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  1. August Mod of the Month Houston Mod invites you to join us Sunday, August 21, 2022 for a Mod of the Month open house event from 2 - 4 PM. Please help find new preservation minded owners for these outstanding vintage modern houses located in Memorial, about 9 miles west of downtown Houston. Thanks to Houston MODern Market for sponsoring this FREE event. 503 Timber Terrace Road, Houston, TX 77024 HAR Link | Google Map Clean lines and flowing spaces are found in this well designed and constructed vintage modern house by architect Philip Willard, located in an idyllic Memorial area setting. Expansive window walls provide views in every direction making it a perfect place to experience nature. Other notable features are the dramatic extended fireplace, spiral staircase, interior stone walls, nifty display areas, built in refrigerator and freezer and roof deck overlooking the wooded ravine and setting sun. Willard constructed the house of extremely durable brick and masonry materials. Even the roof is concrete. The house was expanded by the addition of several well-integrated rooms by talented designer Adrian Flake. Philip Gordon Willard (1913-1993) was from San Antonio and a 1934 graduate of the University of Texas. He was first registered to practice architecture in Texas in 1937. He moved to Houston from Ft. Worth around 1945 and opened a successful firm where he employed many of the top students from the UH College of Architecture. He developed a masonry construction system called ceramic construction; buildings constructed using the technique are highly acclaimed. He designed and built houses, office buildings and retail centers. Willard developed the Timber Terrace neighborhood, designing and building many of its houses. Houston Mod's latest publication details more of his work. Adrian Flake (1915-2005) was an artist and designer. He began his career at Texas Neon Sign Company where he designed such landmarks as the Houston Shoe Hospital sign and the neon fronts of the Alabama, Tower, and other theaters. Later he designed and constructed custom homes. 11406 Memorial Drive, Houston, TX 77024 (Drive-by only) HAR Link | Google Map This is a significant and prominently sited vintage modern house by architect Wylie Vale which appears to still have many of its interesting original details. The house is in Piney Point Village, a community Vale helped organize. Wylie Vale (1916-2013) was a Rice graduate who designed over 400 mostly upscale houses, 100 plus schools, almost 50 churches plus other buildings. His work is detailed on the Houston Mod forum here. If you have information about this house or other vintage mod designs, please share it with Houston Mod so it can be included in the Modern in Houston archive. News & Upcoming Events Houston Mod has reactivated and now hosts the valuable Memorial Bend Architecture website on our website. Visit to learn more about Houston's most mod neighborhood. What's next for Astrodome? Please visit our friends at the Astrodome Conservancy to learn more about preserving and redeveloping the eighth wonder of the world. Their shop has many fun new items to support the cause. Mission, Membership and Publications: Houston Mod is dedicated to promoting knowledge and appreciation of modern architecture and design in Houston and Texas and advocates the preservation of this cultural legacy, seeking support from its members and the general public in achieving this goal. Houston Mod is a friend organization of Docomomo US, a national non-profit organization dedicated to the Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement. Docomomo US has been dedicated to this mission for nearly 25 years as a chapter of Docomomo International. A single US domestic membership may be added to any Houston Mod membership for the 50% discounted Friend Organization rate of $45.00. Houston Mod memberships and publications are available at most events.
  2. Growing up in the Memorial area bck in the 60's, I remember an old plantation style home, that sat at the corner of Memorial Drive and Strey Lane. I don't ever recall seeing much activity, and was always told to stay away from the property. Anyone out there recall this and if so would any information be available? BTW new to forum, so please beear with me as I learn the ropes.
  3. I recently bought a home. Last night talking to some local families they let me know the home was designed by Wylie Vale (not who I had previously thought). After googling Wylie's name I discovered this site -- and a picture of my home on the "Brief History of Wylie Vale" sticky above. I was quite surprised. It is the last home listed there, called the "Short House" -- and just for everyone's information. It was built in 1955 for Richard Woods a local rice farmer, his family is one of the actively farming families. As most of you know, a lot of the homes in the Brookshire-Katy area which were built by Vale are all from related families, who were mostly rice farmers. The Jordan home for instance (on Woods Road) is from a closely related family (to the Woods, shockingly). In any case, I love the home. Before we moved in a lot of updating was done. About 1/2 of the wood floors are still exposed (the remainder under carpet) what is exposed is in great shape. We removed the (original?) stove and cooktop and replaced. It still has the original kitchen pink tile. The only major project left is for me to painstakingly strip, clean, de-rust, prime, glaze and paint the exterior steel and there is a lot. 125 panes of glass and they are not small. In any case, if anyone has questions, I'd be happy to answer. But, I'm much more interested in learning from similar homeowners. I asked my wife to contact Mr. Vale to see if the original plans were available, those would be a huge help especially since much of the attic is totally inaccessible. The rear elevation to the house is quite nice. I'll attach a picture if I can figure it out.
  4. http://search.har.com/engine/dispSearch.cfm?mlnum=93914608&backButton=Y&Address=10%20Shadder%20Way
  5. http://search.har.com/engine/dispSearch.cf...mp;backButton=Y Originally designed for Walter Price. Someone with the last name Price owns it now, probably a relative.
  6. http://www.har.com/HomeValue/dispSoldDetai...m?MLNUM=6558146 Wild house. One of Vale's more custom designs.
  7. http://search.har.com/engine/dispSearch.cf...mp;backButton=Y My maps indicate that Wylie Vale designed several houses on East & West Rivercrest. This may be one of them. One was designed for Jimmy Green, the Chevrolet dealership owner.
  8. What do y'all know about him? I haven't been able to find any information about him at all...accept for the houses he did in River Oaks.
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