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Mayflower Estates Perfect Neighborhood for President and Mrs. Bush PDF Print E-mail
by Douglas Newby    Sat, Dec 6, 2008, 10:02 AM

Mayflower Estates is a little known Preston Hollow estate area neighborhood
of just over 100 houses. The neighborhood
s anonymity is understandable,
but still remarkable considering it is the location of the two largest
estate properties in Dallas ? the Hicks Estate on 25 acres and the Phillips
Estate on 15 acres. What better place to enjoy some degree of privacy than
a neighborhood so discreet that a 25 acre estate goes unnoticed.

Why Mayflower Estates Goes Unnoticed

The Tollway is a boundary on the east which prohibits any access in that
direction, and Walnut Hill Lane is on the south which only allows access
from Gaywood and Holloway that loop across each other. The access from the
north is too confusing to explain. As you can see, Mayflower Estates
deviates from the standard Dallas grid.


Mayflower Estates Vague Borders


Here you will find three small lakes and winding, looping, tree-lined
streets and cul-de-sacs with a substantial creek meandering through them.
This beautiful environment deliberately leaves vague boundaries.
Mayflower Estates Homes Have the Greatest Range of Ages, Styles and Prices.
Well-known neighborhoods are the easiest to understand. They have a
definite age, look and price that the real estate community can peg for
their buyers. Mayflower Estates on the other hand has the greatest range of
prices, age of homes and styles in the city.
The Crespi Estate, now the Hicks Estate, was designed by Maurice Fatio, the
leading New York and Palm Beach architect in 1939. This classical French
style estate home remains the most impressive in Dallas and yet right behind
these 25 acres on a cul-de-sac are 1960s homes built on one-acre lots close
to the Tollway that are the least expensive homes in the Preston Hollow
estate area. In the heart of Mayflower Estates on Gaywood there is one of
the most important modern homes built in Dallas on 2.63 acres designed by
architect Scott Lyons and then a few doors down you have important eclectic
style homes designed by Cole Smith and Wilson Fuqua, and a midcentury modern
home designed by a protégé of Frank Lloyd Wright. Good houses have been
designed in every decade since 1939. The most desirable estate lots are
found here because of the extraordinary setting. The values range not only
from $1 million to $100 million, but the square footage prices range as well
from $200 per sf to well over $1,000 per sf.


Mayflower Estates is a Favorite Neighborhood


Mayflower Estates has always been one of my favorite neighborhoods and a
neighborhood in which I have sold many homes. The neighborhoods many
prominent citizens love the relaxed atmosphere of this hidden and disguised
neighborhood, as will President and Mrs. Bush.

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written by The Blacks are coming , December 08, 2008

Yes, no black families allowed until after the year 2000, unless they were slaves.
Big news all over the blogosphere, except here.
As ususal, Dallas is about 200 years behind the time.





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