The Principal Apartments in Dallas, TX

The Principal Residences offer you the choice to bypass the ordinary and live in one of Dallas’ oldest landmark school buildings. Dating back to 1903, Davy Crockett Elementary is a part of Dallas history. Today, The Principal offers 52 discerning residents the chance to be a part of the evolution of Dallas history and live in a truly unique new home that is all ‘Class!’

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Every floor plan at The Principal is unique, offering tangible and intangible elements not found elsewhere in Dallas. Discover hide-a-way nooks, grand entrance staircases, windows stretching fourteen feet high, and original basketball court hardwoods–all within the apartments themselves. Also included are state-of-the-art smart-home technologies, premium appliance combinations, stackable washers/dryers, original hardwood floors, and expansive closets.

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401 N. Carroll’s David Crockett Elementary School

Old-timers at Crockett reunions reportedly recalled schoolrooms heated by janitor-fed pot-bellied stoves. Every day when the coal hit the heater, such a racket transpired that teachers temporarily lost sight and sound of their pupils. Naturally their charges seized the chance to yuck it up and toss notes, according to commentary in Education in Dallas by Walter J.E. Schiebel. Equally influential was the janitor’s wife, who made enough chili to provide daily lunch for 5 cents a bowl.

Crockett’s origins date to 1902. The ranks of East Dallas’ kiddos had outgrown the educational facilities shared with Dallas. Some 150 citizens in May 1902 signed a petition requesting an East Dallas school. By May 23 the education board approved a land purchase to build a four-room campus on North Carroll and by September ’03 class was in session. But the four rooms could scarcely contain enrollment, so, according to school board minutes, expansions occurred in 1904, 1907, 1919 and 1920. A moms group formed early on to push improvements, and in 1907 the parents petitioned to “have lights cut in.” A dang-reasonable request, no? Virginia Collins Lipscomb was the campus’ most beloved teacher; Lipscomb school in East Dallas is named for her husband, who also was an educator.