Myer-Hall House
Houston, Harris County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Noted architectural firm Sanguinet and Staats designed this 1910 house for prominent Houston attorney and civic leader, Sterling Myer, and his wife Alice (Bentley). In the 1920s, engineer and businessman James Donald Hall and his wife, Virginia (Dorrance), purchased the home; they lived here forty years. The two-and-one-half story Tudor Revival structure features two steeply pitched, forward-facing gables and two wings: a sunroom to the east and a porte-cochere to the west. The home is detailed with brick, plaster, and half timbering, and includes a full width porch supported by square columns. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark – 2011
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
The Myer-Hall House rose in 1910 from the drafting tables of Sanguinet and Staats, a firm that helped define the streetscapes of early-twentieth-century Texas. Built for attorney and civic leader Sterling Myer, the half-timbered Tudor Revival house later became the decades-long home of engineer and businessman James Donald Hall and his family. Its gables, sunroom, and porte-cochere capture the aspirations of Houston's growing professional elite.
Why it matters
It preserves a fine example of the revival-style architecture that accompanied Houston's rapid rise, and the work of one of Texas's most prolific early architectural firms.
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Related people
- · Sterling Myer
- · James Donald Hall
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