A Heights sampler

From the Texas Historical Commission's Historic and Architectural Resources of Houston Heights (written in the early 1980s):

One of the first planned suburbs in the state, Houston Heights has retained its architectural and civic identity to an unusual degree. This has been accomplished in spite of its location in one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. The Heights presents a Whitman's Sampler of turn-of-the-century architectural styles. Several notable late-Victorian mansions and substantial early 20th-century public, ecclesiastical, and commercial buildings serve as the anchors of the neighborhood. Nevertheless, the real strength of the Heights rests in its wide array of essentially vernacular, middle-class, and domestic architecture of the period 1893-1932.

J.H. Clare House, c. 1905, r. 1920; transitional Queen Anne


1050 Heights Boulevard, c. 1930


John Milroy House, c. 1898; Stick/Eastlake


carriage house

Upchurch House, c. 1906; Queen Anne


Milroy-Muller House, c. 1895; Colonial Revival/Queen Anne


1648 Harvard Street, c. 1885; Queen Anne




Mansfield House, c. 1900; Stick/Eastlake


1812 Harvard Street, c. 1895


1809 Harvard Street, c. 1920


The Inkspots Museum, c. 1930 (birthplace of Huey Long)


Banta House, c. 1918; Craftsman/Bungalow