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McHistory

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  1. The person who posted that this house is "not that historic" needs to do some homework. HCAD lists many hundreds of century old or older houses as having been built in 1945. It is HCAD's default build date for "old" houses. If you actually knew anything about architecture you would have been able to pick out the the early 20th century elements like the divided light windows, convex window sash, hipped roof and pier and beam foundation. Pier and beam foundations mostly went away after WWII in favor of slab foundations, which was a really dumb idea for Houston's gumbo soil that shrinks and swells according to the rainfall. The other tip off that this is a historic house is that this very same house is featured in a circa 1915 builder's prospectus that I own. By deduction, a house that shows up in a 1915 publication had to have been constructed prior to 1915 = 100 years old. Maybe not old by New England or European standards, but definitely by Houston standards. AND I have been all through this house. Structurally unsound, no way. Not even close. There is work to be done and the flat roofed section at the rear has caused water leaks. I dont suppose anyone remembers what Avondale was like in the 80's or 90's, but there were many abandoned houses that were eventually rehabbed.
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