The White Rock Lake District: “Where Life Is Worth Living!” — 1926
by Paula Bosse
The idyllic view from an East Dallas villa…. (click for larger image)
by Paula Bosse
In 1926, East Dallas was in a frenzy of development. There were so many new neighborhoods: Gastonwood, Country Club Estates, West Lake Park, Forest Hills, Hollywood, Santa Monica, Parks Estates, Munger Place Heights, Pasadena, Camp Estates, Hughes Estates, Temple Place.
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The New East Dallas
WHITE ROCK LAKE DISTRICT
Where living is delightful and where life is worth living!
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Sources & Notes
Ad from May, 1926. The detail — which shows a heart-stoppingly lovely vision of what might or might not have been a view from a home in the “White Rock Lake District” — is a Dallas I’ve never seen, but it’s one I’ll dream of.
To read a very informative article (or, I think it’s probably more of an “advertorial” written by a real estate company with land holdings in East Dallas), rifle through the Dallas Morning News archives until you find the article/advertisement titled “East Dallas Section Has Fast Growth” (DMN, May 2, 1926). As I said, it’s quite informative — with detailed info on the micro neighborhoods of East Dallas, many of which I’d never heard of.
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Flashback : Dallas 
There was a Monticello addition just north of Westlake, I think. I’ve had trouble locating which streets were included in Monticello (it was NOT the M streets). If you ever run across Monticello, let me know!! 🙂
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It’s mentioned briefly in the paragraph of the above article right after the subhead “Wilderness Reclaimed.” It also mentions that Woodrow was in what used to be the “Helen Gould school district.” Never heard of that. Or the “kids, golf course.”
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There was a nine hole golf course on the Woodrow site–not sure if that is where the present day track is just outside the school.
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Properly restricted?
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…Yep. As most of these develops were.
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It is fascinating to read about and remember the evolution of such a familiar landscape! Thank you. I grew up in Oak Cliff and watched the Veteran’s Hospital being built. I also remember those subtle “restrictions”. Flo Philips
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