We are very excited that Katherine Seale, Executive Director of Preservation Dallas has kindly agreed to speak to the Deep Ellum Enrichment Project and general public on Tuesday, December 11th. Please encourage anyone you know concerned with the historic aspects of Deep Ellum to attend.

Meetings normally begin at 9pm. Please arrive early, at 8:30pm, to hear more from Katherine.

Some of the historic concerns of present include:
*The current state and review by the city Historic Dept. of the Landmark, Knights of the Pythias/Union Bankers. The first black owned, built and financed building in Dallas, built by William Sydney Pittman, Son-in-law of Booker
T. Washington

*The status of other Historic Deep Ellum landmarks such as the successful Artist’s studios at Continental Gin and beloved, voted best live music venue in Dallas - historic Sons of Hermann Hall.

*Options for placing Deep Ellum on the City’s Designation Committee

*General information on the options for Historic overlay, Conservation overlay, Historic Facades, Historic Landmarks and how Deep Ellum could utilize or include historic/conservation policies

*The overall too often unsung, amazing social, cultural and music history of Deep Ellum , rooting back to the Freedman’s town, Leadbelly, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Munger and more and why historic preservation is so very important to this area.

Mokah’s address:
2803 Taylor Street
Dallas, TX 75226
The big olive building, just south of Canton, on Malcom X Blvd. This is the block one street behind Adam’s Hat Lofts. Park in the lot by the mural of the large umbrella man! See you there!

More about Katherine from PreservationDallas.org: “Katherine Seale is the director of Preservation Dallas, the city’s non-profit organization dedicated to historic preservation in Dallas, Texas. She was hired in 2001 to conduct a city-wide survey of architecturally and historically significant buildings using the help of volunteers. Ms. Seale organized more than 500 volunteers to collect the survey data, and managed five professional committees to oversee the collection. She is a member of the local designation committee, which writes and review preservation criteria for landmark properties and facilitates the designation process with property owners.” - Preservationdallas.org