You may have noticed the unassuming house for sale at 4331 N. Hall. Beyond the overgrown shrubs, you will find how many of the homes in Perry Heights looked 80 or 90 years ago. You can see the extremely narrow driveway going straight back to the garage ready for a Model T. The original single-paned …
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The Outlaw of Perry Heights
Otto and Norma Beutel married in 1916 and moved into a home on Hood St. in Dallas. Along with Norma’s mother and brother, the household soon added a daughter, Betty G, and a son, Jack Allender Beutel. In 1928, the four members of the young family moved to 4338 Vandelia St. in Perry Heights. Otto …
We love our park, but who was Craddock?
Our beautiful park, as you know, was donated to the City of Dallas by the Craddock family in 1922 when Gordon Perry platted Perry Heights. It was the first privately donated tract of land for the purpose of a public park in the City’s history. The land was just short of 10 acres and it was …
Deep Roots in Perry Heights
William R Gilliland (Bill) lost his father when he was two. He was raised by his mother along with his younger sister Ann at 4511 N. Hall. He attended SMU where he met his future wife, Patricia. Bill’s father, Roy Chester Gilliland was only 39 when he died. Roy Gilliland was born in 1890 to …
A Dairyman and Minnie
In the 1930’s and 1940’s. the owners of the home at 4403 Vandelia were William and Minnie Dieterich. William Herman Dieterich was originally from Bremen, Germany, and came to Texas when he was 18. Wilhelmina (Minnie) Augustina Gunther was born in Chicago shortly after her parents emigrated from Germany. She married W.H. Dieterich in Nebraska …