NenaE Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Ran across this list of "Houston's modern apartment houses: " from Standard History of Houston, Texas, author: B.H. Carroll, Jr. (1912) Rossonian, Fannin St. & McKinney Ave. The Beaconsfield, Main St. & Pease Ave. The Heisig, San Jacinto St. & Rusk Ave. The Oxford, Fannin St. & Clay Ave. Ave. The Montrose Apartments, Clay Ave. The Colonial, Lamar Ave. The Leona, Walnut St. The Wilson Apts., Polk Ave. The Gables, McKinney Ave. The Butler Flats, Rusk Ave. & Fannin St. The Ivanhoe, LaBranch St. & Lamar Ave. Waverly Terrace, Milam St. & Lamar Ave. The Warrington, Fannin St. & Bell Ave. The Archer, Lamar Ave. & Louisiana St. The McAshan Flats, Main St. The McAshan Apts., Main St. & Clay Ave. The Leeland, Leeland Ave. & Caroline St. The Sternenberg, Milam St. & Walker Ave. The Hirsch Flats, Crawford St. & Polk Ave. The Hirsch Apts., McGowan Ave. & Fannin St. The Seigle Flats, LaBranch St., near Congress Ave. The Levy Flats, Travis St. & Rusk Ave. The Savoy, Main St. & Pease Ave. The Corona, Walker Ave., near Main St. The Griffin Flats, Louisiana St., near Polk Ave. The Ross Flats, Walker Ave. & Louisiana St. The Cawthon, Main St. & Walker Ave. The Darlington, Lamar Ave. & Crawford St. I imagine these all sat in a pretty common area, just outside of the "downtown area", around what is now referred to as Midtown. They are probably not very large apartment bldgs., would have been located on trolley or streetcar lines. Does anyone know which ones are still standing? Probably many have been lost to newer development. Reason for later edit: duplicate apt. names Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilioScotia Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 (edited) Ran across this list of "Houston's modern apartment houses: " from Standard History of Houston, Texas, author: B.H. Carroll, Jr. (1912)Rossonian, Fannin St. & McKinney Ave. The Levy Flats, Travis St. & Rusk Ave.The Beaconsfield, Main St. & Pease Ave. The Savoy, Main St. & Pease Ave. The Heisig, San Jacinto St. & Rusk Ave. The Corona, Walker Ave., near Main St.The Oxford, Fannin St. & Clay Ave. The Griffin Flats, Louisiana St., near Polk Ave.The Montrose Apartments, Clay Ave. The Ross Flats, Walker Ave. & Louisiana St.The Colonial, Lamar Ave. The Cawthon, Main St. & Walker Ave.The Leona, Walnut St. The Darlington, Lamar Ave. & Crawford St.The Wilson Apts., Polk Ave.The Gables, McKinney Ave.The Butler Flats, Rusk Ave. & Fannin St.The Ivanhoe, LaBranch St. & Lamar Ave.Waverly Terrace, Milam St. & Lamar Ave. The Warrington, Fannin St. & Bell Ave.The Archer, Lamar Ave. & Louisiana St.The McAshan Flats, Main St.The McAshan Apts., Main St. & Clay Ave.The Leeland, Leeland Ave. & Caroline St.The Sternenberg, Milam St. & Walker Ave.The Hirsch Flats, Crawford St. & Polk Ave. The Hirsch Apts., McGowan Ave. & Fannin St.The Seigle Flats, LaBranch St., near Congress Ave.The Levy Flats, Travis St. & Rusk Ave.The Savoy, Main St. & Pease Ave.The Corona, Walker Ave., near Main St.The Griffin Flats, Louisiana St., near Polk Ave.The Ross Flats, Walker Ave. & Louisiana St.The Cawthon, Main St. & Walker Ave.The Darlington, Lamar Ave. & Crawford St.I imagine these all sat in a pretty common area, just outside of the "downtown area", around what is now referred to as Midtown. They are probably not very large apartment bldgs., would have been located on trolley or streetcar lines. Does anyone know which ones are still standing? Probably many have been lost to newer development.That's some list. At first glance, I believe the Beaconsfield and the Savoy may be the only ones still standing. We don't typically think of downtown having a lot of apartment buildings, but in 1912, Houston was nowhere near as spread out as it is now. The "suburbs", such as they were back then, were all within a 3 or 4 mile radius of downtown.People wanted to live as close to downtown as they could get, and those who could afford it lived in an apartment building. Clearly many were located right there IN downtown. An amazing glimpse of urban life in 1912. Edited February 2, 2009 by FilioScotia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Interesting list. I have postcards of the Rossonian, Hirsch, Waverly, Ivanhoe, Butler and Leeland Apartments, none of which are standing. The Rossonian, Beaconsfield and Savoy were all large high-rises. All of the rest were probably smaller two or three floor buildings with only a few units. You can still see some examples of typical old apartments. Frequently there was an open central staircase to improve ventilation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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