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Does anyone have experience with the older River Oaks Town Homes located 4040 San Felipe Street? Located just across the train tracks. At one point, I was supposed to inherit a unit here. The last I heard I was being left some money instead. Dementia is sad to watch.

Very cool! Looks like I found the retail center that was 20 years before the Lamar River Oaks center that was developed by William Farrington in 1950. It's also possible that the River Oaks Food Shop was (also) a first occupant of the Lamar River Oaks center. I know there's a few Historic Houston retail buffs around. Does anyone know about this? I have a photo of the building, and it's totally different than the 1950s Lamar River Oaks center. Edit: It looks like the shopping center was called River Oaks Community Shopping Center. River Oaks Store The new River Oaks Food Shop which will open Saturday morning at Westheimer and River Oaks boulevards. The store will be owned and operated by W.B. Addison who also conducts a store at Lamar and Travis streets. Addison Opens New Food Shop The River Oaks Community shopping center will be enlarged Saturday morning with the opening of the River Oaks Food Shop, which is being installed at Westheimer and River Oaks boulevard by W.B. Addison. The new store is the latest word in fixtures, being fully equipped with the Frigidaire system, not only in the meat department, but also in the vegetable section. According to Mr. Addison, who owns and operates a store at Lamar and Travis streets, the the Frigidaire systems in connection with the vegetable department is a new innovation and will prevent all vegetables from dehydrating. He points out that this an unusual attraction to customers who desire nothing but fresh vegetables. The Food Shop offers a full line of staple and fancy groceries as well as other lines of foodstuffs. The fixtures, which are of fumed oak, enhance the appearance of the stock which is plainly marked with printed price tags. Mr. Addison stated that the store will feature a delivery service that will in no way affect the price of goods. He said it is his desire to build up an order system whereby customers can telephone their needs and the orders will be deliver with the least possibly delay.

This week I noticed, in detail, the two office buildings for the Country Club Estate company. Very cool buildings, I like how they cave into one another to create a central plaza between the two. John F. Staub designed the buildings and gates. Staub almost exclusively designed River Oaks houses and retail buildings. This would have been taken in the mid 1920s.

Houston has many examples of facilities that do not fit a particular neighborhood. Who would have that a tuberculosis hospital would have been appropriate right across the street from an entrance to River Oaks? But there it stood for decades without much controversy.

I just learned (or discovered) about this today! There was a 30-acre Meyer estate in River Oaks? Never knew that. They had property all over! Downtown, Montrose, The Heights, Meyerland, and now River Oaks! Would love to see photos of their homes, or gardens. Any pictures out there? This would have been in the early to mid 1920s. Edit: The oval park was already established by the Meyer family? I thought the oval park was built during redevelopment. wow! Those homes had to be huge! Found via: River Oaks Scrapbook, volume 6 (April to October 1928). River Oaks Corporation Opens New 35-Acre Section East Of Addition's Drive. Tract is portion of old Meyer Homestead, located south of River Oaks Golf Course; oval park named in honor of Mrs. Rebecca Meyer. River Oaks Corporation, through Hugh Potter, president, Saturday announced the opening of the 35-acre tract of new property lying immediately east of River Oaks boulevard and south of the River Oaks Golf Course and Country Club. The tract is sometimes known as the Dow-Meyer tract, being apart of the old Meyer homestead. It was formerly owned by the three Meyer brothers, Joseph F. Jr., George and Frank. The large oval park lying in the center of the property has been named Rebecca Meyer Park in honor of Mrs. Rebecca Meyer, mother of the three Meyer brothers. This park is one of the outstanding features of the new River Oaks residential area. It will be completely landscaped, beautified end equipped with playground paraphernalia for the children. In order that it may be accessible to every home site in the new development, an 11-foot hedgerow walk has been laid out leading north and south from two sides of the park. The new River Oaks property comprises 35 acres of ground, 108 new home sites that are to be placed on the market immediately. It is conveniently accessible to the shopping center erected at the southern entrance to River Oaks a few months ago and is on the River Oaks Express bus line, Mr. Potter pointed out. Improvement of the tract has already begun under the direction of H.A. Kipp, vice president and engineer for the corporation. The tract will be developed and improved in the same way as the eastern sector of River Oaks, the Buffalo Drive sector and the original sector. Improvements, maintenance, landscaping, and architectural control will be the same as in all other sections. These improvements include concrete and asphalt streets, gas, water, lights, telephone, storm and sanitary sewers, concrete sidewalks and River Oaks ornamental street illuminations. A part of the new River Oaks development will be restricted to one-story homes, but there will also be home sites available suitable for the construction of two-story homes. Most of the home sites have a frontage of 65 to 75 feet, but there are a--

I was reading the newspaper The Houston Post dated October 30, 1921 and noticed a public school on Westheimer Road called John Smith School. I then found a library item that has more details. 2503 Westheimer Houston Forum of Civics of River Oaks Garden Club. Built about 1880 until 1920 The John Smith School. Restored in 1927 by Will Hogg. A memorial since 1942 to Will and Mike Hogg. Gardens added in 1955. Open to public. I just looked on Google satellite. The River Oaks Garden Club Forum is still there! Do they own that whole parcel? Can't even imagine how much that RO parcel is worth!! I bet Hines or Hanover could build something tall here

This week I came across William Hogg's personal stables! A little confusing, was this instance of San Felipe actually Dallas Street? Or maybe West Dallas? Will Hogg developed the neighborhood Tall Timber in River Oaks, just outside of Memorial Park. I assume the Tall Tmber Stables was apart of the neighborhood development. Tall Timber Stables San Felipe Road / Phone Hadley 2951 Saddle Horses - Boarding Renting Exercising - Show & Pleasure Horses Schooled - 130 acres in the pines, adjacent to River Oaks and the 1500-acre Memorial Park and its miles of bridle paths.

EXCLUSIVE REPORTS From the August 12, 2005 print edition Car dealership gives way to urban infill Jennifer Dawson Houston Business Journal A high-end development mixing retail, residential and possibly office space will soon be parked on an inner-city tract that has been occupied by auto dealerships for the past three decades. Trademark Property Co. is negotiating a long-term ground lease on six acres on Westheimer just west of Mid Lane, which is currently home to a Central Ford dealership. Trademark is the Fort Worth-based developer behind the $100 million Market Street project in The Woodlands. That successful 34-acre development includes 400,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space and 100,000 square feet of office space. Read More...

Does anyone go to CM’s Hatch Chili Festival, or anyone else’s? This is the first year we have done so. Hatch peppers only come out once a year for about two weeks at the end of August. We normally buy about 15 or so pounds of them and roast them on the grill. This year we bought a whole case, and CM roasted them on the spot in a large drum with a propane burner. I love Hatch peppers, and Michelle makes a great Green Chili Stew with them. It is chock full of melt-your-mouth goodness! Any other Hatch lovers out there. Anyone going to Central Market this weekend, or next?

There's that small retail center near Lamar High School that's located at 2802 Westheimer Road. In between River Oaks and Upper Kirby. Old Loopnet listing: https://www.loopnet.com/property/2802-westheimer-rd-houston-tx-77098/48201-0121150000018/ How is that fancy restaurant called Relish? It's been there forever but I never tried it. https://www.relishhouston.com/

Wasn't that Target built around 2003? Am I right? Any chance of it being redeveloped anytime soon?

Been in Houston a lot recently and a vacant lot that looks like it used to be a restaurant has captured my attention. The building was razed sometime around 2007, and attempts to find an address or the name of this have been elusive. The biggest clue left behind is a large sign that is only partially blacked out ("J***'s") but other than that, I got nothing. Makes me wonder if it closed LONG before it was demolished. https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7452381,-95.4566661,3a,75y,49.4h,101.37t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0ttV4oF1bS5wuhThn1wA5A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

These two buildings are up for demo! Hoping for anything but a shopping center!

Not sure if this has a topic created already but I’ve seen this being built for a while now. Anyone have more info?

I work near there and was curious if anyone had read or seen what is going to replace the Chevron on the corner? They've torn down the carwash as of Friday, but no signs of anything to come. There is already a Chase, Wachovia, and WaMu nearby, so hopefully it won't be yet another bank.

In the Texas State Journal of Medicine, Volume 44, Number 3, July 1948 there is a listing for a (now) demolished house in River Oaks. Greenwood, Mrs. James R., 3394 Chevy Chase (6). 2006 view, surrounded by trees!! 2014, new mansion took its place: I would call it a McMansion, but this home in RO is anything but cheap. Love that circular pool!

Proposed plat. Located where Backstreet Cafe and H-Town Restaurant Group is located. Traci Vaught and Hugo Ortega's first restaurant that started their restaurant empire.

For leasing sign with rendering posted here.

Found a James Greenwood, Jr. curriculum vitae that lists his residence in River Oaks. I believe the home was demolished and a new mansion took its place. Tried searching on Google Earth but there's too many trees on the parcel to find the house. I never knew Jas. Greenwood, Jr. was included in all of the Texas Medical Center hospitals. He practically worked at every TMC hospital. Impressive resume! Although, I did notice the infamous Greenwood Sanitarium was not listed. I do know his father, James Greenwood, Sr. founded the sanitarium. I thought he worked at the sanitarium a long side his father? He was a doctor there. James Greenwood, Jr., M. D. 718 Hermann Professional Building Houston Texas 77025 NAME: James Greenwood, Jr., M. D. ADDRESS: 718 Hermann Professional Building, Houston, Texas 77025 RESIDENCE: 1839 Kirby, Houston, Texas 77019 DATE OF BIRTH: July 19, 1907, Seguin (Guadalupe County), Texas. MARITAL STATUS: Married. Father of six children. EDUCATION: Rice University, Houston, Texas, B. A., 1927. University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, M. D. , 1931. Internship and residency: Philadelphia General Hospital, 1931-35. (Two-year general internship, including seven months in neuropsychiatry, neurosurgery, and neuroophthaimology; Two-year residency in neurology and psychiatry, including charge of neurosurgical service.) Two and a half months in Philadelphia, 1939, neurosurgery and neuropathology with Dr. F. C. Grant and Dr. F. H. Lewey. Alpha Omega Alpha (honorary, medical school). LICENSED TO PRACTICE: Texas. SPECIALTY: Began practice September 1935 (Houston), neurology and neuro surgery; limited to neurosurgery exclusively since 1942. BOARD AFFILIATIONS: American Board of Neurological Surgery, 1941. American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1940. MEMBERSHIPS: American College of Surgeons (Fellow); American Medical Association; The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (formerly The Harvey Cushing Society); American Academy of Neurological Surgeons; Southern Neurosurgical Society (V, President 1951, President 1960-1); Texas Surgical Society (2nd V. President 1946, Member of Council 1960-64, President 1964) ; Texas State Medical Association; Texas Neuropsychiatric Society (President 1941); Southwestern Surgical Society (Founder Member); Houston Surgical Society (President 1962); Houston Neurological. HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS: Methodist Hospital (president-elect of Staff 1941 and President 1942; president-elect of Staff 1955-56 and President 1957-58; Chairman, Division of Neurosurgery 1936 to present). Consulting neurosurgeon Hermann Hospital (Chairman Emeritus Division of Neurosurgery); St. Luke's Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital, St. Joseph Hospital, Ben Taub Hospital City-County; Veterans' Administration Hospital, M. D. Anderson Hospital for Cancer Research. Formerly consultant Southern Pacific Hospital and Hospital Association Missouri Pacific Lines. Courtesy Staff: Memorial Baptist Hospital and St. Anthony Center.

Noticed this matchbook recently and wondered about the business. Does anyone remember this store? I assume it was active in the 1960s. Looks to be where the current Robert's Carpet is, across the street from Shops at Arrive River Oaks. Et Cetera Wallpaper 3404 Kirby Drive Houston, Texas JA 3-6202 / JA 3-6424 Et Cetera * Wallpapers * Vinyls * Burlap * Grass cloth * Wall frabrics * Screens & Dividers * Silks

Cool looking house! I never even heard of the Sewell-Avery families. I wonder who those people are and what they did for a living? Must have been business owners or doctors/bankers to live in RO. Sewell-Avery House Address: 3456 Inwood Drive, River Oaks. Year Built: 1925. Architects: Cram and Ferguson and William Ward Watkin, associate architect.

http://www.har.com/2525-maconda-houston-tx-77027/homevalue_3167481 I am not sure if this is the right place to put this question but what in the heck is going on with this house? it is located pretty much across the street from the whataburger at 3639 westheimer and has been under construction for about 15 YEARS or more is my guess...i am not kidding when it seems that the owner maybe buys one board or one window or one light switch plate every 3 to 6 months haha! I pass by it almost daily and its so weird to see this shell of a house with no back walls facing Westheimer... i have just always wondered what they deal was and wondered if there was an interesting story about the owner or property etc... thanks!

I've noticed gun clubs have a cool formation in aerial photography. Found a historic Uptown gun club so I thought I would share my findings. From the newspaper The Houston Post. dated June 15, 1924: Views Snapped On Post Party Jaunt Along The Westheimer and Bellaire Roads. Upper Left: The gun club out on the Westheimer Road with a front view of the Jordan Blue Boy in the foreground. The Houston Post. dated June 8, 1924: An Airplane View of Houston Gun Club John Winters and Ed Bond recently took the accompanying picture of the Houston Gun Club's up-to-date house and trap field.

Another John Staub mansion bites the dust: Astros owner Jim Crane buys $24M historic River Oaks home only to tear it down

Thought I would create a thread on this 1962 condo high-rise in River Oaks. I searched and there was only a handful of mentions in random threads. Has anyone lived here? Is it a good place to live? Who was the original architect and builder?