Advance ticket purchase is required for this tour.
In 1871, Nathaniel P. Turner laid out a subdivision more than two miles beyond Houston’s city limits, confident the city would eventually reach it. It took nearly half a century for that bet to pay off. Turner Addition remained largely undeveloped until the late 1910s, when Montrose Boulevard finally linked it to Houston proper. With Rice University, Hermann Park and the Museum of Fine Arts close at hand, the once-isolated neighborhood quickly became a charming pocket of what is now the Museum District — well positioned for Houston’s interwar boom.
Our 90-minute docent-guided walking tour explores Turner Addition’s evolution through its 20th-century residential architecture, from picturesque 1920s suburban houses to modern and postmodern townhouses of the 1970s and ’80s. Along the route, we’ll highlight work by architects including William Ward Watkin, Alfred C. Finn, Howard Barnstone and Carlos Schoeppl that together trace shifting ideas about domestic life, design and the city itself.
Things to remember
This is an exterior architecture tour. It doesn't go inside any buildings.
There are no public restrooms along the tour route.
About the tour
Advance ticket purchase is required. Tickets are offered on a first-come, first-served basis, and walk-up registrations cannot be accommodated. Tour tickets are nonrefundable.
Registrants will receive parking and check-in information by e-mail in advance of the tour.
In the event of inclement weather that prevents the tour from being offered as planned, registrants will be notified as early as possible with options to attend a rescheduled tour or transfer their reservation to another Preservation Houston tour.
Do you have an Architecture Walks pass?
If you are a Preservation Houston member and have received a free Architecture Walks pass, you may redeem it for admission to this tour. E-mail tours@preservationhouston.org and we’ll be happy to assist.
Passes are redeemable subject to ticket availability.