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Years of research has begun to tell the tale of our
neighborhood's beginnings and of its development over the intervening century. These
pages reveal some of that history: historical narratives, reports, charts, newspaper
articles, photos, and period advertisements.
Medlock Place
Historic District
The historical significance of
our neighborhood and the preserved condition the majority of the single family homes
in Medlock Place have now been officially recognized.
Thanks to the foresight and determination of Kerry Moss and the Medlock Place Neighborhood
Association Historic Committee (Bobbie Chinsky, Jon Douglas, David Clark, and Douglas
Harter) the Medlock Place Historic District is a reality. This means that further
commercial encroachment has been halted, many of our homes will eventally qualify
for reduced property taxes, matching fund grants are already available to qualifying
homes for exterior rehabilitation, and our area property values are likely to be
enhanced.
A couple
of years before Floyd W. Medlock was born...
"J. M. Evans platted the Evan's Addition to Orangewood in 1897. Directly
south of the Orangewood Subdivision, Bethany Home Road bounded the north side of
Evan's Addition, Camelback Road to the south, and 7th Street and 7th Avenue to the
east and west, respectively. These twenty-acre lots were divided evenly over four
blocks; each block contained twenty lots. Following conventions of the day, developers
like Evans invested their time and money in subdividing the lots and providing basic
services to the area (graded roads and minimal utilities) and individual buyers contracted
architects and builders to construct their homes. While demand for land was high,
construction generally lagged behind lot development."
From the Medlock Place Report to the National Register of Historic Places
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Do you have historical
pictures of Medlock Place or the Central & Camelback area?
A story to tell? |
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Share the memories.
Contact Lynn
Morrow or Kerry Moss. |
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