Isbell House
639 Heights Blvd., Houston, TXHouse itself is of an unusual design for this area, but its principal significance is as the home of Robert Isbell, the fourth mayor of the Heights (1913-14). He was an organizer of the South Texas Oilmen's Association, an officer in the Fidelity Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Company, and in 1914 he moved to Taft, Texas, as the manager of Taft Industries. His family returned to this house after his death in 1920.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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