Wydown Forest is another one of those subdivisions that developed along Hanley Road, and when we look at the plat map for it above (north and south are inverted), we see like many of these early Twentieth Century automobile suburbs, there are triangular parks placed at strategic locations, creating long vistas and curving lines.
Wydown Forest even has its own website like most of these wealthier Clayton enclaves; a fairly famous local St. Louisan is even one of its trustees.
And as is typical of the time period, the house styles are a mixture of the Tudor Revival and the Colonial Revival, with some other eclectic styles thrown in.
Like many of these subdivisions, Wydown Forest has restrictions, and back in the 1920s, two neighbors got into a serious legal fight that eventually led to the judge having to define the word “on” to resolve the placement of a fence.
Nonetheless, it’s a beautiful area, with a wide variety of house plans, and the triangle parks are beautifully planted.
