The neighborhood ‘Houston Heights’ was developed between 1891-1918 as an independent city near Houston, by Mr. Carter and Mr. Cooley. The ‘heights’ part refers to the (small) elevation of this area over Houston. Until today, alcohol not sold or served in the Heights. In the past, I was puzzled how an area in the ‘wet’ Houston could be ‘dry’. On September 25th 1912, a large section of the Heights was voted ‘dry’ by the city council of the Heights. The ban on selling or serving alcohol was one of the terms in the annexation agreement with the City of Houston, of the 1918.
The house in the photo above looks a bit like the Dutch colonial style. However, the architect stretched the style quite a bit, i.e. no chimneys at the end of the house, no symmetry between the front and rear side of the roof.
Due to the sheer size of the suburb, i.e. 1756 acres of land. It took quite many years before all the lots were sold. As a result many different architectural styles can be seen in the Houston Heights. For example the Victorian style below.
The streets, from North to South, are named after colleges, where the streets, from East to West, are numbered, i.e. 2nd St, 3rd St etc. When you take a look at the map, you’ll find one exception, i.e. 10 ½ St. George Wickton Hawkins was the first car dealer in Houston. He lived at the Heights Boulevard. Therefore he was also the first person to have a garage to his house. To get access to his garage behind his house, he needed an extra driveway, this is what became 10 ½ St in the Houston Heights.
Or my favorite the Craftsman style. If I ever win the lottery I buy a house like this. I might start with buying a ticket for a lottery.
These recently constructed houses were for sale, but the lots are a bit small.
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