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# Swiss Avenue
- URL: https://www.tx.co/areas/swiss-avenue/
- Published: 2026-10-11T07:38:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T23:10:35.000Z
- Description: Swiss Avenue is an Old East Dallas historic district known for early twentieth-century residential architecture.
- Author: LC
- Tags: #area, Dallas County

Swiss Avenue is an Old East Dallas historic district known for early twentieth-century residential architecture. Its broad avenue and preserved houses are a visible record of the city’s development during that period.

The district has Dallas Landmark, National Register and state historic-marker recognition. The city protects the district through a specific ordinance and preservation criteria, so the historic character also has practical implications for proposed work on an address inside the boundary.

### Places to know

**Swiss Avenue Historic District.** A locally designated landmark district with early twentieth-century houses.

**Architectural streetscape.** The avenue’s houses illustrate several architectural approaches from Dallas’s early growth.

**City preservation resources.** Official district information links the designation to applicable preservation review.

### Check at the address, not the town name

- Review the district boundary and preservation criteria before budgeting exterior alterations, demolition or new construction.
- Gather records of previous work and ask the city which approvals apply to the proposed project on the specific property.
- School attendance zones, flood risk, HOA obligations, utilities and property taxes follow the exact address. Use current records: [TEA school district locator](https://tea.texas.gov/families-and-students/school-district-locator/school-district-locator?ref=tx.co), [FEMA flood maps](https://msc.fema.gov/portal/home?ref=tx.co), [county appraisal districts](https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/property-tax/county-directory/?ref=tx.co).

### Sources

- Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Aug 2026; typical value for ZIP 75214.
- Mortgage rate: Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, 10-08-2026.
- [City of Dallas: Swiss Avenue](https://www.dallascityhall.com/departments/sustainabledevelopment/historicpreservation/Pages/swiss%5Favenue.aspx?ref=tx.co)
- [City of Dallas: landmark districts](https://dallascityhall.com/departments/sustainabledevelopment/historicpreservation/Pages/landmark%5Fdistricts.aspx?ref=tx.co)
- [Swiss Avenue Historic District Association](https://www.sahd.org/the-district?ref=tx.co)
- [NCTCOG regional city and community reference](https://geospatial.nctcog.org/map/rest/services/Boundaries/Boundaries/MapServer/6?ref=tx.co)