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The Heights offers a small town feel in the middle of the bustling city. Founded in the 1890s, the area was developed as an early Houston suburb and operated as an independent city until 1919. The Heights is known for its quirky, village feel. The area is clustered around miniature “main streets” offering chic retail, highly acclaimed restaurants and galleries.
The Heights offers eclectic architecture, including pre-war bungalows, Victorian-era stylized homes as well as newer ultra-modern townhomes and mid-rise developments. A haven for artists and urban warriors alike, the Heights offers a unique lifestyle.
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The Heights is known for its preservation of history. The area retains wooded esplanades, traditional craftsman and neo-Victorian style homes and the Historic Heights district has remained “dry” for over 100 years.
The Heights is known for its late summer street festival called White Linen Nights in the Heights. The festival features local businesses, restaurants and artists from throughout the area.
Neighborhood Facts and Statistics
Population
49693
Average housing price
$341,093.00
Schools
Houston Independent School District
Crime Index
16 (100 is safest)
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By 1891 millionaire Oscar Martin Carter and a group of investors established the Omaha and South Texas Land Company. The company purchased 1,756 acres (7.11 km2) of land and established infrastructure, including alleys, parks, schools, streets and utilities, worth $500,000 United States dollars. When Houston Heights was founded, it was a streetcar suburb of Houston which attracted people who did not wish to live in the dense city. It had its own municipality until the City of Houston annexed the Heights in 1919.[1]
After World War II industrial interests moved into the Houston Heights.[2] Marilyn Bardsley of Crime Library stated that the Houston Heights became "decrepit" and "tired" after World War II.In the 1970s the Houston Heights was considered to be a low income area of the city.[1] On December 13, 1970 Dean Corll began luring and killing children from the Houston Heights as part of the Houston Child Murders. For most of the period of his crime spree, Corll lived in or close to Houston Heights as his two teenage accomplices resided there. Other teens from the area were targeted simply because the two teens knew many of them which made it easier to entice them to Corll's various residences during the period.[3]
From the 1980 U.S. Census to the 1990 Census, the population of the Houston Heights declined by more than 1,000 people per square mile.[4] The Houston Heights Association opened in 1973.[5]
Since the 1990s, and similar to other parts of Houston inside the 610 Loop, the Heights has experienced gentrification, a process ongoing to this day, as young highly-paid professionals (many of whom work in Downtown Houston) have flocked to the area, purchasing and renovating some of the historic homes (and demolishing some of them to build newer, upscale housing, much to the dismay of neighborhood preservationists). Upscale boutiques and restaurants have opened in the area, giving the streetscape an appearance not too much unlike Bellaire, Lower Westheimer or Upper Kirby.
The 7,000-square-foot (650 m2) former fire station at 12th Street at Yale Street was constructed as Houston Heights' city hall and jail, and fire station in 1914. After annexation, it served as a city of Houston fire station from 1918 until 1995. The Houston Heights Association took a 30 year lease on the property from the city and refurbished the property.[6] By December 2009 the former city hall was for sale.[7]
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