A nearly century-old Tudor-style estate in Highland Park, long associated with renowned Dallas architect Anton Korn, is now on the market for $7.5 million. The home at 3635 Beverly Drive has stayed remarkably intact over the decades, retaining original Tudor beams, leaded-glass windows and salvaged timbers pulled from Dallas's old Oriental Hotel.
According to WFAA, the estate is nearly a century old and was designed by Korn, described in that report as a renowned Dallas architect. Accounts of exactly when the house was designed differ: CandysDirt.com reports Korn built the home for his own family in 1925, while Coldwell Banker Luxury likewise states the home was designed by Anton Franz Korn as his own residence and completed in 1925. Other sources tell a different story of the home's origins and timeline: Dallas architect Douglas Newby's site states the home was designed in 1924 by Korn for his sister, Freda, and her husband, Dr. Robert Giles, a claim echoed by a 1924 design date cited on Flashback Dallas.
A Home That Has Barely Changed
Whatever the exact year, the house has held onto its character. The current owners added an elevator, a front garage, a breakfast room and an enclosed sunroom, all described by Coldwell Banker Luxury as being done in keeping with the original design. CandysDirt.com frames those additions the same way, noting they were made in keeping with the home's original design intent, and the dmagazine.com account notes that classic Tudor beams still frame the same leaded-glass windows that have defined the house for generations.
Those oak timbers carry their own backstory. Per Newby's site, the oak timbers were replaned from the grand Oriental Hotel when it was torn down, giving the home a physical link to another piece of vanished Dallas architecture. The house's square footage is listed differently depending on the source — CandysDirt.com puts it at 5,814 square feet with five bedrooms and five and a half baths, while dmagazine.com describes it as a 5,730-square-foot Tudor.
From the Korn Family to Decades of Stewardship
The Korn family lived in the house until 1940, when they sold it for $25,000, according to CandysDirt.com. Nancy Miller's family has stewarded the property since 1964, per Coldwell Banker Luxury, a stretch of ownership that has helped preserve much of what made the home notable in the first place.
That notability dates back to the house's earliest years. CandysDirt.com reports the Tudor-style house was featured in the March 1926 issue of The Southern Architect and Building News, and Coldwell Banker Luxury notes it was also featured in House Beautiful in 1926. Korn's portfolio extended well beyond Beverly Drive — Newby's architect profile notes that at 4700 Preston Road, on 7.7 acres, Korn designed a home in a Georgian or Colonial Revival style, underscoring his range across Highland Park's most prominent addresses.
Ned Cammack of Coldwell Banker Realty has listed the property for $7.5 million, according to Coldwell Banker Luxury. For now, the century-old Tudor stands as one of Highland Park's more storied offerings, a house that has passed through a handful of owners while holding onto the beams, glass and salvaged timber that made it notable from the start.
