Descriptive Summary
Houston Subdivision Collection1890-1979MSS.0118
4.5 Linear feet,
2 boxes, 1 flat drawer
Materials are in English.
Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library
Scope and Contents
The Houston Subdivision Collection is a collection consisting of brochures, pamphlets, and plat maps documenting the development of new subdivisions in the Houston area. Currently the collection fills two document boxes and one flat drawer, which contains 40 plat maps. The boxed material contains abstracts of titles, brochures, lists of property owners, and newspaper clippings. The plat maps represent nineteen different subdivisions, each newly created at that particular time. Also included with the plat maps are three Houston street directories and city maps of the 1890's and 1900's.
Arrangement
All components of this collection are organized by subdivision. The plat maps are located in a flat drawer and are itemized numerically.
Access Restrictions
None.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish or reproduce materials from the Houston Subdivision Collection must be obtained from the Houston Metropolitan Research Center or the appropriate copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
Houston Subdivision Collection. Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library.
Processing Information
Processed by Claire Wilkins, 1979.
Index Terms
Land subdivision--Texas--Houston
Real estate development--Texas--Houston
Real property--Texas--Houston
Subdivision Information
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1
South Houston: brochure, booklet
1
2
Magnolia Park: brochure, booklets
1
3
Woodland Heights: booklets, postcard
1
4
Garden Villas: booklets
1
5
Forester Place: map
1
6
Westmoreland Addition: correspondence, legal documents
1
7
Westmoreland Farms (Bellaire): booklets, newspaper clippings, Abstract of Title (printed)
1
8
Southampton: booklet, map
1
9
Pasadena: photocopy of brochure, photocopy of map
1
10
Park Place: photocopy of map
1
11
Southside Place: maps, brochure
1
12
Timbercrest: booklet
1
13
Virginia Court: brochure/map
1
14
Washington Terrace: brochures, map, correspondence
1
15
Oakwood: booklet
1
16
Braeswood: brochure with enclosures
1
17
Riverside Terrace: correspondence
1
18
Brookline: map
1
19
Briarcroft: map
1
20
Braes Heights: newspaper clipping showing map
1
21
Broadmoor: maps
1
22
Miscellaneous: newspaper clippings, correspondence, brochures
1
23
West University Place: map, booklets, brochures
1
24
West End Terrace: brochures
2
25
Harris County Plat Maps
2
26
Shadyside: Agreement Creating Shadyside (printed)
2
27
Houston Real Estate Board; Home Builders' Service Bureau: newspaper clippings
2
28
Allendale: brochures, maps
2
29
Houston Harbor Addition: brochure, maps
2
30
Lum Terrace: brochure
2
31
Pecan Park: brochure
2
32
Roslyn Heights: map showing Roslyn Heights, Roslyn Heights Acre Homes, Washington Heights, Highland Acre Homes, Highland Heights, Bryanhurst, Live Oak Addition, Independence Heights, Sunset Heights, Stude Woods, Woodland Heights, Houston Heights, Houston, East Houston, Houston Harbor, Fidelity Addition
2
33
Norton Subdivision: map
2
34
South End Gardens: map
2
35
River Oaks Gardens (apartment development): brochure
2
36
Bellaire
Plat Maps
3
Bayou Estates
3
Bayou Woods
Bayside Terrace
Brady Home Addition
3
Briar Hollow Estates
3
Briargrove
3
Broadmoor
3
Brooksmith
3
Channelwood
3
Cherryhurst
3
Colonial Terrace
3
Composite plat of Lancaster Place, South Lancaster Place, Mandell Place, and West Mandell Place
3
Coral Gabels
3
Deepwater (Houston Ship Channel)
3
Eastwood
3
El Jardin
3
Garden Oaks
3
Garden Villas
3
Glencliff Terrace
3
Pocket map of Houston
1890s
3
City of Houston birdseye map
3
Houston Harbor Addition
3
Institute Place
3
Wm. Jones Tract
3
James Bute Addition
3
Lancaster Place
3
Lamar-Westlayan Place
3
Lawndale
3
Lum Terrace
3
Meadowbrook
3
Montlew Place
3
Norhill Park
3
North Rosemount
3
Oak Estates
3
Park Place
3
Pearland
3
Port of Houston Industrial Park
3
Rice Court
3
River Oaks
1908
3
Riverside Terrace
1890's
3
Rossmoyne
3
Southampton Place
3
Southside Place
3
Spring Lake Estates
3
Washington Terrace
3
Westhaven Estates
3
Wesheimer Manor
3
Westlayan Center
3
Westwood
3
West University
3
Woodson Place
4
Aldine
3
Bellaire Courts
4
Braes Timbers
4
Brazosport
4
Briargrove
4
Brookglen
4
Cushing Park
4
Eastwood
4
El Jardin
4
Fairmont Park
4
Fairview Addition
4
Foster Place
4
Gaywood
4
Glendower Court
4
Houston map
1908
4
Indian Trail
4
Iowa Colony
4
Iowa Gardens
4
MacGregor Park Estates
4
Magnolia Gardens
4
Memorial Bend
4
Monticello
4
Moore Acres
4
Norhill (including East and North Norhill)
4
Richmond Place
4
Rivercrest Addition
4
River Oaks
4
Sandalwood
4
Shoreacres
4
Southdale
4
Southampton
4
Southside Place
4
Spring Lake Estates
4
Washington Terrace
4
Westhaven Estates
4
Westheimer Manor
4
Westlayan Center
4
Westwood
4
West University
4
Woodson Place
RBR Plat Maps
Uncertain Provenance
Some items in this series may have been acquired through a different donation. Staff should refer to donor files and/or accession logs to check for restrictions and determine reproduction rights.
12
Auction Sale of Town Lots – Lubbock
12
Shoreacres – Embry & Gillette
12
Prices advance to full market value at close of this sale (2)
4
City of Magnolia Park
4
A Red Letter Day on the Real Estate Calendar
12
Price List – Houston Heights Lots
12
Magnolia Park adjoining City of Houston
12
River Oaks Country Club House (pic) Property of Country Club Estates (2)
12
Glendower Court
12
Prices Advance to Full Market Value at Close of this Sale
12
Southampton…”The Place where you’ll love to live”
12
Nature has provided an ideal recreation place in Magnolia Garden
12
Houston Heights…What are you looking for?
12
River Oaks Houston, owned & developed by River Oaks Corp.
12
If you like the Seaside
12
River Oaks Country Club Estates
12
In River Oaks Many Less than you may Think
River Oaks Country Club Estates Adjoining River Oaks Country Club
12