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Peek inside a Frank Welch-designed home overlooking Dallas Country Club’s golf course

And the house boasts more detailed designs from other noted landscape architects, designers and artists.

Built in 2001, this home sits on a private cul-de-sac overlooking Dallas Country Club’s golf course and with views of Turtle Creek from its second-floor master suite. Dallas architect Frank Welch designed the home with its four bedrooms, five bathrooms and two half-bathrooms.

Listing agent Caroline Summers of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s said Welch-designed homes are highly coveted.

“His houses have always gone for a premium because he is so hard to secure as an architect, and he only took a certain number of projects at a time,” Summers said.

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3910 Shenandoah, Highland Park
3910 Shenandoah, Highland Park(JA2 Photo)
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At 7,804 square feet, the Highland Park home has all the essentials throughout its two stories and basement. A seating area in the master suite overlooks the golf course. The master suite includes separate his and her bathrooms with heated floors and custom-designed closets. Two guest rooms and one guest room/office combo make the house ready for hosting.

An interesting design note, the dining room — in which esteemed guests such as former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush have dined — features brightly colored Zuber wallpaper from France. It is the same American War for Independence design as the wallpaper in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House.

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The basement was remodeled in 2013 and includes a wine cellar, exercise room, cedar closet and a separate locked closet. Though the house does not have an elevator, there is a space and electricity set aside for that installation.

Architectural details like all of the millwork in the house were custom designed by Welch and bear his trademark in the wood. The hardwoods are antique pine, and the red brick came from a building torn down on Austin’s noted Sixth Street — the brick dates back to the 19th century. Three Rumford fireplaces accent the home.

Summers said the house bridges the gap between a fairy tale, traditional home and overtly modern home.

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“It’s definitely on the traditional side of modern,” Summers said. “But it can go so modern on the inside.”

The home’s many windows overlook a meticulously crafted backyard designed by Paul Fields. The first and second floors both have extensive porches offering views of the golf course and the garden. The exterior features a lap pool with bronze artwork above the pool, designed by Greek artist Yorgos Kypris, whose work is featured in the World Bank Center in Washington, D.C. The garden itself is featured in the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Gardens.

This artistic, modern home at 3910 Shenandoah St. is listed for $6 million.