I have to credit Iconic Real Estate’s Dustin Merritt with the headline. It certainly caught my eye in his MLS copy, as did so much about this Midcentury Modern split-level ranch in Old Lake Highlands.
Dallas has a great collection of architecturally significant midcentury residences, from the Disney Streets to Sparkman Club Estates and Highland Meadows. They include atomic ranches, A-frames, California ranches, and the beloved split-level ranch. Designed with creativity and flexibility, these homes remain one of the most sought-after styles.
In the 1960s, the Building Research Council published a pamphlet on the split-level ranch offering this wisdom: “The floor plan offers the advantages of privacy, noise control, and good interior circulation.”
These homes also looked big, and the tri-level split offered the best of all worlds: main-level living, a sleeping level, and a lower-level multi-purpose room. That’s what we have here. Eight steps lead to two bedrooms upstairs, the main living floor has one bedroom, and eight steps down lead to the lower level, which houses the owner’s sauna, home office, and gym…