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Munger Place Days

September 17, 2012 By Talya Tate Boerner

In January 1977, the National Apartment and Home Builder Convention met in Dallas. On the agenda, a home tour of newly built Fox & Jacob homes, zero lot model homes at the Villas of Las Colinas, several recently constructed multi-family developments scattered throughout city and almost as an afterthought, a remodeling tour with stops in Munger Place and along Swiss Avenue.
These turn-of-the-century-built homes were slowly being saved thanks to a handful of tireless folks with the grace and forethought to recognize these treasures were worth saving.
The first unofficial Munger Place home tour?

This year’s home tour, Munger Place Days, kicks off Friday night with a wine walk and intimate preview of the homes on tour. Saturday’s activities include a tour of six historic homes with riveting histories – including a ghost and an Olympic gold medalist. The tour will continue on Sunday along with an old-fashioned street festival, complete with live music, six food trucks offering everything from whoopee pies to grilled cheese sandwiches, a pet parade, cakewalk, an art fair with over fifty artisans, and much more.  
If you live in the metroplex area, take a few hours to step back in time at Munger Place Days. If you live elsewhere, it might be worth a road trip!
talya
Musical Pairings:
Pineapple Rag, Scott Joplin
I looked to the past for guidance…We may talk of saving antique linens, species, or languages; but whatever we are intent on saving, when a restoration succeeds, we rescue ourselves. – Howard Mansfield

Filed Under: Crafts, East Dallas Tagged With: Dallas, Munger Place

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Comments

  1. Colene says

    September 17, 2012 at 4:38 am

    Sounds like a great time!

  2. Jenny says

    September 17, 2012 at 7:39 am

    Wish I could hop in the car and be there! I know it will be awesome! Have fun!!

  3. sharon van buskirk says

    September 17, 2012 at 11:54 am

    And in full throttle self-promotion mode, not to mention the newer home on the tour that my husband built for the present-day homeowners with the construction and remodeling company we established after rescuing our Munger Place home several years before.

    After that multi-clause sentence, I gotta rest.

  4. Kelsey Erickson says

    September 18, 2012 at 10:15 am

    It seems like this event gets better and better every year. I particularly like the food truck addition. Have a glass of wine for me!

    • TateFarmGirl says

      September 18, 2012 at 3:22 pm

      Yes this year should be amazing! And there is a cakewalk. Everyone loves a cakewalk you know:)


Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

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