Central Location

ID: 1666 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
This file appears in: The Jockey Club Barbershop
Central Location

This image shows Bridge Street in the 1950s close to the Jockey Club’s original location. Bridge Street started developing in the 1880s and became a popular thoroughfare until the beginning of urban renewal projects in the 1960s. This area served as a center for the black community and united North, South, and East Waco.

This file appears in: The Jockey Club Barbershop

By Ellen Wilkerson
In the early part of the twentieth century, the area around Bridge Street on the west side of the Brazos River, known as the square, was home to various bars, restaurants, grocery stores, offices, insurance agencies, and other businesses that were…