Providing Information on Houses

Just a quick housekeeping note... if you see a house entry and can add more information, please add a comment to that specific entry. Some of the items worth adding include:

• House history
• Architect
• Status (demolished, renovated beyond recognizition)
• Publication history
• Any other pertinent history
• Corrections
  

I can only do so much and there is a wealth of information out there. You can help keep this site accurate, thorough and up-to-date.

100 Paul Revere

Address: 100 Paul Revere

Neighborhood: Bunker Hill Woods

Architect: Bengt Bengtson

Date: 1960

Comments: Designed by the current homeowner.

6210 Tam O' Shanter

Address: 6210 Tam O' Shanter

Neighborhood: Sharpstown Country Club Estates

Architect: Unknown

Date: 1965 (?)

Comments:

425 Benignus

Address: 425 Benignus

Neighborhood: Memorial Pines

Architect: Unknown

Date: 1965

Comments:

1222 Krist

Address: 1222 Krist

Neighborhood: Spring Oaks

Architect: William N. Floyd

Date: 1955

Comments: Exterior has been somewhat altered but is mostly intact. Original saltillo tiles, freestanding cone-shaped fireplace and liberal use of glass along ravine site still remain.

13106 Tosca

Address: 13106 Tosca

Neighborhood: Rustling Pines

Architect: Unknown

Date: Unkown

Comments:

438 E. Gaywood

Address: 438 E. Gaywood

Neighborhood: Rustling Pines

Architect: William N. Floyd

Date: 1959

Comments:

223 Pine Shadows

Demolished

Photo by BenH

Address: 223 Pine Shadows

Neighborhood: Pine Shadows

Architect: Hamilton Brown

Date: 1953

Comments: The Hohlt House was originally featured in the Contemporary Arts Museum House Tour II on April 18-19, 1953.

403 Westminster

Address: 403 Westminster

Neighborhood: Huntleigh

Architect: Neuhaus & Taylor

Date: 1960

Comments: Considered Harwood Taylor's most important residential work, the Frame House was recently restored under the guidance of William F. Stern, FAIA and received a Greater Houston Preservation Alliance "Good Brick" award. The house was featured in the Houston Mod publication, Booming Houston and the Modern House and was site of the members only party following the August 2006 Houston Mod lecture on the work of Harwood Taylor. The house sits on an impressive sloping lot next to Buffalo Bayou. Recent local publications that have published the house include Houston House & Home and PaperCity.

407 Westminster

Address: 407 Westminster

Neighborhood: Huntleigh

Architect: Unknown

Date: Unknown

Comments:

2307 Blue Bonnet

Address: 2307 Blue Bonnet

Neighborhood: Old Braeswood

Architect: Bolton & Barnstone

Date: 1955

Comments: Designed by Howard Barnstone, the Gordon House, was the feature house during the 2005 Houston Mod Annual Lecture. The original house featured interiors by Florence Knoll and landscaping by Thomas Church. Also featured in the Contemporary Arts Museum Tour V in 1955. The house has been heavily published nationally and recognized for its outstanding design.

11010 Wickwood

Demolished

Address: 11010 Wickwood

Neighborhood: Willowick Estates

Architect: MacKie and Kamrath

Date: 1963

Comments: Quite possible Karl Kamrath's greatest commission and an organic masterpiece, the house was built for oilman George Mitchell, even appearing in Fortune magazine and in books like Ephemeral City. The lot was split into three sections and the house razed by Stuart Yudofsky, the second owner after George Mitchell.

10920 Willowisp

Address: 10920 Willowisp

Neighborhood: Willowbend

Architect: William Jenkins

Date: 1955

Comments: Designed by William R. Jenkins while he was still working with William N. Floyd. Purchased by the original owner and carefully restored by Jason Smith. Featured in magazines such as 002 Magazine and a recipient of a Good Brick award from the Greater Houston Preservation Alliance.

11926 Wink

Address: 11926 Wink

Neighborhood: Lakeview

Architect: Unknown

Date: Unknown

Comments: As recently as 2005, an architect was trying to convince the owner to restore the house.

4987 Dumfries

Address: 4987 Dumfries

Neighborhood: Meyerland

Architect: William F. Wortham

Date: 1959

Comments: Featured as a Houston Mod "Mod of the Month"

12923 Butterfly

So, here is a sample post. Not too far off from the Memorial Bend page. I'm really not looking to recreate the page, so to speak, so Memorial Bend will just have a link. If anything, I just want to update this information easily. If you have contributions, please let me know. Don't send too many pictures at one time or it will take me forever to upload them and then we'll get back in that vicious circle of slow updates.


Address: 12923 Butterfly

Neighborhood: Memorial Bend

Architect: William N. Floyd

Date: 1955

Comments: Published in the Houston Chronicle. Recent modifications to the house have detracted from the original look. The current owner has added a large metal gate to the carport. A traditional front door was installed to the immediate right of the carport, just under the clerestory windows.

Blog Purpose

Since I have a hard time staying on top of updating blogs, I'm going to keep this blog as simple and straightforward as possible. Simply put, the purpose of this blog will be to keep track of modern houses around Houston - or at least to catalog those that survive the current McMansion craze.

In essence, I'll post occasional houses and then update data on each entry as I have it. Pretty straightforward stuff...