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In 1977, the Colonel's granddaughter, Helen Belo Morrison, agreed to sell the property to the Dallas Bar Association.
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Welcome the Rich History of the Belo Mansion
Designed in the neo-classical revival style, the Belo Mansion was built in the late 1800’s by Colonel Alfred Horatio Belo, who founded the Dallas Morning News. The house was said to be constructed after the family home in Salem, North Carolina, and conceived as a tribute to Colonel Belo’s wife, Nettie. The contractor was Daniel Morgan, who in 1893, completed the Dallas County Courthouse now known as “Old Red”.
Construction on the home was completed in time for the wedding of the Belo’s son, Alfred Jr., to his bride, Helen Ponder. The Belo home on Ross and Pearl Streets became a city showplace as the family was active in civic and cultural affairs.
In 1926, the building was leased to George Loudermilk and Will Sparkman, where it operated as a funeral home for fifty years. In that year extensive remodeling occured and again in 1936, when an additional section was built onto the rear of the home as well as a chapel on the eastern portion of the property. One of the most infamous events held during that time was the 1934 funeral of Clyde Barrow, of the Bonnie and Clyde gang.
In 1977, the Colonel’s granddaughter, Helen Belo Morrison, agreed to sell the property to the Dallas Bar Association. She had been born in the house in 1902 and felt the Bar’s plan to restore the home as the Dallas Legal Education Center was in accordance with family principles and feelings. The Dallas Bar Association connected the historic home and the chapel with an expansive, glass-roofed atrium.
