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Will do, billf..I'm always looking.

There are nice photos of the houses, etc...included, as well.

Thanks Little Frau, for looking that up. I will look for the photo, soon.

What will happen to all those bricks, other materials? What a waste.

http://anthropology.tamu.edu/papers/Stahman-MA2004.pdf I really think this research deserves to have it's own topic page. The information on the Addicks and Barker Reservoirs (previous farms) is quite an interesting read for historians, etc.

http://www.westhoustonarchives.org/sh6addickssatsumard.htm See the topic at the bottom of the page for information on the house at West Little York & Hwy. 6. Two photo links accompany it, under "mansion".

I wonder where the house was moved to.

Marty, I will be looking forward to seeing your research on the elysian viaduct. That area has always peeked my curiosity.

Thanks Marty for fantastic research. I especially liked the abandoned roads, bridges, etc. section. Many of the old street names I recognize from viewing old Houston maps. It's nice to see actual photos of them. Your link in post # 11 is appreciated, as well. The person's recollections of the "mansion" on Hwy 6, between West Rd. and Clay was interesting. We've talked about that house, before, on HAIF. I read an anthropologist's (archaeologist) thesis on the Addicks Reservoir -Corp. of Engineers project a while back. The archaeologist student had relatives who owned a farm and land there, before the construction of the dams and roads. I've always wondered about that particular house, at Hwy 6 and West Little York. The story is feasible, about pieces of other houses being used, to build it. I wouldn't be surprised if the pieces of the removed homes and barns were incorporated into this particular house. I know the paper said they were either moved or torn down. Sad story, if it is somehow linked to the other farm houses... but intriguing. The house has always been hard to pinpoint, for style, year built. It reminds me most of the River Road, outside of new Orleans- Louisiana style.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/texas/txu-pclmaps-topo-tx-pasadena-1967.jpg ...in this Pasadena topo. map, you can see the location of the Kmart. It was at Allen-Genoa & Spencer Hwy. it's the square bldg. to the left of Pasadena Plaza. The PP shopping center was unique in it's crescent design. I would like to know who designed it. The long, narrow bldg. (in between them ) housed various shops, including the August Moon Chinese food restaurant & a liquor store. The large store to the right of PP was Montgomery Wards. My mom drove from Allendale (Oak Meadows) to visit K-Mart and The Plaza. Seems like a long way, today, looking at the map.

That hospital has been closed/ fenced for quite a while. I noticed that the smaller Pasadena Hospital has changed quite a bit. Is it closed, as well? I can't remember. I just drove by there. Professional bldg. was boarded up. Tatar St.?

Very interesting, Plumber2. I saw a program a while back about Galveston immigration. I don't recall them mentioning these facilities. But, that doesn't mean they didn't. Some of my relatives arrived from Germany, at Indianola, much earlier, of course.

I don't know when his happened. Yeah, it was kind of a real mess, some business.

http://www.interowestave.com/homes/TX/HOUSTON/77087/2916_GOLFCREST_BL/13145327516/index.html Well, it's a sad evening for me, our oldest, Houston family home has been removed. It sat across from TeleWink Grill. There is a story that my family donated the property access for a road to the new Golfcrest Country Club. Block books show the family name. I have inherited antiques from that house. It was huge. As a kid, I only saw the living room and kitchen. It was sold to a new owner many years ago. Dated to late 1800's. My aunt has photos of it. Old letters talk of the coming of the Interurban railway http://books.tax.hctx.net/v058/AE1997_58_0220.jpg

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/texas/txu-pclmaps-topo-tx-galveston-1925.jpg ...thought this was interesting. It shows the position of an abandoned lighthouse and the immigration station/ island that immigrants were held at, before given clearance into Galveston . I was not aware of Fort San Jacinto at the Eastern tip of the peninsula. My dad always took us across to Boliver, to visit those fort structures.

Thanks for the link...this is great. The Blue Book is here. I would like to see the History of Harrisburg, Texas by Daisy L. Smith added, though.

I passed by it recently. It's deteriorating, very sad.

Wonderful reflections of growing up in such a culturally rich area of Houston! Thanks for sharing! And welcome to HAIF!

That's a very old palm. I remember it sitting in the middle of the Holiday Inn. Oshman's was always the "too expensive" store, when I was small. But the warehouse wasn't.

Ang, I went to that Kip's, as a kid, was probably late '60's, early '70's. There was a pharmacy down the street I remember going into once, and an auto body shop with a huge neon sign, had a microscope with car on slide, kind of sign. Was very large! Anyone remember that? I think the sign was on that street. May be mistaken.

I was wondering how old Dave was, after seeing him recently, delivering the news. I can't remember when he wasn't there.

My dad would take me with him, to their warehouse store on the Gulf Freeway and Wayside, to look for baseball stuff, 1970's.

http://citemag.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ByTheWayside1_Koush_Cite69.pdf ...page 3/ 26 on article talks about Simms.

What a beautiful b/w photo of the house and car. I would love to see the details in that home. What a nice design.

Haha...you too. Correct me anytime...I was too lazy to look it up, just remembered a guys TShirt, reading it, wishing I had one, love that quote! No little Frau, that's called me trying to return to HAIF, using an IPad. I'll get it, eventually. I do like that edit key, though. Did not see that, that's funny, blog.