WesternGulf Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/5995/a9ik.jpg So what was the purpose of that? Not getting enough business or could not afford the rent? I don't know, I am just assuming. But I did look them up and eventhough they are still pretty much in the Heights, it looks like they moved to Beauchamp Street which is actually south of 10th. Would it be appropriate to change the name? Anyway, this is just some of my frustration with this city changing up on me so much. Anybody have pics of their new location? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonray Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 We live in a bungalow in the Woodland Heights that was built, sometime between 1915-1920. Can y'all give me advice on how to research the ownership history? We'd like to find out who the builder was, when it was built exactly, who all the owners have been through the years, etc? I am sure I have to start at the tax office but what documents do I ask to look at? Someone once told me to check names at the library too but now sure what to look up there either. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyps Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 I'm trying to do the same (same neighborhood too, WELCOME). I started at the old library downtown (second floor texas room) and looked through the city directories. each year, you can look up the st address in the back and see who lived there.After this, I haven't gotten any further, but I'm interested to hear what others have to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heightslurker Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 (edited) houston ray...I also replied to this same one over in the Historic section...but in case you don't see that one..here is a good place to start:http://www.houstonheights.org/historicalresearch.htmthe sanborn maps can be accessed online through the library (you must have a library account)and the last forty or so years of deed records are listed at the Harris County Clerk's websitewith an account at ancestry.com (or probably free from the library) you can find old census records (when i looked up my home it showed the renters living in it but didn't list the owners)looks like pretty much everything else will have to be done in the library (old directories where Wendyps said) or sifting through the deed records downtown at the clerk's office.. Edited May 22, 2006 by heightslurker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovehouse Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 http://www.hcad.org should also have some info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heightslurker Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 http://www.hcad.org should also have some infotheir records only really go back to the late 80's online...but you can look at how high the taxes are going! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyps Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 In the Texas room of the old Library, I found a 1910 sales booklet for the woodland heights. It is in the neighborhood folders. It is so neat!!!! Pictures of some homes, pics of some interiors!!!! and the read is just classic! The area was apparently dry and, unfortunatley segregated. It is such a great historical picture though of the kinds of people who originally bought the homes. I'll see if I can scan it and attach it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyps Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 I can't figure out how to post it here, so let me know if you want one and i'll email it to you... the quality isn't very good...but you can read it and always go to the library.Does anyone have a website that they can put it on maybe and I can link it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Does anyone have a website that they can put it on maybe and I can link it?yes, yes i do!if you want to post on your own, you can upload it to a free space (tinypic, etc). are they jpg's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 yes, yes i do!if you want to post on your own, you can upload it to a free space (tinypic, etc). are they jpg's? me too...or i can just wait and read it off of sevfiv's website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I was at a new year's party on that street On new year's eve (duh! as opposed to the Christmas one...anyway..) and as I was going to the home, I seemed to remember (and it appears like it was) a railroad ROW at one point. At what point was it converted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marty Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 (edited) I found out that Hopper road was called Myrtle street in the early sixties by looking at the Harris County Block office Tax books. you may have luck there. Edited January 2, 2007 by Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmainguy Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I was at a new year's party on that street On new year's eve (duh! as opposed to the Christmas one...anyway..) and as I was going to the home, I seemed to remember (and it appears like it was) a railroad ROW at one point. At what point was it converted?It was always a street and a rail line. When we were kids we would ride our bikes there and watch the cars squish our penney.The rail has been gone a long time-now it's to be a future bikeway. Here's the HAIF thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 (edited) My grandmother lived at 14th and Waverley and I spent many hours watching those trains roll by. My best friend near her lived on Herkimer, and his house backed up to Nicholson. My guess is that the railroad ceased operations somewhere in the 60s, and possibly the later 60s. BTW, the street was called Railroad originally, but I don’t know when it was changed. Edited January 2, 2007 by Heights2Bastrop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrbo Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 I am wracking my brain and doing search on internet.One of the places in Heights I lived was Bayland and Helen (1980 or so).. one of my best friends lived on Byrne and Florence.. my friend George took me and this guy I was living with to this outdoor (duh) beer garden, I believe on Morrison, around the corner.. It was nice.. went there, probably twice.. saw live music there once. Picnic tables, horseshoes.. beer of course.I THOUGHT it was called either Scholtz Beer Garden or Schultz's Beer Garden but can find nothing on the net referencing this.Going to Kerrville this weekend, but I guess I need to drive by and try to find it.anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 (edited) I THOUGHT it was called either Scholtz Beer Garden or Schultz's Beer Garden but can find nothing on the net referencing this.There is a Scholz Garten, but it's in Austin - perhaps you're conflating that name with the other place you're thinking of in the Heights?Scholz Garten Edited May 26, 2007 by mkultra25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppahop Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Was it the Rising Star? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 You're not thinking of the old Garden in the Heights on Feagan are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucesw Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 There is a Scholz Garten, but it's in Austin - perhaps you're conflating that name with the other place you're thinking of in the Heights?Scholz GartenThat's neat. I had no idea Scholz was still around. I'll have to check it out next time I'm in Austin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrbo Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 You're not thinking of the old Garden in the Heights on Feagan are you?nah, was in the Woodland Heights very near where I lived. Not as big as Bavarian Gardens (same thing). Drove in the area where I used to live a few weeks ago. I believe it was on Morrison.. street parallel to Beachamp.Not Scholz, or Schultz.. I'm determined to find the locatin. Sholz Beer Garden? Shultz Beer Garden? This was in the early 80's.Was it the Rising Star?Noop, but I used to party at Rising Star lots. I hear LOTS of neighbor complaints re: noice. Favorite band I saw there: The Dishes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonray Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 Does anyone know if there is a good online resource for old bungalow floor plans? I'd love to have a catalog of several hundred to look through and see if we could find ours. All I know is it was a built from a plan in a book, back in the 1910's. I was hoping maybe someone somewhere tried creating a database of plans and elevations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rps324 Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 If you google around, you can find various stuff on the old Sears house plans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 Does anyone know if there is a good online resource for old bungalow floor plans? I'd love to have a catalog of several hundred to look through and see if we could find ours. All I know is it was a built from a plan in a book, back in the 1910's. I was hoping maybe someone somewhere tried creating a database of plans and elevations.Gustav Stickley's plans were poplular during that time period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heightslurker Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 http://www.searsarchives.com/homes/byimage.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 You will worship Dover Publishing Bungalow Books, etc as I do. http://store.doverpublications.com/0486451046.html http://store.doverpublications.com/0486428168.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverartfox Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 The Old House Journal has an excellent online forum that might provide some resources. If a search of their database doesn't turn up what you need, just post your request. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan the Man Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 You will worship Dover Publishing Bungalow Books, etc as I do.The Dover books are great. Looking through them, I have found many plans that I recognize locally. This is especially interesting, since many of the original publishers of the plans were located out of state. Catalog plans were often copied or shared between companies, also adding to their duplication and far-flung distribution. Margaret Culbertson wrote an interesting book about local catalog homes. I think it's called "Texas Houses By the Book" or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilyheights Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I think UH Library special collections has some of the actual catalogs. I remember seeing them on display in the library about 15 years ago. I do not think they were on loan....pretty neat stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 and http://www.oldhouseinteriors.com/ provides a wealth of original plans and ideas for interiors. http://www.victorianhomesmag.com/ another great resource also features craftsman orginal ideas to perfection. Been hooked on these since day one. You won't be disappointed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
segovia Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 http://historicaldesigns.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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