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Housing Assistance Plan for the City of Dallas

Description: From Introduction: "Briefly, the Housing Assistance Plan describes how the City [of Dallas] proposes to meet the housing needs of its lower income residents, what type of housing units--new, existing, or rehabilitated--can be utilized for this purpose, and where such units can be located" (p. 1). It includes assessments of community needs with goals and recommendations.
Date: February 1975
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Department of Housing and Urban Rehabilitation.
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[The Zappe Home -- NW 4th Avenue]

Description: Trees in full foliage (the photograph was taken in July of 1975) obscure the Zappe House on NW 4th Avenue. This Tudor-style home with a native sandstone porch was originally built in 1929 by Mr. R.S. (Bob) Dalton, a pioneer rancher and developer of the Dalton oilfield in north Palo Pinto County. Dr. H. Arthur Zappe, a local dentist, member of the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners, and former mayor of Mineral Wells, bought the house in 1947. The house is currently [2009] owned by David Ad… more
Date: July 1975
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[612 NW 6th Street]

Description: This photograph of 612 N. W. 6th Street was taken on the Fourth of July, 1975. The house was built in 1905 by W. S. McCutcheon. The house has been owned and occupied from that time to the present time (2006) by Gil Hull. The local parish of the Episcopal Church held meetings in the basement that members lovingly called "the Catacombs." St. Luke's Episcopal Church is located next door on a lot donated by the McCutcheons. The style of the house is tentatively determined to be Neo-clas… more
Date: July 4, 1975
Creator: Weaver, A. F.
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[416 NW 6th Street]

Description: Shown here is a photograph of the front and west side of a multi-story Queen Anne-style, cement-block house located at 416 NW 6th Street in Mineral Wells, Texas. It has many architectural features displaying the sub-type Patterned Masonry, such as the shaped parapets on the tower, and on the gables, as well as the Palladian window on the tower. The rectangular tower is unusual. Although it is not obvious in this photograph, there are more than the normal number of chimneys. The house is said… more
Date: June 1975
Creator: Weaver, A. F.
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[ A Close-up of Calvary Baptist Parsonage]

Description: This home was the parsonage of Calvary Baptist Church in 1975, according to a note on back of the picture. Note the brick crosses worked into the stone-work above the front door and on the chimney. The picture also shows some structural cracks in the native sandstone rockery above the entrance and window, probably indicating foundation damage. There are also some weathered holes in the structurally-sound, but odd, limestone rocks used in construction.
Date: 1975
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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