Swiss Avenue Neighborhoods
Swiss Avenue is home to both mansions and cottages on its 2-7/8 mile length. We’ll explore all of them.
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Swiss Avenue is home to both mansions and cottages on its 2-7/8 mile length. We’ll explore all of them.
This is a work in progress. Excuse the missing addresses and other errors. We’ll have it for you soon. Please check back for updates — or sign up and we’ll let you know when there’s new content. More areas coming….
(If you notice a mistake or something we’ve overlooked, please contact us.)
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Swiss Avenue
Historic DistrictOriginally developed at the turn of the last century, the Swiss Avenue Historic District is a cultural gem in Dallas' family jewels.
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4949 Swiss
The Caruth/Bendtsen HouseThis 7000 s.f. house is ready for a return to its former glory. Even in disrepair, the beauty of 4949 is readily apparent. Click and explore the parts not available on the Home Tour.
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Peak's Addition
Peak's Addition was developed in the decades before the Historic district. Some date its beginnings as early as 1856. And Swiss Avenue is just a part of Peak's Addition.
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Dallas Theological Seminary
Dallas Theological Seminary has trained ministers for almost 100 years and is known worldwide.
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Medical District
The Medical District on Swiss Avenue is dominated by Baylor Hospital which is one block over at Gaston Avenue and Washington Avenue.
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Wilson Block
In 1984, The Meadows Foundation created a home for non-profits on the Wilson Block by moving several houses to the street from their original sites nearby.
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Below Texas
The area between Texas Street and Cantegral Street I've taken to calling "Below Texas," for lack of a better name. It's a definite break from the non-profits of the Wilson Block and something of an entity of its own.
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DART
Deep Ellum StationDART's new Green Line intersects with Swiss Avenue on Good-Latimer and will eventually stretch from Buckner Boulevard & Elam Road to Carrollton, near Frankford Road.
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End of Swiss
The "End of Swiss" runs from the DART Deep Ellum Station to the edge of downtown. During the day, it's quiet — or as quiet as it gets near major freeways — but comes alive at night with the Lizard Lounge.
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Downtown Views
Not the most spectacular view of downtown Dallas but from here one can jump on a freeway and be in a suburb within minutes — or hours if it's Friday afternoon.