My search for the original owners has been real interesting! I have heard many fun stories about the first years here from many of our original owners. I have found over 60 original owners, and there are probably still more! This history of the neighborhood plays a vital part in the identity of its residents. If you have lived in the neighborhood for many years, the neighborhood history is a heartfelt reminder of days gone by. If you have just come to call the neighborhood home, it is a way to learn more about the new community you have joined. We would love nothing more than to be able to share the history of neighborhood name with all who reside there. If you are interested in writing a brief history of the neighborhood to share with the community, please contact me! I'm also looking for more photos from back then, if you have some, please call or email me! |
- Here's info I received from Ed Kees, a previous original owner!We were the 5th house occupied, 1031 Briar Creek Rd.
We lived there 8 1/2 years then moved to the Woodlands in Eagan.
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We had some real parties those first few years on Briar Creek Rd. late nights. We started a co-ed and men's over 35 softball team. The first winter and spring there were cows on the east end of Briar Creek Rd and Wescot was dirt. There was a farm on Danbury Trl where it intersects with Gibraltar.
Email:jekees@msn.com -
In the beginning...Thanks to Lisa Aune for supplying these photos of Newtown Court, notice home on Savannah Road in background. -
Newtown CourtHere's another photo Lisa Aune sent me. Here's her foundation with views of Boston Court in the background. - A Note from Keith & Sue NelsonHere is a note from Keith & Susan Nelson, who are the original owners who have lived in Lexington Square the longest.
“In the beginning (Fall,1984).....we visited the newly constructed model homes of Lexington Square, walked into the Schimek Home, looked at the model plans and plot map, and said....'why don't we put this house on that lot?' So, we did!!! Broke ground in mid-January with a frost hook, watched this lone house go up at the corner of Lexington and the 2 lane narrow dirt road called Wescott Road, and finally moved in on May 12, 1985, in a massive downpour of rain making rivers of mud in our unpaved driveway!
That summer was very hot and very dry and very windy - a common sight was swirling 'dirt devils' running across the empty lots! We enjoyed sitting on our front porch that summer as new homes went up, watching the cows come across the pasture to the barn hidden by tall pines, listening to hoot owls, watching deer and other assorted wildlife at our doorstep. Because our lot was a cornfield, we grew stalks of corn for several years until the roots finally died. A temporary piece of country life before every road became a superhighway and every piece of land had a building!!
My neighbor and I probably toured almost every home in most of the development-that became a fun after-supper activity to get out and meet people. We have lived through multiple road improvements to Wescott Road and getting to know the city council members, survived the Superstorm of 1987 (and subsequent storms of similar magnitude), and now we are in the
position of replacing just about everything, since nothing lasts much more than 20-25 years, anyway!!
But, there's something to be said about longevity in your neighborhood - we have grown older and closer to a lot of great people, and we look forward to many more years yet to come on Gibraltar Trail!!”
