Marker Details

Holcombe House


1905 Holcombe Blvd.

Houston , 77030

Notes:
now called "The Hospice", next to (west) of Ronald McDonald House complex
Directions: Now called "The Hospice"; east of medical center, cross Macgregor; smaller, two-story building on east side of complex, entrance # 1; marker on pole to the left (facing) of front entrance

Key Time Period: 1920 - 1940 Post-WW I & Depression

Corretions/New Research:

Marker Text: Businessman and developer Oscar Holcombe (1888-1968) and his wife Mary hired Houston architect L. W. Lindsay to design this home. Completed in 1925, it featured gardens designed by landscape architect Herbert L. Skogland. Outstanding features of the Tudor revival style house include a gabled and hipped roofscape, decorative half-timbering, a bay window, an elaborate chimney, and an entry portico with decorative brickwork. Holcombe, who served eleven nonconsecutive terms as mayor of Houston between 1921 and 1957, continued to live here until his death.



Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1991
Marker Type: Marker with Post
Historical Org: Texas Historical Commission (THC)

Key Map Information: 533 E

GPS Coordinates: 29 42.373, 95 23.487

Precinct No: 1

Marker No: 10685