Historic District Designation Report
CITY OF HOUSTON Houston Archaeological and Historical Commission Planning & Development Department HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGNATION REPORT HISTORIC DISTRICT: Houston Heights Historic District South AGENDA ITEM: IV th (south of 11 Street) HPO FILE NO: 10HD17 LOCATION: See Site Location Map – (attached) DATE ACCEPTED: 6-2-2010 APPLICANT: Terry Mahaffey, owner 820 Arlington HAHC HEARING DATE: 7-15-2010 30-DAY HEARING NOTICE: 6-15-2010 PC HEARING DATE: 7-22-2010 SITE INFORMATION: Houston Heights Subdivision, including all of Blocks 230, 229, 228, 227, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 260, 259, 258, 257, 256, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 290, 289, 288, 287, 286, 301, 303; Block 216, Lots 1-11; Block 217, Lots 6-24; Block 219, Lots 3-23; Block 220, Lots 3-24; Block 221, Lots 1-22, S ½ of Lot 23; Block 231, Lots 4-12; Block 226, Lots 1, 2, 8-24; Block 246, Lots 10-12; Block 261, Lots 1-12; Block 276, Lots 2-10; Block 291, Lots 3-12; Block 300, Lots 1-12; Block 302, Lots 1-12 & 15-24 ,Block 304, Lots 1-9, 17- 24; Block 305, Lots 1-9, 13-24; Block 313, Lots 1-5; 114 East Fifth Condo; Antebellum Homes; Arlington Heights Condo; Babin Santos; Blackstone Place Amendment; Bungalow Revival Sec 1; Columbia Heights Sec 1; Columbia Street; Cortlandt Oaks; Fallon Court; Heights Retail Center; Heights Street T/H; Hightower Estates; Houston Heights Partial Replat; Houston Heights 7th Amend; Kilheaton; Oxford Lots; Oxford Park; Patio Homesites White Oak at Courtlandt; City of Houston, Harris County, Texas. TYPE OF APPROVAL REQUESTED: Historic District Designation HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE SUMMARY OF HOUSTON HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT SOUTH Houston Heights was developed originally by the Omaha and South Texas Land Company in 1891, and at that time, they established the largest, earliest planned community in Texas.
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