Marker Details

Marker Text: This 1914 Birdsall P. Briscoe house is a two-and-a-half story brick Tudor revival style residence. Retaining its original floor plan and interior finishes, it features half-timbered gables, a steep-pitched hipped roofline, and four brick chimneys. Briscoe's design include one-story brick loggias, topped with brick balustrades. Edwin L. Neville, partner at Dorrance & Company, and his wife, Daphne Palmer, were active in civic affairs, including the Houston community chest, the Junior League of Houston, Inc., the Edward Palmer Memorial Chapel and Jefferson Davis Hospital. The house remained in the Neville family until 1949.