The school offers an alternative to the nearby private schools of St. John's Episcopal and St. Anne's Catholic. While each reel rewound, they'd eat snow cones and mingle with the neighbors. Cherryhurst Park still stands in the heart of Montrose. The park is a very central aspect. It's like the village square.
Neighbors meet there when they're walking dogs.
Grand old oak trees frame the neighborhood's small bungalows, many built in the 1920s and 1930s by Houston developer Lillo Crain. Most houses have alley access to garages in back. The neighborhood has a uniform feel since most of the homes are the original construction. A few town houses have been built, but their traditional styles blend in with the existing homes. In nearby areas such as Hyde Park, resale shops, beauty shops and law offices are sprinkled in with houses, duplexes and older apartment buildings.