Parker County Today OCTOBER 2018 | Page 89

Sit in Comfort 2312 Montgomery St., Fort Worth 76107 Located in the Cultural Arts District dfwbilliards.com • 817.377.1004 Open Mon- Fri 9-6, Sat. 9-5 Choose from over 100 bar stools for your kitchen, bar or game room up or they use an angle that makes the thing look really good, and then when you get to that place you’re like: ‘Oh, wow, it looked a lot differ- ent or better in the pictures!’ We hear, ‘The pictures got me here, but they don’t do it justice.’ It’s a great compliment.” The event venue will accom- modate 300 guests and is another splendid example of thoughtful architectural design. It blends many elements, from reclaimed barn wood to old world stucco and corrugated metal, to Persian doors and a 12-foot rock walk-around fireplace. Like the chapel, the event venue offers open- air or climate-enhanced options, so, rain or shine, hot or cold, The Brooks is ready to go. The brook at The Brooks, along with two ponds, is the handiwork of the Heflins. They used a natural ravine for their stone-lined brook and some pieces of the past to chan- nel water into it. Old rock walls the Heflins found on the place, accord- ing to Parker County Precinct 2 Commissioner Craig Peacock, were weirs once used to direct runoff water into cotton fields. Peacock visited with the Heflins, who wanted to build an entrance road to the prop- erty, property he knew a little some- thing about. “Our 120-year-old house was his grandmother’s house!” Heflin said. “He showed us a picture of himself and his brother sitting on the front porch.” In another interesting coinci- dence, a couple of years ago the best man at a wedding held at The Brooks said he’d lived there and was the one who put in the pool and built the guesthouse on the property. The Heflins also found some local roots they’d not known about. Heflin said her late mother-in-law told them that her father pastored Northside Baptist Church in Weatherford for a time.  The Weatherford area appealed to the Heflins because it is a growth market. “We’ve only been here a little bit more than four years — it will be five in January — but we have really seen lots of growth since we’ve gotten here,” Heflin said. “It’s very obvious 87