Our History

Over a period of 71 years our 1390 homes, numerous businesses, churches, and schools replaced the open fields and cattle inhabited pastures of the last century. Some of our street names reflect a by-gone pastoral era: Rolling Rock, Meadowcliff, Longmeadow, Hayfield, and Quail Run, to name a few. Seventeen separate subdivisions, built from the early 1950’s to 2003, make up our large neighborhood. Our name, Highland Meadows, reflects that we are a part of the greater Lake Highlands area and is reminiscent of a time when the region consisted primarily of open meadows and farmland. “Highland Meadows” was chosen by a vote of residents in 2006 when our association was formed.

Our Architecture

Within our borders lies Mediterranean Gardens and Sylvania Dells which were developed along the banks of Dixon Branch in 1950 by John Preston Travis II with Consulting Architects Viktor Olgyay and Aladar Olgyay. Together they are collection of architecturally significant mid-century homes by architects Olgyay + Olgyay, John Barthel, John Travis III, Ju-Nel, W.E. Richardson & R.E. Bennett, Emil Fretz Jr, Niles F. Resch, William Krisel, Thomas Knowles, Harry Matthies, Kent Broyhill, Walter W. Ahlschlager, and Jack Yardley among others. The first home in Mediterranean Gardens, the Lincoln Research House by architects Viktor and Aladar Olgyay, was completed in 1952.

Also within our borders is Lakeland Hills, a collection of homes in Highland Meadows that was developed from the mid 1950’s by Longhorn Construction Company (W.C.Boedeker, A.A. Holmberg, C.S. Constant, and B.H. Bishop) with homes designed by a list of noted architects including E. Kelly Gaffney, J. Todd Stewart, and A. B. Swank Jr. Lakeland Hills’ Mid Century Modern homes were a showcase of custom contemporary design in the 1950’s and the first in Dallas with central air conditioning..

Meadowbrook Village was developed in the mid 1960’s from a section of land that was reserved by John Preston Travis II when Mediterranean Gardens and Sylvania Dells was first developed and lies North of Sylvania Dells across East Prong Dixon Branch. Meadowbrook Village counts two Ju-Nel homes among its other significant Mid Century gems.

Mediterranean Gardens, Sylvania Dells, Lakeland Hills, Meadowbrook Village are among the most important mid-century neighborhoods in Dallas and among the most intact having largely been protected by enthusiasts of the art form.