A North Dallas mansion that was the set for the elegant family home of the Ewing clan for the first five episodes of the mega-hit television series, “Dallas,” is on the market for $12.95 million.
Largely responsible for changing many Americans’ image of Texas, from cowboys and bull riding to mansions, beautiful women and expensive jewelry, “Dallas” was the epitome of Texas wealth and oil. Watching it and its dramatic characters was how millions of people spent their Friday nights when it was America’s top-rated show for much of the 1980s.
While the show’s Southfork Ranch exterior is located about 25 miles north of Dallas in Parker, Texas, and used today as a tourist and conference center, many of the early interior “Dallas” scenes were filmed in this home in the North Dallas Preston Hollow neighborhood. It was the one chosen out of the many luxurious mansions gracing the city to showcase a home that would be equal to oil barons of the Ewings’ stature.
This 10,341-square-foot Georgian estate on 4.3 acres was built in 1939, and exhibits all the graciousness of the era, with five bedrooms and seven baths filled with elegant details in moldings, fireplace surrounds and library paneling. Famous neighbors include former President George W. Bush, T. Boone Pickens and Mark Cuban.
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