marmer Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Somewhere I read about an "International style house on a high earthen berm" at 18 Sunset, but can't for the life of me find where. Not the Arch Guide, not the Southampton tour guide, not the Rice U guide. Anyway, it looks like it was quietly demolished in 2007, about the time an opaque gate was installed. Two of the four compass directions on Live Search still show it: 18 Sunset and two don't: Gone now. Anybody know anything more? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Here are the permits:Demolition:Project No: 06110419 Date: 2007/01/22USE: DEMO RES/SEWER DISC Owner/Occupant: PETRELLO ANTHONY Job Address: 18 SUNSET BLVD 77005 Valuation: $ 0 Permit Type: SD FCC Group: Demo; Single Familty Dwelling Buyer: HUDSPETH C M ETU Address : 18 SUNSET BLVD 77005 Fence:Project No: 07034512 Date: 2007/04/25USE: NEW COMM FENCE Owner/Occupant: PETRELLO ANTHONY Job Address: 18 SUNSET BLVD 77005 Valuation: $ 0 Permit Type: FF FCC Group: Structures Other than Buildings Buyer: *ALL TEXAS PERMITS Address: 11222 RICHMOND AVE 235 77082 Phone: (281) 752-7800 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 Talk about a "Grave-dig!" Found it, in Stephen Fox's _Rice University Campus Guide._ "… a one-story house of 1965 designed by the Dallas architect Frank D. Welch for Helen Cummings and Ghent Graves. A modern house, the Graves house is raised on a high grass berm, as were several of the early houses in Shadyside. Its pyramidal roof and encircling gallery evoke Texas regional architectural prototypes." Apparently it was bought and demolished by Anthony Petrello, rumor has it as additional tent space for events at his Shadyside house. The lot is currently vacant but wooded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceAge Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 I attended the estate sale at this house. We entered from Dora Street and had no idea the place was going to be anything special from the ad or the appearance of the service gate and court. It seems like the house was a white stucco box with deep porches on the front and sides, very low key and simple yet large enough to have importance. Inside it was roomy and fairly open with high ceilings and light colors/white but very dark due to the deeply recessed windows. The kitchen and bedrooms didn't seem especially pleasant. The place was well maintained. I have photos of it somewhere. The almost new Echo blower I got there that day still works great. I was thinking that blower was still almost new too until I saw the demo permit date above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenH Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Post the pictures if you can find them. I'm interested in anything Frank Welch does. Sounds like the house I've read about that he did in Memorial for the Sarofims. It was published in Texas Architect, but I can't find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 I grew up in two different Frank Welch houses... one on Broad Oaks Circle and the other on River Point Dr. Both were great houses built overlooking the bayou. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenH Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 KinKaidAlum, you grew up in the Winston houses, correct? I photographed the one that was built in 1997. Great house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Yes, I did. My Mom worked with Frank Welch to design both of those houses. The River Point House must be the one you are talking about, but I think it was built in 1992 (I was in college when my mom moved in and I graduated in '93). I would love to see those pictures. I LOVE that house. I've heard the new owners have made some changes, the biggest being removing all of the saltillo tile and replacing it with hardwoods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clark Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 I grew up at 18 Sunset Rd in the home Frank Welch designed for my parents. My mother, Sally Sample Graves, had asked Welch to design a house like the plantation Cherokee, in Natchitoches, La., which was owned by her Murphy cousins. I believe it was one of Welch’s early commissions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenH Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 On 12/12/2017 at 9:47 AM, Clark said: I grew up at 18 Sunset Rd in the home Frank Welch designed for my parents. My mother, Sally Sample Graves, had asked Welch to design a house like the plantation Cherokee, in Natchitoches, La., which was owned by her Murphy cousins. I believe it was one of Welch’s early commissions. Small world; I have family in Natchitoches and Coushatta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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