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Stunning Ultra-Exclusive Crescent Avenue Italianate Historical Residence on a Gorgeous 0.557’-Acre, Corner Lot



Situated in Old Highland Park on ultra-exclusive Crescent Avenue, this stunning Italianate historical residence at 3512 Crescent Avenue is nestled on a gorgeous 0.557’-acre, corner lot with an expansive side driveway, gorgeous mature trees, extensive landscaping by Lambert’s and fabulous drive-up appeal (24,272’-lot square footage). Built in 1926, details include a brick exterior with hand-carved cast stone and limestone accents and a clay tile roof, including the home’s original hand-carved limestone pediment around the front door, spacious entertaining rooms, gleaming quarter sawn hardwood floors, cove plaster walls, deep molding, hand-finished walls, original leaded glass windows and doors, and exquisite lighting treatments throughout. Featured by D Home in 2005 for the Preservation Park Cities Home Tour and again in 2009 as one of D Home’s “10 Most Beautiful Houses in Dallas”, there is a long history of entertaining in the home, including Sylvester Stallone, Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Karl Lagerfield, Shirley McClain and Jimmy Carter. The stately two-story manse offers 5,683 square feet, five bedrooms, four full and one-half baths, five entertaining areas, two dining areas, two fireplaces, two wet bars, three verandas, a pool, fountain, greenhouse, a four-car carport.

Capped by a tray ceiling with cove plaster walls and cove molding, enter to a stunning formal living room, which is centered by a hand-carved fireplace, with a stone surround, and also showcases hand-finished walls, gleaming quarter sawn hardwoods, original leaded glass windows, brass sconces, and a nearby stairway with wood balusters leading upstairs to the second level. Providing great entertaining flow, arched entries, with hand-carved accents, mark entrance to a tea room and to the elegant dining room, both with leaded glass windows providing scenic views of the front landscaped grounds. With its stone floors, the light-filled tea room features a silver leaf-and-crystal chandelier, hand-stenciled walls, dual art niches, and triple leaded glass French doors opening to the front and side grounds. Crowned by a tray ceiling with cove plaster walls and cove molding, the exquisite dining room is also graced by a gorgeous alabaster-and-brass chandelier, Italian painted wood sconces, handsome hardwoods and conveniently flows through a leaded glass door to the kitchen. Boasting stained leaded glass accents and hand-painted imagery, the spacious kitchen is highlighted by stainless, black and paneled appliances, an immense island with a breakfast bar, butler’s pantry, and a staircase leading upstairs. Serving the area is a nearby wet bar, which includes a bar sink and a paneled refrigerator with icemaker. A door also leads downstairs to a 273’-square foot basement, which provides room for abundant storage. Adjacent to the kitchen is a utility room, which houses built-ins and room for a full-size washer and dryer.

Stained leaded glass French doors open to reveal an immense great room. From each end of the home, dual galleries are accented by light-filled Palladian windows with French doors opening to the landscaped outdoors and also flow through hand-carved arched columns to the great room. The great room is framed by a cast stone fireplace, with a raised hearth, and is flanked by built-ins with bookcases. The space also features Spanish tile floors, deep moldings, and a pair of iron sconces. Serving the area is a fully equipped wet bar, which boasts special-finished cabinetry with tumbled marble counters and a tumbled marble mosaic-patterned backsplash, a brass bar sink, glass shelving, a paneled ice maker and refrigerator, hand-finished walls and a refrigerated wine closet, with wine racks.

From the rear gallery, oversized double wood doors lead to the luxurious master suite, which is capped by a tray ceiling and also showcases hand-finished walls, neutral carpeting, a huge walk-in “Hers” closet, adjacent study and windows overlooking the fabulous pool. The wonderful master bath is appointed with special-finished vanities, a separate shower, large closets and a toilet room with a Panasonic Intimist Bidet. The space also steps up to a soaking tub surrounded by mirrored walls, with hand-carved accents, and is also illuminated by a paneled skylight, with stenciled glass, and an iron-and-crystal chandelier. Overlooking the side grounds, the adjacent spacious study is replete with a tray ceiling with skylight, hardwood floors, and abundant built-in bookcases. A powder room, with exquisite wall coverings, rounds out the first floor.

Second level of living is equally spacious. Four additional bedrooms range in size and style, some with plantation shutters or wall coverings, and all with hardwood floors, large closets and two elegant Jack-and-Jill tile baths.

Outside, the gorgeous landscaped backyard grounds and pool set the tone for a sophisticated atmosphere for entertaining. An expansive covered veranda with columns, showcasing Spanish tile flooring, overlooks a fabulous pool with diving board, a beautiful stone fountain, greenhouse, additional poolside veranda with a columned pergola and a stainless steel built-in grill, and verdant landscaped grounds with landscape lighting and mosquito misters. Additionally, an attached cabana or guest quarters, featuring floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the gorgeous pool and backyard, houses built-ins with tumbled marble counters and a stainless steel bar sink, Spanish tile floors, and an elegant Spanish tile full bath. A side driveway, overlooking a fabulous side veranda with a columned pergola, gorgeous landscaping and a four-car carport, completes this stunning residence.

Stunning Beverly Drive Mediterranean Showplace on a 195′-Deep Lot in Old Highland Park

Situated on ultra-exclusive Beverly Drive in prestigious Old Highland Park and within the award-winning Armstrong School District, 3516 Beverly Drive is a stunning Mediterranean showplace nestled on a gorgeous 80’ x 195’ lot with a circular drive and has fabulous drive-up appeal. Showcasing a finish-out of the highest quality, the design elements in this spectacular residence are unparalleled. Designed by architect Richard Drummond Davis, details include 12-foot ceilings, spacious entertaining rooms, gleaming hardwood and limestone floors, gorgeous wrought iron detailing, deep molding, custom lighting, and fabulous limestone, marble, granite finishes throughout. The spectacular three-story residence offers approximately 9,084 square feet, five bedrooms, five full and two-half baths, seven entertaining areas, two dining areas, six fireplaces, a wet bar, three balconies, courtyard with fountain, covered terrace with outdoor fireplace, side patio, gorgeous pool, and a three-car garage with guest apartment.

Enter through double wood-and-iron doors to an inviting outside front foyer, which overlooks views of a fabulous enclosed outdoor courtyard with elegant landscaping and a stone fountain accented with a Pennsylvania Bluestone surround. The outside foyer leads through double iron-and-glass doors to an exquisite two-story entrance hall, which gleans with a groin-vault hand-painted ceiling trimmed with ornately carved plaster molding, a dramatic oversized crystal-and-iron chandelier, clerestory window, art niche, and gorgeous limestone-patterned floors, whose texture is deftly highlighted by a gorgeous stairway with wrought iron-and-brass balusters leading upstairs to the second level. Two gorgeous wrought iron balconies also look down to the first floor. An oversized double door coat closet and an exquisite marble powder room, graced with faux finished walls and a stunning hand-painted trompe l’oeil, serve the area. Providing for great entertaining flow, the entrance hall leads to the study, formal rooms, and to the rear of the home. Capped by an ornately carved, cross-beamed ceiling, the richly paneled study is centered by a wood-burning fireplace, with a marble surround and a wood-carved mantle, and also features abundant built-in bookcases. Light-filled French doors yield natural light on the herringbone hardwoods and open to the outdoor front entry and courtyard. From the entrance hall, an arched entry, with stone accents, leads to an exquisite gallery area, which is crowned by a hand-painted groin-vault ceiling and is also highlighted by a crystal chandelier and double windows, with a transom and elegant taffeta silk drapery, also overlook the courtyard and stone fountain. The gallery opens to the oversized formal living room, which is framed by a marble wood-burning fireplace and is also appointed with ornately carved plaster molding, faux finished walls, and hand-scraped hardwood floors. A wall of windows, with elegant taffeta silk drapery, overlooks scenic views of the front landscaped grounds, and French doors also open to courtyard. Graced by a fabulous oversized iron chandelier, the spacious dining room boasts ornately carved plaster molding, curved walls, art niches and dual hidden closets with oversized double doors revealing a silver closet and storage space. French doors, with transoms and exquisite drapery, open to reveal a side patio. The dining room also flows through a butler’s pantry to the kitchen. Triple sets of oversized antique Mission doors also allow entrance to the room from the living room, wet bar area and the kitchen.

The entrance hall also leads to the oversized great room, which is the heart of the home. Capped by a beamed ceiling and centered by a massive stone wood-burning fireplace wall with a raised hearth, the great room also showcases hand-scraped hardwoods, a wall of richly stained built-ins, huge storage closet and triple French doors, with transoms and elegant drapery, opening to the covered terrace. Conveniently serving the great room is a granite-topped wet bar, which houses richly stained cabinetry with glass front top cabinets, a hand-carved stainless steel-and-brass bar sink, stainless steel ice maker and wine cooler refrigerator, hand-carved wine rack cabinet with an iron door and a bar serving area with retractable French doors. Additionally, the great room flows to a professional chef’s granite and tumbled marble kitchen, which features richly stained cabinetry, premier stainless steel and paneled appliances, including Viking, Dacor, Kitchenaid, GE, and SubZero, an expansive island with a hammered nickel double bowl farm sink, stained glass decorative chandeliers, a hand-painted and hand-carved vent, butler’s pantry and a huge walk-in pantry closet with storage and an additional interior closet. The kitchen also opens to a large breakfast gathering area, which provides room for an oversized breakfast table and also boasts a fireplace, with a glass-tiled surround and a furniture niche above, and a desk area, with tumbled marble counters and glass-front top cabinets. Double French doors, with transoms and elegant drapery, also open to the backyard grounds. A decorative-tiled and hand-scraped hardwood staircase with wrought iron balusters leads upstairs to the second level. Nearby, an oversized office is highlighted by neutral carpeting, plantation shutters and a large storage closet. An elegant powder room, accented with a pine pedestal sink topped with a limestone bowl, a built-in hidden mud nook storage area, and a stackable utility closet rounds out the first floor. A door also opens to a cast stone columned breezeway, which leads to the three-car garage and guest apartment. Speakers for selected sounds are also located throughout the house. Additionally, a storage closet across from the wet bar may be converted to an elevator to serve the first and second levels.

Second level of living is equally sumptuous and subtly grand. Ascending the front staircase, first stop is the luxurious master suite, which showcases an oversized bedroom with sitting area, including a gorgeous limestone fireplace, with a tumbled marble surround, and is flanked by furniture niches, an iron chandelier, deep cove molding and neutral carpeting. Double French doors, with elegant drapery, also open to an expansive iron-grilled balcony overlooking the backyard grounds and pool. Additionally, a third set of French doors opens to an iron-grilled Juliet balcony and overlooks the side grounds. The lavish master suite is appointed with an exotic marble vanity with His and Hers sinks, limestone floors with marble accents, a hand-carved limestone fireplace, claw foot tub, separate tumbled marble double steam shower, His and Hers toilet rooms and His and Hers huge walk-in closets. The Hers closet also includes an interior cedar closet. The four additional bedrooms range in size and style, some with elegant marble, limestone or tumbled marble baths and all with deep cove molding, elegant drapery, neutral carpeting and large walk-in closets. One of the bedrooms also opens to a breezeway, which leads to the second floor of the guest apartment. Down the hall, an upstairs den features a large sitting area as well as a built-in desk area with bookcases and abundant storage. A fully equipped utility room houses travertine-like tile counters and floors, a stainless steel sink, drip dry area, built-in hidden ironing board and also provides room for a full-size washer and dryer. Perfect for relaxation, the third floor reveals an oversized vaulted game room, which houses neutral carpeting and attic storage.

Outside, the gorgeous backyard grounds and pool set the tone for a sophisticated atmosphere for entertaining. Marked by cast stone columns with graceful arches, the expansive covered terrace is framed by a stone wood-burning fireplace wall and is flanked by an arched stone-covered furniture niche. The terrace is also highlighted by a wide-plank wood ceiling with a trio of iron chandeliers, pattered concrete floors and also overlooks incredible views of the stunning pool and the lush landscaped grounds with Pennsylvania Bluestone accents. The nearby three-car detached garage boasts abundant storage, including a built-in workbench and two storage closets. The guest apartment features an inviting entry, which is accented with terracotta tile floors and a staircase with wrought iron balusters leading upstairs. The second floor reveals an oversized living room, which showcases stylish neutral carpeting, plantation shutters, deep cove molding, a large kitchenette, with glass tile counters, ceramic tile floors, a stainless steel sink and a white SubZero refrigerator with freezer. An elegant full bath with gorgeous glass tile serves the space. The nearby spacious bedroom is replete with neutral carpeting, plantation shutters, deep cove molding and a large walk-in closet. An elegant full bath with fabulous glass tile completes this stunning residence.