Blue Bell Hills Addition

Blue Bell Hills Addition is a subdivision northwest of downtown Kerrville along Jackson Road. It was developed on the old Bluebell Farm property beginning in 1947. The houses are mostly in the ranch-style popular after World War II.
The February 24, 1938, Kerrville Times reported  
Purchase of Bluebell Farm, adjoining the northern limits of the city in Westland, from the Otto Wahrmund Estate was announced Tuesday by G. C. McCoy, Kerrville realtor.  ... The tract includes 160 acres with considerable improvements.  The farm was established by the late Otto Wahrmund, San Antonio brewer, as his country home about 25 years ago.  For the present Mr. McCoy will make his home at the farm.  In the future, he plans to open a new city sub-division of choice building sites.
Two months later, E. H. McCoy arrived from Mississippi to manage the farm for his brother.
In 1940 part of the farm, about 15 acres, was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Guy Griggs. (Griggs was the executive secretary of the Peterson Foundation when it was formed in 1944 and served in that position until he died in 1980.  The now-demolished Gug Griggs office building next to the old Peterson hospital was named to honor him. )
In 1947, almost ten years after his intentions were announced, G. C. McCoy finally began developing the former farm property as a subdivision. 

Several news stories, more like puff pieces really, reported on the work at Blue Bell Hills. For example, in the Kerrville Mountain Sun for September 11, 1947, was the following item:  Blue Bell Hills Showing Signs of Development Soon.   Those who have driven out the Harper Road recently have observed the activity which constitutes the beginning of work on Kerrville's finest residential development.  The project, carefully planned and restricted by Hare and Hare of Kansas City, Missouri, planners of some of the country's finest subdivisions, will offer spacious building sites with all utilities and paved streets, according to G. C. McCoy, supervisor and manager.
(Hare & Hare was a pioneering landscape architecture firm. A number of their works are on the National Register of Historic Places. This neighborhood, which retains most of the original homes, is also eligible for listing on the National Register.)
The story continues: 
Scrapers, tractors and many kinds of heavy equipment have been at work laying underground utilities, channels and grading the curved streets which wind through the beautiful wooded Bluebell Hills.  It won't be long until the public will be invited to inspect the sites and see the outstanding advantages of owning a homesite in this beautiful restricted section adjoining the city limits of Kerrville.
L. A. Lawlor, who was formerly connected with a building and loan association and real estate firm in San Antonio for 18 years, is in charge of the field office which has been erected on the property.
Then on October 23, 1947, appeared the following:  
Building Program Begins Soon in Blue Bell Hills.
Construction of 14 new homes in the Blue Bell Hills will be begun this week by the Traylor-Hill Construction Company, according to G. C. McCoy, director of the estates.  This newest addition to the suburbs of the city lies along the Harper Road, and is on one of the scenic wood hillsides of that area.
Gene C. Traylor and Robert L. Hill, who have recently moved to Kerrville from Houston, will be in charge of the construction of the homes, and their aim is to complete one house each week, weather permitting.  ...
The two and three bedroom homes in the Blue Bell Hills will vary in design and materials. Some will be of stone, with ornamental iron trim, and others will feature the low, rambling roof pitches, materials and exterior designs will be so that the usual "sameness" to a new addition will not be apparent.  The colorful buildings have been due to conform with their locale, and the style takes advantage of the beauty of the natural setting of hills and trees.
And then one more from the Kerrville Mountain Sun on May 6, 1948: 
Paving Completed in Bluebell Hills Sub-Division.
Paving has been completed in Blue Bell Hills, Kerrville's attractive sub-division, and curbs along Blue Bell Drive, Pecan and Cypress Steets add much to the residential section of the city.  A number of attractive houses have been constructed and sold and owners are now living in them.  Grass plots, gardens, shrubs and flowers have been planted and are beginning to show growth.  L. W. McCoy, one of the owners of the sub-division states that electricity, gas, water and sanitary sewers have been installed and are ready for the builders.
The natural beauty of the plot, with all of its lovely trees and its wild flowers, has been left as much as possible.  The site was named for the Blue Bell Farm, which was purchased from the original owners for the sub-division.
Lots in the subdivision sold quickly. The Kerrville Mountain Sun reported on February 9, 1950, that  three new homes on Blue Bell Drive had been completed and that 88 lots had sold in the previous 2 1/2 years.  There are about 100 lots in the subdivision. As I noted above, the subdivision was designed by Hare & Hare of Kansas City and retains many original characteristics.  This is another unrecognized Kerrville treasure.