Eppes, Ned A. and Linda S., House
a.k.a. Eppes-Abercrombie-Barkley House;Eppes-Mehos House
5322 Institute Ln., Houston, TXThe Ned A. and Linda S. Eppes House, built in 1926, is named after its original occupants. Ned Alwin Eppes (1883-1929) was a highly successful local entrepreneur who arrived in Houston from San Antonio in 1921 and his wife Linda Hortense Sckerls Eppes (d. 1961 as Mrs. John T. Shea), who commissioned the construction of the house. The Eppes House is one of the earliest documented examples in Houston of a concrete house that exemplifies the Mediterranean Revival style, an appropriate style for the concrete method of construction used for this house. The construction of the Eppes House in 1926 also represents the planned development of the Jandor Gardens neighborhood by developer Howard Gray Fields (1883-1960). The house meets Criterion B at the local level of significance in the areas of Industry and Commerce as the residence of prominent local entrepreneur Ned Alwin Eppes, whose home was at once a reflection of his pioneering efforts in the manufacture, marketing and use of concrete in Houston during the 1920s. It also meets Criterion C at the local level of significance in the areas of Architecture and Community Planning and Development as one of the earliest documented examples of a concrete house in Houston that displays Mediterranean Revival stylistic characteristics and for its place in the development of the Jandor Gardens neighborhood during the 1920s.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
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