Woodland Terrace Mobile Home Park is one of Waco’s many forgotten trailer parks. Not much history about this trailer is known or has been accurately preserved. This news article will discuss and explain what Woodland Terrace Mobile Home Park was.
Woodland Terrace Mobile Home Park was a trailer park based on the North Side of Waco, Texas. Woodland Terrace Mobile Home Park was established and opened in 1992 as a domestic for profit corporation specializing in rental and leasing in the real estate industry. Woodland Terrace Mobile Home Park was one of many operators of residential mobile home sites, mobile home parks and communities in Waco, Texas. Their business model reflected on a business to client (B2C) market type. Annual revenue for Woodland Terrace Mobile Home Park ranged from $50,000 to $100,000 a year. The phone number for Woodland Terrace Mobile Home Park was 254-799-8669. (Ref: https://hire.listofads.com/company/woodland-terrace-mobile-home-park/tx/2015653)
Woodland Terrace Mobile Home Park had a total of 38 lots in terms of trailer space due to the narrow street width and off-street parking. Off-street parking was one of the very few community features Woodland Terrace Mobile Home Park had offered. (Ref: https://manufacturedandmobile.com/texas/waco/woodland-terrace-mobile-home-park/)
Bill Houser was the manager of Woodland Terrace Mobile Home Park for many years. He managed Woodland Terrace Mobile Home Park for more than 10 years as his role as manager lasted for several years. Their postal address was 101 N Lacy Dr Waco, TX 76705. (Ref: https://www.mobilehome.cc/company-woodland-terrace-mobile-home-in-waco-tx-21713)
Now the original phone number was 817-799-8669 and not 254-799-8669. However they changed their phone number to 254-799-8669 within the first 2 years of operating. (Ref: https://www.senior-retirement-living.com/SeniorLifestyleCommunity.php?Community=25114)
Forwhatever reason, Woodland Terrace Mobile Home Park had decided to dissolve and shut down in 2009. Woodland Terrace Mobile Home Park deed their land to the City of Waco in 2010 for an undisclosed amount of money. The City of Waco sold the property to the City of Lacy-Lakeview for an undisclosed amount of money on a warranty deed in 2011. (Ref: McLennan County Land Deeds, Deed Number 2011010805)
The property was sold again in 2012 when the City of Lacy-Lakeview sold the property to RSBR INVESTMENTS LLC on a warranty deed on the date of 8/6/2012. A Dollar General store had been built on the property during that year also. The property was sold again that year on warranty deed when RSBR INVESTMENTS LLC deeded the property to ARC DGLLVTX001 LLC. Today ARC DGLLVTX001 LLC owns part of the land facing North Lacy Drive. (Ref: https://propaccess.trueautomation.com/clientdb/Property.aspx?cid=20&prop_id=360958)
The City of Lacy-Lakeview still owns a significant portion of the property facing East Craven Avenue and has since 2011. (Ref: https://propaccess.trueautomation.com/clientdb/Property.aspx?cid=20&prop_id=360959)
Many of the former residents enjoyed living at the Woodland Terrace Mobile Home Park due to the quiet friendly environment and friendly neighbors. The shady and secluded environment is what made Woodland Terrace Mobile Home Park so friendly and desirable to live.
One reviewer named Stephen LowranceX called Woodland Terrace Mobile Home Park a “Quiet, shady and small mobile home park. Neighbors are friendly and keep to themselves.” Another reviewer named Jonathan Shook referred to Woodland Terrace Mobile Home Park as “ Quiet,clean,cozy!!!!!”
Woodland Terrace Mobile Home Park was located at 101 North Lacy Drive, Waco, Texas, US 76705.
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