Courtlandt Place
Houston, Harris County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Platted in 1907 on land once owned by area pioneer Mrs. Obedience Smith, Courtlandt Place was established as a private neighborhood for Houston's elite. Encompassing 15.47 acres of land, it is a showcase of impressive homes designed by some of the most prominent Texas architects of the early twentieth century, including Birdsall P. Briscoe, Alfred Finn, John Staub, Sanguinet * Staats, and Olle J. Lorehn. The Courtlandt Place neighborhood was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Platted in 1907 on land once held by Houston pioneer Obedience Smith, Courtlandt Place was laid out as a gated enclave for the city's rising elite. Its roughly fifteen acres showcase homes by leading early-twentieth-century Texas architects, including Birdsall P. Briscoe, Alfred Finn, and John Staub. The neighborhood was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Why it matters
Courtlandt Place captures the ambitions of a booming young Houston, where new oil-and-commerce wealth expressed itself in a showcase of the era's finest residential architecture.
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Related people
- · Birdsall P. Briscoe
- · Alfred Finn
- · John Staub
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