page_title: Buckner Terrace, Dallas
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Buckner Terrace, Dallas / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Street topper for the Buckner Terrace Neighborhood, Dallas, Texas
context_page_description: Buckner Terrace is a neighborhood and 2,800 acre real estate development that included active construction from the 1960s to the 1980s located in East Dallas. Although the Buckner Terrace Homeowner's Association does not serve the portions of the subdivision north of Interstate 30, the subdivision is actually bisected by Interstate 30, with a significant portion of its homes located in the areas near the Claremont and White Rock Hills neighborhoods. The earliest developed portions of the neighborhood were north of Interstate 30 and some homes in Buckner Terrace north of Interstate 30 date from 1959-1962.
context_section_description: Development of Buckner Terrace north of Interstate 30 was undertaken in 1965. Approximately 2,400 acres of land was part of the development, and more than 1,200 lots had been fully developed by the summer of 1966. The development north of Interstate 30 was spearheaded by Buckner Park, Inc., and was headed by developer Wayne Claycomb. The mid-1960s built homes in the neighborhood were advertised as being equipped for gas and featuring a gas light in front of each home. Wood-paneled dens, shag carpeting, and wood-burning fireplaces were advertised features of many homes during this period. 
  By 1968, more than a dozen builders were building in the community under the direction of developers Claycomb and Harry Gross. Those builders included: Jewel Fall, George Bohmer, Ray Williamson, Bill Feagin, Bob Sears, Carl Norris, J.R. Mullins, Walter Marusak, J.L. Parker, H.F. Feagin, Virgil Pembroke, David Potter, C.I. Zimmerman, H. Bond, P.N. Scudder, Leroy Jenkins, Bill Denny, Joe Edwards, Cleo Norris, and Bob McNutt. 
  By 1972, more than 2,000 homes had been constructed, a 250-acre planned commercial section for the neighborhood was under development, and a 450-acre industrial park adjacent to the neighborhood were under development.
  By 1981, as the subdivision filled out its final installations, the home prices had reached $130,000. In 1972, roughly 2,000 square feet of new construction in the neighborhood sold for between $32,000 and $40,000.
caption: Street topper for the Buckner Terrace Neighborhood, Dallas, Texas
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