Lake Highlands Village — 1951

by Paula Bosse

Buckner and Northcliff, 1951

by Paula Bosse

This is an interesting photo from an ad for J. M. Tuttle Jr. Real Estate/Tuttle Development Company. Jack Tuttle was one of the most prominent developers of Lake Highlands, near White Rock Lake, east of Buckner Blvd. Tuttle began buying land in this far-flung, undeveloped area around 1939 and eventually owned pretty much everything in the area, including Lake Highlands Village, a shopping area a mere stone’s throw from White Rock Lake and not far from Casa Linda. The map below (from another Tuttle ad) shows where much of Tuttle’s property was at the time, including LHV, which was (and still is) at 720 N. Buckner Blvd. It looks a lot different now, but it’s interesting to see how it started out.

Here is the text that accompanied the photo in the ad from 1951:

Lake Highlands Village 

Distinctively individual design plus surrounding natural beauty makes the Lake Highlands Estates an ideal homesite for the discriminating home-owner. And you will like the convenience of your own shopping center in the Lake Highlands Village, just minutes from downtown Dallas and seconds from cool White Rock Lake. 

1952

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Sources & Notes

Photo and map are from ads that appeared in Dallas magazine in Feb. 1951 and Feb. 1952.

More on Lake Highlands from Flashback Dallas in “Old Lake Highlands.”

This post appeared previously on the Flashback Dallas Patreon page.

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