Events
2nd annual dilbeck conservancy tour
Dilbeck in the details
Saturday, October 18, 2025
10:00am until 3:00pm
Tickets $45
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open house
1937 Marydale Drive
Saturday, September 6, 2025
1pm to 3pm
This “Texas Ranch” style cottage was built in 1941 by Percy Carpenter for Ralph J and Mary Powers. The one-story compact home utilizes an “L” shape to form a courtyard facing the street and reached via a Dilbeck signature little bridge that once spanned a shallow drainage swale (since removed). There are many Dilbeck features to note here including an original garage door with a “face” made of an oxen yoke and windows, a dovecote cupola, wood lattice screening in an outdoor entry vestibule and a reproduction wood fence that was replicated from the original, to name a few. This home is one of the most iconic Dilbeck cottages around. The interior open living and dining space incorporates all of Dilbeck’s repertoire with a very large fireplace with a special mantle, wood ceiling in the dining room, original light fixtures and a bay window that looks onto the courtyard.
Join us for an Open House hosted by Ged Dipprey Real EstateGroup, the listing agent. Capacity is very limited, and registration is required and will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis.
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open house
4549 walnut hill lane
Thursday, May 29, 2025
5pm to 7pm
This easy-to-spot Dilbeck is a “Texas Ranch” style with a modern touch. It was built in 1952 by the Trojack Construction Company for J R and Anna May Tozer. Robert Tozer owned the Pioneer Sales Company, a wholesale distributor of aircraft instrumentation. Among the many recognizable Dilbeck features is an over-sized round brick chimney paired with a square one turned on a 45 degree angle. The original steel picture windows are a modern element that is common on Dilbeck homes.
Join us for an Open House hosted by Compass. Capacity is very limited, and registration is required and will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis.
garden party
Thursday, October 10, 2024
5pm to 8pm
Dallas, TX
Join us on October 10 for an enchanting evening of live piano, food, cocktails, and raffle hosted in a lovely Dilbeck residence in Preston Hollow in Dallas.
Tarrant county historical
society program -
fort worth architecture of charles stevens dilbeck
Thursday, September 19, 2024
6:00 pm
Fort Worth Club, Fort Worth TX
The Dilbeck Conservancy invites you to hear Willis Winters, author of an upcoming book on the work of Charles Stevens Dilbeck, speak on Thursday, September 19, at a Tarrant County Historical Society’s dinner program. The program will be held at the Fort Worth Club and tickets may be purchased from the historical society link below and will benefit the historical society's mission.
Tickets may be purchased from the Tarrant County Historical Society.
Open House
2920 simondale drive,
fort worth
Saturday, September 7, 2024
1pm to 3pm
Fort Worth, TX
Burt Ladner Realty, realtor for the sale of this home, invites the Dilbeck Conservancy to attend their Open House on Saturday, September 7, 1 pm to 3 pm.
This two-story residence was completed in 1937 for I C and Jewel (Brannon) Parker. This house, along with 4144 Shenandoah in Dallas, is among the most popular of Dilbeck’s work and the two houses are nearly identical but in reverse! Featuring a round turret with Juliette balcony, field stone and brick with half-timbering and many other Dilbeck signature elements, this home also has connections to Fort Worth history.
open house
3620 amherst
thursday, july 18, 2024
5pm to 7pm
Dallas, TX
This Texas Ranch style home was built for Burt and Louise Ford Jr. in 1936. While it has been added on to over the years, including twice by well-known architects, the original residence remains intact. One of its playful Dilbeckian features is an open-air terrace built over a creek.
Join us for an Open House hosted by Allie Beth Allman & Associates, realtor for the sale of this home. Capacity is very limited, and registration is required and will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis.
open house
2237 west jefferson
Sunday, june 9, 2024
11am to 2pm
Dallas, TX
Epique Realty, realtor for the sale of this home, invites the Dilbeck Architecture Conservancy to attend their Open House. Parking will be available at the back of the house.
This is a “Texas Ranch” style home, completed in 1941 by builder L. O. Daniels Jr. This property displays many of Dilbeck’s best known features including the asymmetrical gable end façade with a shed roof and window surround, rough fieldstone combined with accents in brick, exposed and curved wood rafters, geometric porch railing design and other characteristics.
FOUR SISTERS HOME TOUR
Saturday, May 18, 2024
11am to 4pm
Dallas, TX
Join us for a tour of four of Dilbeck’s early Dallas houses, located at the intersection of Shenandoah Street and Douglas Avenue in University Park. These French farmhouse residences – known as The Four Sisters – are symbolic of the lasting beauty and appeal of Dilbeck’s design talents.
OPEN HOUSE
3819 MCFARLIN BOULEVARD
August 9, 2023
12pm to 3pm
3819 McFarlin Blvd.
Dallas, TX
Sited on ample land and being adjacent to another incredible architect designed home from the 1930s, the David Williams, AIA, designed home on 1.15 acres, this .25 acre site provides plenty of room for the Charles Dilbeck designed 4,790 square foot home to enjoy breezes coming across nearby Turtle Creek.
Dilbeck Birthday Party
May 24, 2023
Dallas, TX
Around 60 Dilbeck afficionados gathered at El Ranchito to celebrate the architect’s birthday and to share experiences with his architecture. The Dilbeck Conservancy hosted this party, the second birthday celebration and its official annual meeting, with food and margaritas in a festive atmosphere created both by Dilbeck himself and party planner Margaret Ryder of Kane and Company. El Ranchito was chosen as the location for obvious reasons and to support the owner’s efforts to designated this property as a City of Dallas Landmark. El Ranchito was designed by Dilbeck in 1947 as the Red Bryan Smokehouse restaurant and is one of many restaurants designed by the architect but very few survive.
