Installment 3
History compiled by Lanita Reynolds with the help of Bernie Allen, Berneice Howard, Glenn Ledbetter, Jack Marshall, Ford Patterson, Jack Perciful, Cheryl Davis South, Ann Wilson, and Ann Easterly.
Diorama of Broadmoor inside the "X-ray House"
In early 1954, many more houses were ready to be occupied, and Broadmoor's population increased rapidly. Construction moved along at a fast pace, with specialized crews working on each aspect of building the houses. A mill was located at the top of the hill on Broadmoor Drive, and a roofing supply and decking yard was on several lots near the comer of Lakeshore and Monica Drive. The builders assembled parts for the houses, and then took the pre-fabricated parts to each building site to be installed. This allowed the builders to finish one house every week to ten days. The park was developed in 1954.
By the end of 1956, most of the neighborhood's 553 homes had been built, and the last house was completed in 1957. In September of 1957, Broadmoor was annexed into the city.
The house located at 2800 S. University Avenue (at Broadmoor Drive) was a model home and was nicknamed "the X-ray house". Parts of the walls were open with a glass covering to allow potential buyers to see the insulation, the heating system, and other "inner workings" of the house.
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