"The Place to Make Your Home"

ID: 1212 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University

This file appears in: Castle Heights Neighborhood

This 1924 advertisement of the newly plotted Castle Heights neighborhood tells of the tax-free advantages of living outside the "dust and bustle of city life." The advertisement then assures readers that, though removed, the "choice" neighborhood is not lacking in modern conveniences.

This file appears in: Castle Heights Neighborhood

Castle Heights Neighborhood

By J. B. Smith

In its early days in the 1920s, Castle Heights was just a grassy hill at the end of the streetcar line, with a clear view of the Amicable building downtown. The city of Waco has since grown miles beyond the hill, and oaks and magnolia trees have…