Weekly Acorn #23
Last week I began the history of Polo Rd and decided to break it up into two parts. This week I am going to briefly list the neighborhoods along West Polo Rd and the streets in each, but not in as much detail as I did with Oak Crest and neighborhoods along East Polo Rd.
Beginning at Robinhood Rd and heading east on West Polo Rd (formerly Mount Tabor Rd) the following neighborhoods are located on the north side (not including the apartment complexes, condos, or newer neighborhoods). These are only the original neighborhoods. Also, I am going to list the original street names as several of them have changed.
Foxhall – (established in several phases between 1964 – 1967)
Polo Rd (north side only from Greenvalley to Petree); Abingdon Way; Foxhall Dr; Redoak Ln; Meade Ln; Greenvalley Dr; Willowlake Rd; Shelter Cove; and Petree Rd (west side only from Polo to Mt Tabor High School).
Knollwood – (estab date not listed) the oldest house I found was built in 1920.
Polo Rd (formerly Ridgecrest Dr from Petree Rd to Tabor St); Petree Rd* (formerly Carolina Dr from Polo to sharp turn at school); Millerwood Dr; Leafland St; Linbrook Dr; Benbow St (formerly Glendale Dr); Tabor St (only from Polo [Ridgecrest] to sharp curve, then Oakview St from curve to Benbow [Glendale]): Yates St (was supposed to extend west to Linbrook and east to Endsley but was never completely developed).
*An interesting note about Petree Rd is that a 1955 map shows it as Petree Rd from Polo Rd to the curve at Mt Tabor High School, then it becomes Old Town School Rd and runs into what is now Shattalon Dr and continues to Old Town School.
Polo Acres (formerly Derby Heights) – (estab circa 1930) the oldest house I found was built in 1939.
Endsley Av; Faircloth Av (formerly Austin Av); Euclid St (formerly Fairview St); Rosebud St (formerly Woodland St); and Yates St (never developed to connect from Knollwood). Ketner St (never developed) was supposed to be a connector that began at Yates St and ran south at the west ends of Euclid and Rosebud Streets and ending just south of Euclid St. The street right of ways for both Ketner St and the unfinished portions of Yates St are indicated in the Forsyth County Geo-Data Explorer.
Polo View Extension – (estab date not listed) the oldest house I found was built in 1925.
Stretch of Polo Rd (formerly New Mount Tabor Rd) across from ball fields and Speas Elementary School.
Now the neighborhoods along the south side of West Polo Rd heading east from Robinhood Rd.
Old Town (no designated neighborhood) – the oldest house I found was built in 1920.
Polo Rd (from Robinhood Rd to Whitaker Rd south side only); Lee St; Greenvalley Dr (formerly Violet St – south side only).
Carter Park – (estab date not listed) the oldest house I found was built in 1930.
Polo Rd (formerly Ridgecrest Dr from Petree Rd to Tabor St); Whitaker Rd (formerly Clover St and was only a few blocks long at the time); Carter Cr (the east stretch was formerly called Carter St).
Old Town (no designated neighborhood) – the oldest house I found was built in 1910.
Evergreen Dr (formerly Sylvan Rd); Merrimont Dr (formerly New Miller Rd)
Clinard Oaks – (estab date not listed) the oldest house I found was built in the mid 1950’s.
Lancaster St; Truman St; Glenwood St; Jeffrey Ln (formerly Turner St); and Spradlin St
The remaining neighborhoods on West Polo Rd from Speas Elementary School to Reynolda Rd are discussed in detail in Weekly Acorn #20 (I will be making some revisions on that post this week as well).
Next week I will discuss the neighborhood directly south of Oak Crest, Woodberry Forest.