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A sketch of the Greater Richland Center just over four years after opening.

A survey of the Greater Richland Shopping Center. The site was originally surveyed in 1960 with revisions in 1961 and 1974. This is the 1974 survey.

The Greater Richland Shopping Center was developed by Clarence Jones.

Clarence Jones was the Chairman of the Board of the Haltom State Bank. He built a large house for his wife, Ruth Daley Jones, on his farm northwest of Pipeline Road and Grapevine Highway. Part of this farm was later subdivided into 182 lots. The…

Maud Arnold served as the first unpaid city secretary for North Richland Hills. Herb was a co-developer with Clarence Jones and helped to develop the first plots in North Richland Hills. Their office, located at 705 Grapevine Highway, was the first…

Photograph of Buddies Supermarket was taken in 1955. It was originally Berry Brothers Supermarket built by Clarence Jones.

The home of Clarence & Ruth Jones sat on 12 acres that became the Greater Richland Shopping Center. The house was moved north to 4324 Cummings Drive and later Bricked.

Richland Lodge 1348 of the Masonic Order, at 7115 Glenview Drive. Clarence Jones, H.L. Arnold, and Claud Griffith were some of the founders of the lodge. The lodge was chartered in 1954 and built the next year. Clarence Jones donated the land which…

The first post office in North Richland Hills was located on Blaney Avenue. The land was donated by Clarence Jones, the developer.

From left to right: Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Jones, Mr. & Mrs. Guy Cummings, and Mr. & Mrs. Cullen Turner at the opening of Haltom City State Bank. The bank was located at 28th Street and Belknap.

Maude and Herb Arnold visiting with friend and committee member Naomi “Sis” Jones Cummings.