J.W. Watson-First Mayor of NRH with Family
J.W. (Jack) Watson, first Mayor of NRH in 1953, pictured here in 1957 with his family: Jack Watson, wife Evelyn, daughter Linda, and son Jim.
Clarence Jones home, corner of Grapevine Highway and Glenview Drive, current site of Greater Richland Shopping Center.
J.J. Hurley/ Wade Cutchin home, Grapevine Highway and Vance Road, pictured here in the mid-1940s. Later this property became the site of Northeast National Bank in 1961.
Schooling in Birdville probably dates back to 1855. In 1858, English prohibitionist William Hudson helped establish the Birdville Academy. The red brick building, erected in 1920, occupied property originally used as a school site along Broadway and Carson streets.
Richland Plaza opened August 2, 1962. It was northeast Tarrant County’s first regional shopping center with stores such as Montgomery Ward, J.C. Penney, and Buddies.
In this aerial view, the Haly Parchman home and farm are on the left; the Wade Cutchin home is on the right across Vance Road fronting Grapevine Highway. The Bill Mackey Dairy farm is in the upper left corner. The picture was taken in the 1940s.
Roy Jenkins and his wife Daisy purchased 18 acres with a house in 1948 in the northeast of Tarrant County at the corner of Smithfield Road and Watauga Road and then north to the railroad tracks. He owned and operated Fort Worth Blueprint Company from 1921 until his death.
Photograph of Buddies Supermarket was taken in 1955. It was originally Berry Brothers Supermarket built by Clarence Jones.
Home of H.M. & Inez Howe. The house was built by Joe Womack in the late 1940s. It is now the site of NRH Bursey Senior Center. Womack, a gunite contractor, constructed the house of gunite cement on 40 acres for his family in 1948.
The home of Clarence & Ruth Jones sat on 12 acres that became the Greater Richland Shopping Center. The house was moved north to 4324 Cummings Drive and later Bricked.