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Did you know? Most north/south streets in the Heights were named after well known universities and colleges. For instance, Courtland College, a public institution now part of the SUNY system, was founded in 1868. Ashlan...
BAYLAND ORPHAN HOME -- Wilson named Bayland in honor of this entity
A group of returning Confederate soldiers created an orphanage near Baytown in 1867 for orphans of their fallen comrades near toda...
Bayland was named in honor of the Bayland Orphan Home. A section of the local plat was named the Bayland Home Addition later to be named Woodson Place bounded roughly by Julian, Euclid, Michaux and Pecore.
William A. Wils...
In 1903, Highland Park (what is now known as Woodland Park) on Houston Avenue was a destination hot spot. Houston Electric Company funded the creation of the park on 30 acres near Beauchamp Springs and Little White Oak Bayou's inters...
Woodland Heights was created in 1907 by the William A. Wilson Realty Company when they purchased about 106 acres then platted it into 600 lots north of the City limits. This land was a large section of the southwest corner of Germa...
The developers of the greater Houston Heights wanted a picturesque, wide boulevard to be the gateway into and through the new neighborhood. This early postcard stated that "The BOULEVARD, the fashionable drivewa...
In the late 1880s, about 1,765 acres of land were purchased for development northwest of the city of Houston by The Omaha and South...
