The North Hi-Mount community dates back to the early 1900's. This area once
served as a U.S. Army base, Camp Bowie. North Hi-Mount consisted of four
additions. First was the Mattison Addition followed by Bunting, McCart and Rose
Hill. These were all platted in 1910 from The Boulevard Land Company with H.S.
Bunting as president and C.S. Mattison as Secretary. In the original plat, Belle
street stopped at Clarke and what is now Belle from Clarke north to 7th was
McCart Street. The plat provided for streets, alleys, and utilities. Also allowed
were buggies, surreys, carriages, passenger vehicles. However, "no wagon or
vehicles used in the hauling or handling of freight of any kind shall ever be
allowed on the streets of the additions". However soon enough there would be a
World War and the area was used as a military base. When the war was over the
area quickly started its transformation into what we now know and love as North
Hi-Mount. Most of the houses built in this area date to the early 1920's. We do,
however, have quite a few that precede that date by at least a decade. Arlington
Heights Boulevard would soon be renamed Camp Bowie Boulevard. There would
be a trolley that would run from downtown out west to the Pavilion located in the
country on Lake Como. Businesses would take hold and the economy of the area
improved. Montgomery Ward would build a huge distribution center and General
Motors would have an assembly plant right across the street. Movie theaters
would pop up along the Boulevard. The Seventh Street theater lasted until the
early 2000's. The Bowie was made into a bank, the Frost, and the Ridglea became
a hot spot for music and is still used today for bands both big and small. The west
side also boasts some of the best restaurants in the city. You can enjoy every
kind of food from steak to Tex-Mex, lobster to hot dogs, Asian, French and
simple home cooking.
We love our area. The old, the new, the memories and the prospect of what is to
come. Those are the things that make us what we are and makes this part of
town home.
So, relax and enjoy.
served as a U.S. Army base, Camp Bowie. North Hi-Mount consisted of four
additions. First was the Mattison Addition followed by Bunting, McCart and Rose
Hill. These were all platted in 1910 from The Boulevard Land Company with H.S.
Bunting as president and C.S. Mattison as Secretary. In the original plat, Belle
street stopped at Clarke and what is now Belle from Clarke north to 7th was
McCart Street. The plat provided for streets, alleys, and utilities. Also allowed
were buggies, surreys, carriages, passenger vehicles. However, "no wagon or
vehicles used in the hauling or handling of freight of any kind shall ever be
allowed on the streets of the additions". However soon enough there would be a
World War and the area was used as a military base. When the war was over the
area quickly started its transformation into what we now know and love as North
Hi-Mount. Most of the houses built in this area date to the early 1920's. We do,
however, have quite a few that precede that date by at least a decade. Arlington
Heights Boulevard would soon be renamed Camp Bowie Boulevard. There would
be a trolley that would run from downtown out west to the Pavilion located in the
country on Lake Como. Businesses would take hold and the economy of the area
improved. Montgomery Ward would build a huge distribution center and General
Motors would have an assembly plant right across the street. Movie theaters
would pop up along the Boulevard. The Seventh Street theater lasted until the
early 2000's. The Bowie was made into a bank, the Frost, and the Ridglea became
a hot spot for music and is still used today for bands both big and small. The west
side also boasts some of the best restaurants in the city. You can enjoy every
kind of food from steak to Tex-Mex, lobster to hot dogs, Asian, French and
simple home cooking.
We love our area. The old, the new, the memories and the prospect of what is to
come. Those are the things that make us what we are and makes this part of
town home.
So, relax and enjoy.
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