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WHERE TO LIVE NOW

LAZYBROOK / TIMBERGROVE
Technically two deed-restricted neighborhoods about 7 miles northwest of
Downtown inside the 610 Loop and just west of the Heights, the
Lazybrook/Timbergrove area was settled in the late 1800s by German farmers and was known as Eureka in the 1930s due to a major oil discovery on the
site. Consequently, the rail yard, called Eureka Yard, is still in use by Union
Pacific at the southern tip of the neighborhood. St. John’s German Lutheran
Church, one of the original churches built in 1891, still exists today but has

By Carla Valencia de Martinez | Illustration by German Arellano

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been moved to Downtown’s Sam Houston Park. There are tons of old, large
trees, specifically pines with frequent woodpeckers and native birds. The West
White Oak Bayou Trail starts in Timbergrove Manor and runs the banks of the
bayou, especially drawing visitors for its bluebonnets in the spring. West 11th
St. Park is a beautiful 20.2-acre wooded wilderness pocket and the largest tract
of native Texas forest inside the loop, attracting native butterflies in the spring.
The homes are mid-century in style and one-story, ranch-style homes.