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HISTORY
The Bluebonnet Hills neighborhood lies approximately four miles southwest of the Fort Worth Central Business District. Referred to as Bluebonnet Place by the current neighborhood association, it is part of the original grantee's, Elijah Sutherland, 1864 Survey. The neighborhood surrounds Bluebonnet Circle and extends north to Berry Street.
The 165.5 acres included in the Sutherland Survey were platted in 1929. This acreage is divided by University Drive, with development on the western side beginning in 1930.
Stadium Drive, on the western boundary of Bluebonnet Hills was originally platted as Edgevale Street in early 1929. Further north, the same street was platted as Archer Street. When the Texas Christian University football stadium was built on that street later in 1929, the street name was changed to Stadium Drive.
To the east of University Drive, along Park Ridge, Cockrell and Greene, some homes were built in 1928 and 1929, but most development took place when the Bluebonnet Hills Development Company began work in 1932.
L. H. Wentz and John J. Harden of Oklahoma owned another portion of this land, which they began developing in 1945, and completed in the early 1950's.
Berry Street, the northern boundary of Bluebonnet Hills, was not paved by 1929, and the city limits only extended to mid block. The entire area was annexed by the city in 1937.
Deed restrictions in Bluebonnet Hills specified that homes must cost at least $3,500 at the time of construction. |