The Beverly Hills Addition - 90 acres of hills and towering trees - has been an ongoing project for over eighty years. This is reflected in the diversity of architectural styles and tastes witnessed by the area throughout its decades of existence. Platted for development in 1914 by F G. Jester, the land was originally part of the McCraken and Coombs Surveys, parts of which were included in European American Colonization Society La Reunion holdings. 'Me Jester Company development of the Beverly Hills addition began slowly, with Prairie style bungalows predominant in the 1920s. Characterized by white shiplap siding, wide porches and thick columns, most have now been covered with brick, Texas red ironstone or other siding. Some Tudor style cottages in frame and brick were also built during this period. The few homes built during the 1930s are of classic design with front gables and hipped rear roofs in Prairie, Craftsman, Cape Cod or Spanish styles. A building boom before and after World War 11 changed the area, and the contiguous Ravinia Terrace III portion of the neighborhood was developed during the 1940s and 50s. The postwar housing shortage and newfound prosperity made possible much of the construction with many of the houses expanded to two stories. Traditional lines still appealed to builders and buyers; therefore, Tudor, Prairie, Craftsman and Western style houses or frame bungalows continued to be neighborhood choices.