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"The Palmer Fern dell features more than 90 varieties of ferns, camellias, azaleas, and mature trees that border the peaceful brook winding through this enchanting mini-garden."

White Rock Lake in the background

at the Dallas Arboretum

This Japanese Maple and the fountain are basking in the sunlight.

Japanese maples, Wisteria, and blooming Azaleas and petunias are inviting for a shady walk - and Quinceañera pictures!

Looking through the window from the DeGolyer courtyard.

Seward Johnson sculpture #3 "My Dog has Fleas"

The Maples are brilliant right now, and the Oak Leaf Hydrangeas are coming on quickly.

The entrance to the DeGolyer home

DeGOLYER HOUSE
A native of Greensboro, Kansas, Everette Lee DeGolyer (1886-1956) participated in major oil exploration sucesses in Mexico while still a student at the university of Oklahoma, returning to complete his degree. He married Nell Virginia Goodrich (1886-1972) of Norman, Oklahoma. DeGolyer became a world renowned petroleum geologist and rare book collector.

In 1936 Everette and Nell DeGolyer and their four children moved to Dallas. They hired California achitects Denman Scott and Burton Schutt to design their new home overlooking White Rock Lake. Exhibiting outstanding features of the Spanish Colonial revival style. The house was begun in 1938 and completed in 1940. Noted Landscape architect Arthur Berger planned the grounds of the estate to complement its natural surroundings. An important addition to Texas' architectural history, the rambling one-story house is evocative of a Mexican Hacienda and noted for its picturesque massing and fine craftsmanship.

Following the DeGolyers' deaths, the DeGolyer foundation donated the house, grounds, and library to Southern Methodist University. The Library was retained by the University, and the house and grounds were purchased by the City of Dallas in 1975.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1992

Entered in the National Register of Historic Places 1978

There are quite a few Quinceañera girls today.

Red Japanese Maples with White Rock Lake in the distance.

These antique roses are climbers!

The foxglove (left) are just beginning to bloom and the allium (center) are at their peak.

These white and red Azaleas were brilliant in the sunshine.

The Quinceañera girls were out in force today, this one at the entry.

We expected that by now the Azaleas would be gone. Boy, were we wrong!

The DeGolyer home still has Azaleas blooming nearby. Seward Johnson's "My Dog has Fleas" statue is being admired by two ladies.