retromodernjeff Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Anyone have photos of this house? I found the one in the Architectural Guide. Looks like it was a great house. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flat Four Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 7 years too late responding to this post, but alas....I was looking for info on this house also, and came across this thread. I stopped by the address a few days ago to snap some pics. I hadn't been in the MacGregor/Riverside Terrace area in years and I was expecting that it wouldn't be standing anymore. Though the home remains, it seems to just be holding on by a thread. The interior shots reveal catastrophic roof leaks and subsequent 'lakes' on the interior floor. The Womack Developing company has had a sign out front for at least 2-3 years and it still appears on the HAR website. At $195k.....makes you go "hmmmm"... http://search.har.com/idx/dispSearch.cfm?cid=9732&sitetype=AWS&mlnum=9555984&class=1&sType=0 Would love to see it restored and thrive, however being located almost directly at the corner of Scott and S. MacGregor, it seems prime for retail....or worse, another McMansion. I also hope it doesn't go the way of the Leon Green House, immediately next door (3819 S. Macgregor)...which underwent a brow-cringing, botched renovation years back.I'll let the pics speak for themselves... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JLWM8609 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 That house has been flooded at least once since it lies in the pathway of the pre-channeled Brays Bayou. That's why it's mostly gutted. I like MCM homes, but the flood prone location of this one means whoever buys it and restores it may be in for grief after the next big flood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenH Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I hate to say it, but this one is probably toast. Interesting fact about it; the roof was designed to flood to some how keep it cooler. The owner later commissioned Howard Barnstone to design a ranch home for him, but he was killed in a plane crash before it could be built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceAge Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Give this one another chance. I toured it for the first time recently and its not nearly as bad as I had heard. Yes it needs everything replaced but what 60 year old house that's been vacant 10 years doesn't. At the time I saw it, almost everything was still present to either be cleaned up or serve as examples for what needs restoration. It has lots of fantastic built-ins with sliding door cabinets and a great deal of storage. In the living room it has a free floating concrete bowl that serves as the fire box for the fire place. Above the bowl are two large pipes extending through the roof that vent the fireplace. The windows are great too. Its amazing how well the exterior has held up. It looks almost nice from outside. Houston Mod is in contact with two of the children who grew up in the house. They said the fireplace originally had a copper hood attached to the fireplace vent pipes. They said the apartments behind the house were there before the house and while they didn't like them being there- they didn't cause any trouble. They planted tall bamboo to screen the view. The neighborhood is improving quickly and this could once again be one of it's showplaces. I think the owner has taken it off the market temporarily to clean it up and plans to relist it soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 I passed by the house on Sunday. Looks like work is underway to spruce it up. The garage was open and I could see into the house and see that the sheet rock had been removed from the walls and the wood behind the sheet rock was being replaced. It also looks like the roof is being worked on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenH Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Let's just hope it doesn't turn out like that Bailey Swenson house next door... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceAge Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 (edited) The curved concrete fireplace bowl is shown in one of the photos above. It belongs under the vent pipes in the ceiling in the same photo. I checked the house again last week and the bowl wasn't there. Hopefully they moved it into the garage. I imagine they didn't know what it was and threw it in the dumpster however. Also sad to report all the architect designed bathrooms have been gutted including the original cabinets with sliding doors and vintage boomerang laminate countertops. Work on the roof continues. Let's hope they don't add a sloped roof and/or a second story. Edited October 29, 2013 by SpaceAge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 I wonder, do preservationists ever contact the owners of these homes and try to encourage them to preserve the architectural integrity of the home? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceAge Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Something drastic was happening at this house today. It seems they are tearing down the garage (which originally was a carport) and the back wall of the house is gone. It looks like 3 men doing the work by hand so perhaps it will be added to or it's being deconstructed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Something drastic was happening at this house today. It seems they are tearing down the garage (which originally was a carport) and the back wall of the house is gone. It looks like 3 men doing the work by hand so perhaps it will be added to or it's being deconstructed. I noticed the same thing today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 I passed by that property after one of the bad, recent yr. hurricanes. It had a mangled piece of metal high up in the tree. Kinda scary, being so close to the water. Keep us posted on the goings-on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candyman Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Drove by today, the house is fully demolished...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 It was on Demolitions Report June 6th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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