4949 Swiss

Built in 1917, the home was built for W.W. Caruth and was later owned by Mary Ellen Bendtsen. 4949 Swiss Avenue is a much storied — and, in recent years, quite controversial — home on this historic street. Having fallen into disrepair during Mary Ellen's later years, the house still shows the grandeur of its glory years, even under the dust of disuse. Now that the house is back in the hands of the estate of Mary Ellen Bendtsen, the family has put the house on the market. The home needs a family willing to restore it, to bring it back to life. Explore some of the details of the home and imagine what it was like when Mary Ellen was the queen of the social scene in Dallas.