Munger Place Historic District

In nineteen oh five, cotton gin manufacturer Robert S. Munger platted three hundred acres just east of downtown Dallas and called it The City Man's Home. It became the first deed-restricted neighborhood in Texas.

Every house had to stand two full stories tall and cost at least two thousand dollars. No house could face a side street. Munger installed paved streets, shade trees, gas mains, and electric lights as part of the development.

The city's leading bankers and merchants filled the blocks. The neighborhood struggled through the Depression and mid-century decline, but residents rallied to earn historic district designation. Today Munger Place is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and prized for its intact collection of early-twentieth-century Dallas craftsman and prairie-style homes.