Glenn McCarthy Mansion At 7500 Kelvin Dr.

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River Oaks Scrapbook by Hugh Potter. Volume 16 - October 1937 to July 1938.
Contains copies of the River Oaks Corporation advertisements; River Oaks magazines for 1937 and 1938. Clippings from: October 1937 to July 1938.

From the newspaper The Houston Chronicle dated June 26, 1938.

Half Million Dollars Worth of New Homes Here.

At the top left is the $70,000 home of J.C. McKallip, Jr., oil man. It is located at 3425 Sleepy Hollow Court, in River Oaks.  Birdsall P. Briscoe is the architect.  At the top right is the palatial home of the Glenn H. McCarthy, oil man, being erected on a 12-acre tract immediately west of Braeswood. Kelving Drive, in Braeswood, is the east boundary of the McCarthy home, which is one of the finest built here in years.  The house has been estimated to cost between $150,000 and $200,000. It has been under construction since last fall and will have every modern convenience and luxury that can be put into a residence. Stayton Nunn and Milton McGinty are the architects for this home. At the left, second crow, is the $50,000 home of Palmber Braldey, nearing completion, at 3431 Inwood Drive, in River Oaks. Cameron Fairchild is the architect for this finely—

[Tumbleweed_Tx]

70,000 1938 dollars is $1.4 million in today's Monopoly money

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Can you spot the home? Brays Bayou Flooding October 1949.

The opposite view:

[OkieEric]

Wow, those are some awesome shots of Old Braeswood!  I have never seen them...  Can almost but not quite make out my house (buried in some trees).  It didn't flood then or since (even with Harvey) yet still in 100 year floodplain

Random but there's a massive live oak just south of the smaller triangle that's not even visible in this pic.  I would have guessed it's hundreds of years old but apparently not

[Dave W]

That's the flood that finally prompted the county to get serious about flood control efforts on Brays Bayou. That effort eventually led to years of legal wrangling between Glenn McCarthy against the county flood control district and the city, which is why it took so long for North Braeswood to be extended through what had been a portion of his property. Believe it or not, the south border of his property was originally the centerline of the bayou, which is why he was able to fight it for so many years. But that's a tale for another day.