Alfred Horatio Belo House
historic place
The Alfred Horatio Belo House, now the Arts District Mansion, is a historic place in Dallas, Texas. This Classical Revival residence was built for Colonel Alfred Horatio Belo, founder of The Dallas Morning News and a Confederate veteran. His wife, Nettie Ennis Belo, acquired the property in 1888; the house was completed around 1900, designed by Herbert M. Greene. The Belo family lived here until 1922. From 1926 to 1976, it functioned as the Loudermilk-Sparkman Funeral Home, where outlaw Clyde Barrow's body was publicly viewed in 1934. The Dallas Bar Association acquired the property in 1977. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and a Texas Historical Commission marker was erected in 1979. This site represents a notable chapter in Dallas's architectural and journalistic history.