Park Cities in Dallas in Dallas County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Highland Park Methodist Church Building
Photographed by Kayla Harper, April 25, 2020
1. Highland Park Methodist Church Building Marker
1926 Highland Park Methodist Church Building
This splendid example of Gothic Revival architecture was designed by architects Roscoe DeWitt and Mark Lemmon and built in 1926. It features a majestic bell tower that houses a 48-bell carillon, elegant stone tracery on pointed arch stained glass windows, and slender buttresses. Large harmonious additions to the original structure were built between 1950 and 1961. The property was annexed by the town of Highland Park in 1923.
Erected 1994 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 6737.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Religion & Religious Structures.
Location. 32° 50.214′ N, 96° 47.134′ W. Marker is in Dallas, Texas, in Dallas County. It is in Park Cities. It is on Mockingbird Lane, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3300 Mockingbird Lane, Dallas TX 75205, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Highland Park Methodist Church (a few steps from this marker); Mark and Maybelle Lemmon House (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Martin Luther King Jr. at SMU (approx. half a mile away); Dallas Hall Southern Methodist University (approx. 0.6 miles away); Daniel Family Cemetery (approx. 0.8 miles away); Preston Road (approx. 1.1 miles away); Charles Dilbeck Homes in Cochran Heights (approx. 1.1 miles away); Caruth House (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dallas.
Also see . . . Details of the 48-bell carillon. (Submitted on September 6, 2020, by Carl Scott Zimmerman of Kirkwood, Missouri.)
Photographed by Kayla Harper, April 25, 2020
2. Highland Park Methodist Church Building Marker
Photographed by Kayla Harper, October 3, 2020
3. Highland Park Methodist Church
Photographed by Kayla Harper, October 3, 2020
4. Highland Park Methodist Church
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 26, 2020, by Kayla Harper of Dallas, Texas. This page has been viewed 465 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 26, 2020, by Kayla Harper of Dallas, Texas. 3, 4. submitted on October 6, 2020, by Kayla Harper of Dallas, Texas. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
