TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Scope and Contents
Arrangement
Restrictions
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Subdivision Information
Plat Maps
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Houston Subdivision Collection:
An Inventory of Records at the Houston Metropolitan
Research Center, Houston Public Library
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| Title | Houston Subdivision Collection |
| Inclusive Date | 1890?-1979? |
| Identification | MSS 118 |
| Extent | 2 boxes, 1 flat drawer |
| Language | Materials are
in English. |
| Repository | Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public
Library |
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 title, 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.
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Arrangement
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| All components of this collection are organized by subdivision. The plat maps are located in a flat drawer and are itemized numerically. |
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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.
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| Subjects |
| | Land subdivision--Texas--Houston |
| | Real estate development--Texas--Houston |
| | Real property--Texas--Houston |
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Houston Subdivision Collection. Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston
Public Library.
Processed by Claire Wilkins, 1979.
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Subdivision Information
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| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 1 | | South Houston: brochure, booklet |
| 2 | | Magnolia Park: brochure, booklets |
| 3 | | Woodland Heights: booklets, postcard |
| 4 | | Garden Villas: booklets |
| 5 | | Forester Place: map |
| 6 | | Westmoreland Addition: correspondence, legal documents |
| 7 | | Westmoreland Farms (Bellaire): booklets, newspaper clippings, Abstract of Title (printed) |
| 8 | | Southhampton: booklet, map |
| 9 | | Pasadena: photocopy of brochure, photocopy of map |
| 10 | | Park Place: photocopy of map |
| 11 | | Southside Place: maps, brochure |
| 12 | | Timbercrest: booklet |
| 13 | | Virginia Court: brochure/map |
| 14 | | Washington Terrace: brochures, map, correspondence |
| 15 | | Oakwood: booklet |
| 16 | | Braeswood: brochure with enclosures |
| 17 | | Riverside Terrace: correspondence |
| 18 | | Brookline: map |
| 19 | | Briarcroft: map |
| 20 | | Braes Heights: newspaper clipping showing map |
| 21 | | Broadmoor: maps |
| 22 | | Miscellaneous: newspaper clippings, correspondence, brochures |
| 23 | | West University Place: map, booklets, brochures |
| 24 | | West End Terrace: brochures |
| Box | Folder |
| 2 | 25 | | Harris County Plat Maps |
| 26 | | Shadyside: Agreement Creating Shadyside (printed) |
| 27 | | Houston Real Estate Board; Home Builders' Service Bureau: newspaper clippings |
| 28 | | Allendale: brochures, maps |
| 29 | | Houston Harbor Addition: brochure, maps |
| 30 | | Lum Terrace: brochure |
| 31 | | Pecan Park: brochure |
| 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, Housont Heights, Houston, East Houston, Houston Harbor, Fidelity Addition |
| 33 | | Norton Subdivision: map |
| 34 | | South End Gardens: map |
| 35 | | River Oaks Gardens (apartment development): brochure |
| 36 | | Bellaire |
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Plat Maps
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| Item |
| 1 | | | River Oaks Country Club Estates |
| Item |
| 2 | | | River Oaks Country Club Estates |
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| 3 | | | River Oaks Pre-Development Sale Map |
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| 4 | | | River Oaks Pre-Development Sale Map |
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| 5 | | | River Oaks Plat Map |
| Item |
| 6 | | | River Oaks brochure with Plat Map |
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| 7 | | | River Oaks brochure with Plat Map |
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| 8 | | | River Oaks brochure with Plat Map |
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| 9 | | | River Oaks brochure with Plat Map |
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| 10 | | | River Oaks brochure with Plat Map |
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| 11 | | | River Oaks brochure with Plat Map |
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| 12 | | | River Oaks Owner and Streets with Plat Map |
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| 13 | | | River Oaks |
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| 14 | | | River Oaks |
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| 15 | | | East Norhill brochure with Plat Map |
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| 16 | | | East Norhill Plat Map |
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| 17 | | | North Norhill block prices |
| Item |
| 18 | | | North Norhill brochure with Plat Map |
| Item |
| 19 | | | Norhill Plat Map |
| Item |
| 20 | | | Norhill Park Plat Map |
| Item |
| 21 | | | Fairview brochure with Plat Map |
| Item |
| 22 | | | Southampton brochure with Plat Map |
| Item |
| 23 | | | Foster Place brochure with Plat Map |
| Item |
| 24 | | | Glendower Court Advertisement |
| Item |
| 25 | | | Glendower Court brochure with Plat Map |
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| 26 | | | Riverside Terrace Plat Map |
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| 27 | | | Riverside Terrace brochure with Plat Map |
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| 28 | | | Magnolia Park brochure with Plat Map |
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| 29 | | | Magnolia Garden brochure with Plat Map |
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| 30 | | | Shoreacres brochure with Plat Map |
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| 31 | | | Rice Court with Plat Map |
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| 32 | | | West University brochure with Plat Map |
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| 33 | | | Garden Villas brochure |
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| 34 | | | Houston Heights brochure with Plat Map, prices by block and lot |
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| 35 | | | Houston Heights brochure with Plat Map |
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| 36 | | | Colonial Terrace brochure |
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| 37 | | | Monticello brochure with Plat Map |
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| 38 | | | Houston Street Map and Directory 1908 |
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| 39 | | | Pocket Map of Houston 1890's |
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| 40 | | | Houston Street Map 1908 |
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| 41 | | | Manchester Subdivision Plat Map |
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