Advance ticket purchase is required for this tour.
Avondale developed in the early 1900s as one of Houston’s first suburban neighborhoods, part of a wave of residential expansion that drew upscale residents southwest from the old South End. By 1910, Westmoreland, Courtlandt Place and Avondale were reshaping where Houston’s elite chose to live — a shift that would define the city’s growth pattern for decades.
Our 90-minute, docent-guided walk explores a neighborhood where bungalows stand alongside Prairie and Craftsman-influenced designs and holdovers from earlier eras. We’ll discuss the history and architecture of homes built for the bankers, oilmen, lumbermen and cotton merchants who made up Houston’s early 20th-century elite, and trace how the neighborhood has changed — and how many of its historic homes have been preserved and restored.
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.