National Register Listing

Dexter House

224 W. 17th St., Houston, TX

Fred Dexter was proprietor of Houston Engraving Co.; he organized a choral club for the Heights in 1909: was assistant director and accompanist for Houston Quartet Society; Mrs. Dexter was a leader among the social groups for women in the Heights.

Local significance of the building:
Architecture; Social History

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.