F.C.L. and Emilie Neuhaus House
Houston, Harris County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Prominent Houston businessman Franz Carl Ludwig Neuhaus and his wife, Emilie (Boettcher), hired noted architects Sanguinet and Staats to design this house in 1909; they hired A.E. Barnes as construction manager. Completed the next year, the Colonial Revival house exhibits Classical elements, including a portico at the front entry with arched sidelights and Doric entablature. The house also features a porte cochere, which separates it from an outbuilding that has served as a garage, stables, carriage house, hayloft, henhouse and servants' quarters. The Neuhaus heirs sold the house in 1945. The first built on Courtlandt Place, the residence exemplifies fine craftsmanship of the early 20th century. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2002
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Houston businessman Franz Carl Ludwig Neuhaus and his wife Emilie commissioned the noted firm Sanguinet and Staats to design this Colonial Revival house in 1909, completing it the following year. Classical touches — a Doric-entablature portico, arched sidelights, and a porte cochere — mark it as fine early-twentieth-century craftsmanship. It was the first home built on Courtlandt Place, one of Houston's early planned residential enclaves, and stayed in the family until 1945.
Why it matters
Grand houses like this one trace the rise of a prosperous merchant class in booming turn-of-the-century Houston and the elegant streetcar-era neighborhoods they built.
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Related people
- · Franz Carl Ludwig Neuhaus
- · Emilie Boettcher Neuhaus
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