DeGolyer House, Dwelling in Dallas, United States
DeGolyer House is a one-story Mission Revival dwelling in Dallas, United States, built of light stone blocks with a red tile roof and dark grated windows. A green lawn and leafy trees frame the low structure, while inside a dining room features a dark wood table, red upholstered chairs, a brass chandelier, and a red patterned rug.
The house was designed by California architects Denman Scott and Burton Schutt and built between 1938 and 1940 for Everette and Nell DeGolyer. After the couple's deaths, the estate was donated to Southern Methodist University, and the City of Dallas bought the house and grounds in 1975.
Locals often point out the house as the former home of a petroleum geologist whose rare book collection once filled part of the rooms. Today the building serves as a place where docents lead small groups through the dining room and other furnished spaces, showing how a Dallas family lived in the middle of the twentieth century.
Visitors can reach the house through the Dallas Arboretum grounds, where paths lead across a lawn to the shaded front terrace with benches. The interior is open to guided walks during daytime hours, and the single-story layout makes moving between rooms easy for most guests.
The estate was originally called Rancho Encinal, a name that hints at the oak trees once scattered across the hillside overlooking the water. Visitors often miss the small potted flowers lined along the base of the stone walls, a simple detail that echoes the garden plan drawn up for the original owners.
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