Page 33 - Plano, TX Heritage Preservation Plan

Architectural Styles
• One-story Ranch • Second-story
• Mid-century Modern Overhang
• Contemporary
• Built-in Garage
COLLIN CREEK
PLANO SENIOR MALL OPENS
HIGH SCHOOL When it opened in 1981, the
OPENS (1975) Collin Creek Mall was the
Due to rapid growth in enrollment, new center of activity and
Plano ISD moved to a model of shopping for Plano and
junior and senior high schools in the surrounding region.
1975. 11th and 12th grade students
began attending Plano Senior High
School.

Plano
LAST COTTON GIN CLOSES Municipal
Symbolic of Plano’s change from Center Opens
an agricultural to a suburban
community, the last cotton gin closes PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH
in downtown. SCHOOL OPENS (1981)

1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1985

University of DART IS FORMED
Plano Closes
72,331 CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY
CLARK STADIUM POPULATION WIDENED
OPENS
a premiere high school football OF PLANO
stadium at the time

PLANO GENERAL
HOSPITAL OPENS
FIRST PLANO
BALLOON FESTIVAL
Fox & Jacobs
After World War II, Fox & Jacobs began
building homes in Texas that were small, LEGACY LAND
affordable starter homes for families. They PURCHASE (1979)
built many homes in Plano and the Dallas
area, becoming one of the largest builders Ross Perot purchases land in what is now the
of single-family homes in the southwest. Legacy business area in west Plano. This would
prove to be instrumental in the growth and
development of the city and contribute to the
massive growth of Plano to the west of US 75.

Residential Commercial Church Cemetery Downtown Fire

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