Penson House

Penson House

3756 Armstrong (Highland Park)

The Penson House was designed by O’Neil Ford, and built in 1954 for Jack and Nancy Penson. It is one of Ford’s largest residential projects and was designed in one of his favorite styles, Texas Regionalism. The exterior and interior of the 9,800 square foot home remains very close to the original design with the expectation of a second story addition, a master bath expansion, and enclosure of a rear porch.

The house will be going up for auction and with the impressive lot on a corner, closeness of the Turtle Creek tributary across the street on one corner, and Davis Park directly across the street on the opposite corner makes this lot very valuable. This amazing property paired with a beautiful, large O’Neil Ford house makes for a very unique combination and one that is in jeopardy of being torn down for redevelopment if it doesn’t go to a bidder who appreciates the house, especially as Highland Park does not have any mechanism to protect historic buildings.

UPDATE: The Penson House sold at auction in September of 2016 for $4.9 million and was subsequently demolished. The lot was put on the market for $5.9 million in December of 2016.