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Levi–Moses House is a historic residential building in Dallas, Texas, U.S.. It was designed by architect
H. A. Overbeck Harry A. Overbeck (1861–1942) was an American architect. He was active in Omaha, Nebraska and then for most of his career in Dallas, Texas. He designed several prominent buildings including a Mississippi Landmark and properties on the National R ...
with elements of Italianate, Renaissance revival, and
Prairie School Prairie School is a late 19th- and early 20th-century architectural style, most common in the Midwestern United States. The style is usually marked by horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves, windows grouped in ...
styles. With It is one of the few residences of the Edgewood Addition (1912) that is surviving on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard (formerly Forest Avenue), the principal streetcar route across the South Dallas neighborhood. The Edgewood Addition was home to many prominent Jewish families who built their homes near Temple Emanu-El (which is no longer existing in that location). The original owner of the house was Charles G. Levi and then his son-in-law Jacob Moses who succeeded him. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1995, for the architecture. It is also known as Phase IV--East Dallas DAL/DA 16.


See also

* History of the Jews in Dallas *
National Register of Historic Places in Dallas County, Texas This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Dallas County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Dallas County, Texas Dall ...
* Levi–Topletz House, located nearby and also NRHP-listed


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{{Authority control Buildings and structures completed in 1915 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas National Register of Historic Places in Dallas County, Texas Prairie School architecture in Texas Jews and Judaism in Dallas