Historic homes, large lots: Can I find any in N. Dallas cities?

[gtt99]

505 Griffith Ave, Terrell, TX 75160 | MLS #12130391 | Zillow

[carroll4628]

Aren't there any 1 acre homes in Sunnyvale anymore? Nothing "historic" in Sunnyvale, but you can definitely find a 1 acre lot to build on. For existing homes, you would end up with a 70s/80s ranch for an acre lot under $500k. They do seem to get snatched up rather quickly.

This one is newer.
405 Stoney Creek Blvd, Sunnyvale, TX 75182 - Home For Sale and Real Estate Listing - realtor.com®

[Brookside]

We were recently near Bob Woodruff park in east Plano, seems like the lots from Camino St. to Ranch Acres Ln. were *huge." Half acre maybe?

There are areas in McKinney west of Custer with nice older homes and big lots.

[DitsyD]

Originally Posted by Brookside

We were recently near Bob Woodruff park in east Plano, seems like the lots from Camino St. to Ranch Acres Ln. were *huge." Half acre maybe?

There are areas in McKinney west of Custer with nice older homes and big lots.

Those houses near Bob Woodruff Park only date back to the 1970s. Nothing historic there.

[Aceraceae]

Originally Posted by Brookside

We were recently near Bob Woodruff park in east Plano, seems like the lots from Camino St. to Ranch Acres Ln. were *huge." Half acre maybe?

There are areas in McKinney west of Custer with nice older homes and big lots.

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[Saintmarks]

If you are willing to go further out than McKinney, you can find historic homes in many of the small towns for substantially less. I saw some magnificent homes in the little town of Whitewright that were decaying. Broke my heart. If those homes were 30 miles south, they would be going for close to a million with a proper renovation.

Sherman and Denison have a great inventory of older homes as both were much larger than any of the Collin County towns 100 years ago. Greenville is another goldmine, hasn't suburbanized like McKinney but isn't that much further out from the metro.

Another opportunity would be Waxahachie to the south. Similar to McKinney in distance to downtown Dallas and historic feel but has the feel that you have left the metro area as the southern sector hasn't developed on par with areas north. Corsicana and Ennis are others to check out on the south side.

If you stay in the metro proper expect to pay high dollar.

[Saintmarks]

Originally Posted by Brookside

We were recently near Bob Woodruff park in east Plano, seems like the lots from Camino St. to Ranch Acres Ln. were *huge." Half acre maybe?

There are areas in McKinney west of Custer with nice older homes and big lots.

Originally Posted by Aceraceae

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I think Brookside is referring to Custer Creek, acreage lot neighborhood that predates much of the surrounding area but certainly not historic. Unless historic means early 80s. But that is Frisco, not McKinney.

There are three other neighborhoods I can think of in the general area that are similar, probably platted out in the 70s. One is at Virginia and Independence in far west McKinney just west of the small airport (the part of McKinney that does go west of Custer), one is just about due north of it on the south side of 380 just west of Custer (not sure if this is McKinney or Prosper at this point) and the other is in the northwest corner of Custer and 380, definitely in McKinney. Nice acreage homesites that came along before McKinney was engulfed by the metroplex and massive wall to wall subdivisions. Sorry, can't think of the names of any of these.

[Brookside]

I thought the OP had abandoned "historic" to focus only on "older w/ large lot."

My mistake.

Has anyone recommended Sherman? Kind of a hike into Dallas, but I know people who commute from there.

Greenville (also a hike) also has a few "historic" homes on Church St. None for sale, though.