Clayton, William L., Summer House
a.k.a. Clayton-McAshan House
3376 Inwood Dr., Houston, TXThe William L. Clayton Summer House i s one of the most noteworthy Colonial Revival residences in the western part of the South. Constructed for capitalist and statesman William L. Clayton and his wife Sue, the structure was the first house built in the newly opened River Oaks Country Club Estates, Houston's most exclusive garden suburb. The Clayton Summer House was designed by prominent Houston architect Birdsall Briscoe, and it manifests in an imaginative way English and Virginian Palladian architectural ideals.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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