King's Highway is located in the
Oak Cliff
Oak Cliff is an area of Dallas, Texas, United States that was formerly a separate town in Dallas County; established in 1887 and annexed by Dallas in 1903, Oak Cliff has retained a distinct neighborhood identity as one of Dallas' older establ ...
area of
Dallas
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,
Texas
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(
USA
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). The district is bounded by Stewart Drive on the north, Davis Street on the south, Tyler Street on the east and Mary Cliff Road on the west. It is in
Dallas Council District 3.
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Council District 3 Map
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). Retrieved 4 October 2006.
The conservation district was established in 1988 by Dallas Ordinance 19910, and governs zoning, renovations and replacements, setbacks, etc. Replacement houses are required to meet standards making them similar to the surrounding houses and houses of the period, discouraging teardowns and preventing modern suburban-style architecture.
King's Highway was established as a conservation district in 1988 and was the first of its kind to be established in Dallas.
A quote from the conservation documents:
See also
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References
External links
Kings Highway Neighborhood AssociationOld Oak Cliff Conservation LeagueCliffDweller Magazine
National Register of Historic Places in Dallas
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
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