houstonray Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Thanks for all the suggestions. I will check them out. I love the link with the pics of the houses as the search feature. Went through them all and didn't find ours but it was fun looking at them (and amazing how so many could be adapted to a design today). I'll have to check out the book suggestions and see if I can find something. On a related subject, are there any recommendations on how to search the original history of our house? I know I probably need to start with finding out when the house was built originally and taking it from there I guess. A title search? Anyone done this and have some recommendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan the Man Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 A good place to start would be the Texas Room at the public library downtown. They have all of Houston's old phone directories, and the older ones allow you to search by address. This will give you an approximate date of the building's construction (or when it first got telephone service), as well as the names of the original occupants and their occupations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LESHOMME Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Hello,Does anyone know if photos of this intersection exist? I've tried a few places but cant find any!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott08 Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 That corner has various restaurants/businesses on all four corners, what were you looking for in particular? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmariar Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Here's one: http://tinypic.com/2dhbibq.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LESHOMME Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Actually, I am looking for older photographs (i should have been more specific). I contacted Sloan Gallery, but they havent responded. Any ideas?Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmariar Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 I don't recall having ever seen any historic photos of that intersection. Studewood is newer than many streets in the Heights - I'm not sure how much newer, but it wasn't there in 1913. I'd think your best bet would be to talk to the branch library in the Heights. I think they have copies of most or all of the Heights history books, and might be able to give you some guidance. Good luck with it - if you find one, it would be interesting to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LESHOMME Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 (edited) Does anyone know where I can find old photos of the Hieghts and Norhill neighborhoods? Any help would be great. Edited January 29, 2008 by LESHOMME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiko Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 (edited) Does anyone know where I can find old photos of the Hieghts and Norhill neighborhoods? Any help would be great.Here are some:http://www.cah.utexas.edu/db/dmr/dmr_resul...tial+facilitiesYou can also search for "Heights" and get some others. One of my favorites: http://www.cah.utexas.edu/db/dmr/image_lg....iable=e_bb_1587The Library has an archive downtown I believe.The Heights Association has some at: http://www.houstonheights.org/photos.htmSome links off: http://ghpa.org/links/ Edited January 29, 2008 by Tiko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmariar Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Good recommendations above. I'd also check with the Heights branch of the library (they have copies of books similar to Sister Agatha's), the Woodland Heights civic group (I think someone posted that they prepared a collection of historical photos recently), and maybe even Carter & Cooley, as they have their own collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heights_yankee Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 In the same vein, what's a good resource for possibly purchasing old maps of Houston, especially the Heights? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmariar Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 In the same vein, what's a good resource for possibly purchasing old maps of Houston, especially the Heights?That's a hard one. I can't remember ever seeing any maps of the Heights for sale. I bought an old map once at the Antiquarium on Kirby, which sells some old Texas maps; and my parents got me some prints of historical maps of Texas at the Key Maps store on West Alabama once. My guess is that your best bet, if you want an original map, is to talk to a seller like the Antiquarium and ask them to do some market research for you.Some of the links on this page of old Houston maps lead to sites that sell copies of the maps. The 1913 map file is big enough that you might be able to make a nice printed detail of the Heights from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannomad Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 (edited) Antiquarium is a great place! My wife gave me an antique map of Houston, Downtown circa mid-late 1800s not the Heights, from there for christmas and they were very helpful. Also last time I was in Dramatika, the framing shop on 19th, they had a great historical map of the Heights framed and for sale. Apparently there used to be a really nice park just north of 19th street, near where krogers is today if I remember the map correctly. This is the only historical map of the heights I've seen personally. So you may want to check out Dramatika as well, but you'll have to beat me to it! That is if I can convince my wife that maps on all our walls WOULD indeed look nice! Edited January 30, 2008 by Urbannomad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiko Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 (edited) In the same vein, what's a good resource for possibly purchasing old maps of Houston, especially the Heights?I don't know about purchasing, but there are some maps here:http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/maps/Here's an interesting one:http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/maps/images/map0435.jpgand here's a 1961 one. It must have been quite an event when they built the interstates - looks like a few neighborhoods got bulldozed:http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/aris/ma...hp3?mapnum=5164 Edited January 30, 2008 by Tiko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanith27 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Lets not forget Ebay as well. Heres a nice one from 1915:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=250210530808 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heights_yankee Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Lets not forget Ebay as well. Heres a nice one from 1915:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=250210530808lol, tanith. i bid on that one earlier this week and didn't bid up to the reserve i guess. the seller offered me a 2nd chance, but i think they wanted too much for it considering i was the only one that bid. you may not be a map expert, but maybe you are! can you tell from the listing if it is an original or a reproduction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanith27 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 lol, tanith. i bid on that one earlier this week and didn't bid up to the reserve i guess. the seller offered me a 2nd chance, but i think they wanted too much for it considering i was the only one that bid. you may not be a map expert, but maybe you are! can you tell from the listing if it is an original or a reproduction?I wouldn't qualify myself as an expert, however I am in the mapping field. This is a reproduction, albeit still an older one. They say so in the listing, its just conveniently well hidden in the verbage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannomad Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 (edited) Depending on quality, even a reproduction can be pretty expensive, especially if it's a limited reproduction. It's not uncommon for a good reproduction to go for between $100 - $300 from what I've seen... for course that's for a quality reproduction and not just a "poster." What kinD of map work do you tanith27, I work in GIS for a local government which explains my obsession with maps. Edited February 1, 2008 by Urbannomad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanith27 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Urbannomad- I do GIS as well, in the oil/gas biz. My background is geophysics, but got heavy into GIS while I was designing 3D seismic surveys and have never looked back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiko Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Here's an interesting site I'd never seen:http://community.rice.edu/focusresources/b...ustrations.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Here's an interesting site I'd never seen:http://community.rice.edu/focusresources/b...ustrations.html Great pics there.. Wish they had some hi-res ones so you can actually make out what's in the pics tho.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmariar Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 (edited) Great pics there.. Wish they had some hi-res ones so you can actually make out what's in the pics tho.. I have a copy of the book, which is pretty small (my copy is from the third printing, and so maybe it was originally bigger). Some of the pictures are a little bit larger in my copy of the book, but not much. If there's anything in particular you want me to look for in the photos, though, let me know. Edited February 5, 2008 by tmariar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I'm looking for a print of the original Heights neighborhood layout, same one they have up in Carter & Cooley. Apparently the antique shop they got theirs from is out of them, does anyone else know how to get one? I am sure this has been covered in past topics, I just haven't been able to pinpoint it with searching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Jot down the map specifics and call the Antiquarium on Alabama and Kirby. They may either have reprints or know the source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 If you can find a copy of the book, The History of Houston Heights" by Sister M Agatha, there is a fold out map of the original Heights attached to the back page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 ^It's a pretty small map, but still neat. Most libraries have that book, i believe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Cool, thanks for both tips. I hope to find a print size to put on the wall. If all else fails I'll take it electronically and bring it over to my uncle's plotter to make it happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 (edited) Cool, thanks for both tips. I hope to find a print size to put on the wall. If all else fails I'll take it electronically and bring it over to my uncle's plotter to make it happen.does the julia ideson/texas room have the heights map for sale? i know they used to sell several historic map reprint posters of houston. Edited March 19, 2008 by gnu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdude Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I'm looking for a print of the original Heights neighborhood layout, same one they have up in Carter & Cooley. Apparently the antique shop they got theirs from is out of them, does anyone else know how to get one? I am sure this has been covered in past topics, I just haven't been able to pinpoint it with searching.Contact the Houston Heights Association http://www.houstonheights.org/index.htmor wait until April 5 for the home tour and buy one then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiko Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I think we got ours at Dramatika, on 19th pretty near the Carter & Cooley. They had the print and matted and framed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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