West Jefferson and Tyler — 1913
by Paula Bosse
Why, yes, we ARE accessible by streetcar… (click for larger image)
by Paula Bosse
Every time I pass the northwest corner of West Jefferson and Tyler in Oak Cliff, I admire this building. Actually, I love this building. And I’m always surprised it’s still there.
This photo shows Tyler St. to the right and Jefferson Blvd. heading off to the left. See what it looks like today on Google Street View, here.
It appears to have been built in 1911 or 1912. And it still looks pretty good.
Thank you, Oak Cliff!
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Sources & Notes
Real photo postcard titled “Mallory’s Drug Store” from the George W. Cook Dallas/Texas Image Collection, DeGolyer Library, Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University; see the card front and back and read more information here.
A couple of other photos can be found in the post “Dallas in ‘The Western Architect,’ 1914: Businesses,” here (scroll down to number 7). Seems the building was designed by architect C. A. Gill, the man behind the famed Gill Well.
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Flashback : Dallas 
Mid century, and on that intersection was booming. I had become sort of a musical Mecca for Oak Cliff musicians. For six blocks heading east there were several music stores. On that opposite or caddy corner was Watkins Music my personal favorite. MSA the legendary steel guitar innovators started on that corner. Stamps Baxter Music Publishing was just behind the building you pictured. Hard to describe Oak Cliff back then, guess you had to be there…
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Had a few Buster Brown haircuts at a barber shop on the corner of W. Jefferson and Tyler. They did haircuts for little girls with straight hair and bangs. They put a board across the arms of chair for us to sit on.
And I remember the music stores, too.
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I really enjoy these posts. My grandson married in the old professional building on Jefferson in April of 2016. Think it was a hospital and doctors’ offices in its early days. Now it has a venue on the whole top floor for events and is very nice. Lower floors converted into condos.
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Thanks, MJ!
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That old building is in the 300 block. It was Carter Towers for many years…
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This building is a classic example of Mission Style architecture—such a popular style for commercial buildings in Dallas at the turn of the Twentieth Century.
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[…] One of my favorite still-standing buildings in Oak Cliff. More about it can be found in the post “West Jefferson and Tyler — 1913.” […]
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[…] designed by C. A. Gill. Luckily I recognized this building — because I love it and have written about it before — because, otherwise, there’s very little to go on to determine its location. It was […]
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