A Guide to Dalworthington Gardens, Texas: Historic and Famous

A Guide to Dalworthington Gardens, Texas: Historic and Famous

Dalworthington Gardens, Texas is a small community located in Arlington, Texas. Many visitors from around the world come to Arlington for Six Flags, Hurricane Harbor, and other attractions located in north Texas. I figured if you are very in the area, you should visit Dalworthington Gardens, Texas in the heart of Arlington. You will see big houses, historic properties, and beautiful scenery. Here is a guide if you ever get the chance to visit Dalworthington Gardens.

Location

As I said, Dalworthington Gardens is located right in the heart of Arlington, Texas which is located right in the heart of north Texas between Dallas and Fort Worth. Arlington is a prime location for visitors because it has many attractions. Arlington is also in a prime location. It is 26 minutes from Fort Worth and 30 minutes from Dallas, without traffic problems of course. You know what they say: location, location, location.

Dalworthington Gardens is very small, registering at 2.0 square miles, 0.1 of that being water. Many people see DWG (for short) as a bad community based on our cops. DWG cops are a little tough sometimes, but they protect their citizens (me!) and they do is very well. People need to learn to slow down and follow the road laws and they will be just fine! It’s the driver’s fault anyways if they get a ticket!

Anyways, if you are not familiar with DWG but are familiar with Arlington, here are DWG’s city limits. From Pioneer Parkway, down south on Bowen until you get to I20, from I20 go down Pleasant Ridge and follow Pleasant Ridge until you get to Kelly Perkins. Turn on Kelly Perkins and go down until you turn onto Indian Trail. Take Indian Trail all the way to Spanish Trail, then Spanish Trail all the way to Pioneer Parkway. Go across Pioneer Parkway all the way to Bowen. You have just made a square! That square (or somewhat of a square) is DWG! Keep in mind, those directions were not very detailed.

Historic Places to Visit in DWG

Just be advised, DWG is not like a big city that has a lot of historic places. In fact, it has very few. But nevertheless, there are historic places in DWG. You can find Arkansas Lane just south of Pioneer Parkway. Drive down this street. Right now, it is a very business street with cars everywhere. Once you get around the Arkansas/Roosevelt intersection, picture an old flat plot of land; nothing there. Look south of Arkansas/Roosevelt. This is where DWG started. Carl Mosig built his estate here. To make a long story short, Eleanor Roosevelt, President FDR’s wife, was friends with Carl. She visited his homestead, built a farm, and called the little growing community ‘Dalworthington Gardens’. You are where DWG first started.

Continue on Arkansas Lane and turn left onto Spanish Trail. Once you turn onto Spanish you will see Veterans Park. Turn into Veterans Park and park your car. You will see a monument there. On the monument is a man with a helmet on a bayonet gun stuck into the ground. Around the memorial are bricks with the Arlington Veteran’s names on them. This is known as the Arlington Rotarians Veterans Memorial in Arlington, Texas.

Now, take a minute to travel down the streets of DWG. You will find larges houses on big lots and small houses on small lots. DWG has a variety of houses. Drive down the roads and picture what it must have been like in 1936.

Famous Places in DWG

By famous places, I mean famous people that live in Dalworthington Gardens. You will need a map for this part to locate all the houses and places. On the 3700 block of Dustin Trail near the south end of the city, there is a large 3 million dollars house. It is not hard to see because the roof is burnt orange. The famous basketball player Kenyon Martin who played on the Denver Nuggets lives here with his wife.

Continue on to Sunset Land near Sunset and Seiber drive. When at that intersection, take a right and go down east on Sunset. Right when you enter onto Sunset is a long brick house with a rocker silhouette on the front porch. This was Dimebag Darrell’s house from the band Pantera.

After visiting this house, you can go down Sunset until you get to Roosevelt. Turn right onto Roosevelt and go about a mile until you get to Harder Dr. Turn onto Harder then right off Harder is Broadacres. Turn onto Broadacres; once you are on this street, you will see Melissa Lawson’s house, the winner of Nashville Star 2008.

Visiting during Christmas?

If you are visiting during Christmas, this is a must-do. DWG is famous in Arlington for our Christmas lights. If you are here during the Christmas time, there are 2 houses that stand out with the lights.

If you continue on Harder past Broadacres, you will reach a cul-de-sac. If it is at night, your eyes will almost be burst out of your head. There are so many lights lining the street, hanging from trees, it’s just crazy. You have to see it to believe it!

The other house in on Sunset Lane; just go to Sunset Lane, turn onto the street and you will definitely recognize which house does all the lights. The lights are all different colors. Also if you are in DWG during Christmas, Santa visits DWG and all the fire trucks and police cars make a parade for the young kids with Santa on the back of the fire engine.

Well, I hope you learned what a great place DWG, Texas really is! Please come by and visit this great little town if you are in Arlington.

JohnB0127

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