The Sheridan Apartments
Houston, Harris County, Texas
Marker Inscription
This three-story apartment building was constructed in 1922 to help ease a housing shortage in Houston. It was built and owned by Robert C. Duff, a prominent Texas railroad man and banker before the Great Depression. The building features bracketed eaves and a tile roof and exhibits influences of the arts and crafts and prairie school periods in architectural styling. The Sheridan is one of Houston's few remaining "flats" from the 1920s and 1930s. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1984
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Built in 1922 to help ease a housing shortage in booming Houston, the three-story Sheridan was the project of Robert C. Duff, a prominent Texas railroad man and banker. Its bracketed eaves, tile roof, and arts-and-crafts and prairie-school touches reflected the fashionable apartment styling of the day. It survives as one of the city's few remaining "flats" from the 1920s and 1930s.
Why it matters
The Sheridan is a rare survivor of the multi-family housing that reshaped fast-growing American cities in the automobile age.
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