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rIIRAMAR
Back in the 1920's, this house at +0-05 Miramar in
Highland Park in Dallas, was the scene of gay parties.
Dr. and Mrs. F.H. Newton owned the house, and in back
there was a replica of q ship, called the S.S. Miramar.
Now the area is grown over iii Bamboo. The ship was
The city, and
removed after a long court battle.V4 Neighbors, who had
won out in the ir
grown at odds with the Newtons con-
tention the ship violated a zoning ordinance.The ship has be en destroyed' ano now the city claims
the house is a nuisance, and wants it destroyed.
A
neighbor has also filed an intervenor suit, seeking
30-thousand dollars damage, claiming that much loss on
property value. Today, filea cross action
, claiming a conspiracy between the neighbor and the
City of Highland Park, a conspiracy to deprive the New-
tons of i under the law,
The hou e shows the wear and tear of the controversy
which has lasted nearly 20 years. The Newtons cite#SWISH
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Miramar], script, March 22, 1962; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc946671/m1/1/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.