Webber House
1011 Heights Blvd., Houston, TXThe house is unusual in style and material for Heights Boulevard, but the main significance is the builder. Samuel H. Webber was a brick mason; he had previously built a house at 407 Heights Blvd. for his family, but in 1907 he purchased this lot and built a larger, finer residence. One of his daughters occupied the house until the late 1970s. This craftsman and his houses illustrate the material expressions of mobility on the part of the growing middle-class population of the Heights as the area developed. Mr. Webber's wife was active in the social life of the Heights and was a charter member of the Heights Woman's Club.
The use of brick for a Queen Anne residence in Houston was uncommon, and this example remains one of the most substantial turn-of-the-century houses of its date and style in the Heights, if not the city.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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