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View an Italian Renaissance style home on a Highland Park plot owned by SMU’s Cox family for generations

The home was built in 1997, but the property has been in the family for 81 years.

This is the first time since 1939 that this Highland Park property on 4300 Armstrong Parkway has been on the market. Edwin Cox, Dallas businessman and primary benefactor of Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business, bought the property to build a family home.

Current owners Jeanne and Berry Cox bought the property from his grandparents and planned to remodel and redesign the original home. But when they tried to design the remodel, they found it didn’t suit their needs and decided to build the existing home in its place.

Listing agent Penny Cook said that she thinks the property is a rare find, first because it sits on such a large lot in Highland Park but also because it has been in one family for 81 years.

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A look at the property at 4300 Armstrong Parkway in Highland Park.
A look at the property at 4300 Armstrong Parkway in Highland Park.(JA2 Photo)
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The 11,702-square-foot home sits on 1.6 acres with four large bedrooms, four bathrooms and three half-bathrooms. Designed by Richard Drummond Davis, the sprawling house has an Italian Renaissance style with vines covering the exterior of the home and stylized details on the interior.

A winding staircase and large windows make a grand entrance that leads into a formal living area and a nearby dining area. The dining room walls are covered with a canvas wallpaper that was hand-painted with a scene of the home from the exterior.

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All of the rooms on the back side of the house — both the living and family rooms — open to expansive outdoor seating areas. Outside, there’s a large pool.

The kitchen, a library, a guest bedroom and a game room are also on the first floor.

The master suite is on the second floor with a large bathroom and two walk-in closets. The master suite includes its own separate living space, an office and a coffee bar.

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Two more bedrooms with en suite bathrooms and walk-in closets and an exercise room are also upstairs.

Cook said the design is versatile and provides many ways for the next owners to reinvent the space.

“It’s a classic design that someone else, if they wanted to change it a little bit, they could make it more of a Santa Barbara feel,” Cook said. “But it’s truly a timeless design. I anticipate that, because of the quality, it will be a timeless home forever.”

The property is listed by Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty for $19,500,000.