What did out houses look like in the beginning?
Does anyone know if photos are available anywhere of our area from when they were built? I would love to see what my home at 1409 Grant looked like in […]
1301 Grant
History of 1301 Grant – provided by Tom and Tonia Henman The house was built by Mark Walker, a partner with Mytinger & Walker Home Builders, in 1924 or 1925 […]
1512 Hayes Street
1512 Hayes Street This property was in a parcel of land consisting of 283 acres, owned by Elizabeth Austin (the wife of Stephen F. Austin) in 1881. The owners of […]
1512 Buchanan- taken from the June 2004 Newsletter
The two-story yellow brick home at 1512 Buchanan was built in 1924. The home was built by Bernard Martin, a prominent attorney who moved here in 1912 from Weatherford, Texas […]
1309 Grant- taken from the September 2004 Newsletter
In 1926 E.S. Seagall was the first owner of this Tudor-styled home. The style features a steeply pitched roof, usually side-gables; tall narrow windows usually in multiple groups and massive […]
1512 Hayes- taken from the July 2003 Newsletter
This property was in a parcel of land consisting of 283 acres, owned by Elizabeth Austin, (the wife of Stephen F. Austin) in 1881. The owners of this property were: […]
1713 Buchanan- taken from the November 2004 Newsletter
This small bungalow is one of those inspiring small homes in West Floral Heights. Its present owners, Karen and Cliff Nichols, fell into their home quite by design. Cliff had […]
1500 Grant- taken from the January 2005 Newsletter
The house was built in 1913 by J.W. Stringer. Mr. Stringer was an oil man from Electra, Texas. He struck oil on his Electra property in 1911 and moved to […]
1413 Hayes- taken from the February 2005 Newsletter
The long history of this home and the other homes in Floral Heights begins with the purchase from the Indians in 1836 with the approval of the President of the […]
1404 Buchanan- taken from the March 2005 Newsletter
This old house at 1404 Buchanan has seen a lot of changes in the past, and there are still changes being made. The house started out like most of the […]