Southfork Floor Plan

[Swellin]

Does anyone know of the Southfork Floor Plan for the show? It seemed there were endless bedrooms!

 

[Billy Wall]

Let’s see how many rooms. At one point Miss Ellie/Clayton, JR/Sue Ellen, Bobby, John Ross, Jenna, Charlie all had rooms. Donna possibly was living there at this time too.

Sue Ellen might have even had her own room at this point.

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

Yeah Southfork was indeed a TARDIS.

This not only explains it being bigger on the inside but also the fully working chameleon circuit which allowed it to change from the Cloyce Box ranch to the Duncan Acres ranch.

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

Yeah Southfork was indeed a TARDIS

It also explains all the early Southfork bedrooms with windows on 3 or even all 4 walls.

 

[tommie]

More endless than Sue Ellen's stash of vodka.

 

[Grant Jennings]

Joe Duncan purchased a 200 acre parcel of land at the intersection North Murphy Road and Parker Road in Parker, Texas in 1969; the parcel had previously been part of a larger parcel: the Murphy Ranch which was originally almost 2,000 acres. A small farmhouse, believed to be erected shortly before the Civil War, previously stood on the site but was demolished in the early 1960s after sitting abandoned for many years. After consulting with several local architectural firms, Duncan contacted the Dutch firm of M.C. Escher and Associates. For the exterior, Escher looked to Southern Colonial and Greek Revival houses for inspiration; the interior is more typical of Escher's work. Construction began on February 30, 1970 and was complete by early June. Landscaping and interior decoration was finished soon after; Duncan set a deadline for the end of June so that he would be able to host an Independence Day barbecue that July 4. M.C. Escher retained all of the blueprints and working drawings for the Duncan house, they are believed to be archived at the Escher Museum in The Hague.

 

[Pamela_E]

There was a wonderful thread on the forum about this topic. Snarky do you not have all the layouts you created?

I really enjoyed that thread.

 

[Taylor Bennett Jr.]

After consulting with several local architectural firms, Duncan contacted the Dutch firm of M.C. Escher and Associates. For the exterior, Escher looked to Southern Colonial and Greek Revival houses for inspiration; the interior is more typical of Escher's work.

moving to a studio set for the interior shots made things ever so slightly less efficient, as multiple takes of scenes where a character walked up the stairs could no longer filmed without cutting

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

There was a wonderful thread on the forum about this topic. Snarky do you not have all the layouts you created?

I really enjoyed that thread.

Well, here's one of them... this one combines the studio sets and the limitations of the actual house:

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

And here's the upstairs -- keep in mind that the windows mostly don't match between the sets and the real house, and the sets themselves change:

PS: Bobby's room and toilet would have slanting rooves, so not as much floor space as it appears.

 

[Billy Wall]

Well, here's one of them... this one combines the studio sets and the limitations of the actual house:

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Nice picture of Southfork in the winter.

 

[Grant Jennings]

Friends, my post about the Duncan house was intended as a joke. M.C. Escher, who I credit as architect, was a Dutch artist, you're probably familiar with some of his works even if his name is not familiar.

It was the impossibility of all of those bedrooms fitting into the second floor of that house that made me think of Escher works like this:

The date I listed as the start of construction, February 30, was also a joke.

 

[Seaviewer]

here's the upstairs

That's quite a space for Bobby's toilet. Especially compared with JR's commode.

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

That's quite a space for Bobby's toilet. Especially compared with JR's commode.

Bobby's room and toilet would have slanting rooves, so not as much floor space as it appears.

 

[lbf522]

Its a shame that Loramar did not put a lot of thought into the make up of the mansion inside and outside.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

Its a shame that Loramar did not put a lot of thought into the make up of the mansion inside and outside.

Well at the end of the day Dallas is just a TV series primarily designed to entertain. Lorimar wouldn't have cared that the Southfork sets didn't match the real Duncan Acres ranch. It's just a TV show, a great one though which has millions of fans worldwide. Even though it ended it's original run in 1991 it's a beloved programme.

 

[DallasFanForever]

Its a shame that Loramar did not put a lot of thought into the make up of the mansion inside and outside.

I’m assuming no one figured we’d be sitting here looking at floor plans of the ranch after all these years, so I can actually see why they wouldn’t put much thought into it. We were just much more accepting of stuff back then in the pre internet age.

 

[Sarah]

And here's the upstairs -- keep in mind that the windows mostly don't match between the sets and the real house, and the sets themselves change:
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Lair!!! I love it!

Where’s the attic though?

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

I’m assuming no one figured we’d be sitting here looking at floor plans of the ranch after all these years, so I can actually see why they wouldn’t put much thought into it. We were just much more accepting of stuff back then in the pre internet age.

Oh, I dunno... we used to laugh about it back then.