrealestate.com held an event in the house in 2015, so we knew it well. However, even Bodron feared for its survival because the lot is so large for Highland Park, and there are no protections for historic properties in the Park Cities.
If you are going to tear a classic iconic home down, build an equally classic iconic home in its place.
Trends, family needs, and personal desires drive the real estate market. Sometimes, a house just does not work for the needs of a new owner, so rather than continue to mourn what was lost, we put on our big-girl pants and celebrate the fact that the owners tapped another great firm Eskenasy Ferguson Architecture.
What do I love about it? What everyone should love about it. This is what we hope for when we lose an iconic home because this is going to be another iconic home. Just wait. I’m right about these things.
First, it fits the bill of what both architect Lloyd Lumpkins and dream-house builder Tony Visconti told me this past weekend for Monday’s post about the new classic iconic home. The vast majority of us like clean lines, symmetry, and architecture we can understand.
Eskenasy, designer Tom Sheerer, and builder Tatum Brown collaborated to bring this new iconic home to life. Those classic exterior elements include Moleanos Portuguese limestone, stucco, slate, lead-coated copper roofs, steel doors, and windows.
Inside, there is more classic style, but you’ll note a striking color palette. If you have watched one of our favorite shows, “The Parisian Agency,” this is what you find in Paris now: classic homes with modern interior colors and furnishing — an exciting and fresh juxtaposition of elements.
Today, buyers want it all, and this home offers it all. My tears are dried, and all I can say is, bravo, this is an absolute beauty.
Compass Real Estate agent Michelle Wood has this new classic iconic home at 3616 Crescent Ave. listed for $32 million.
