Surrounded by newer townhomes, a green canopy of trees delineates the site of eight properties on or near Blossom Street in the Rice Military neighborhood that the city designated a historic district, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, in Houston. Most of the homes were built between 1905 and 1921, a majority of which were stabilized or remodeled in the 1980s and 1990s by the artist Salle Werner-Vaughn. The properties feature sculpture gardens and a canopy of trees that spans Blossom Street.
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The city designated eight properties on or near Blossom Street in the Rice Military neighborhood a historic district, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, in Houston. Most of the homes were built between 1905 and 1921, a majority of which were stabilized or remodeled in the 1980s and 1990s by the artist Salle Werner-Vaughn. The properties feature sculpture gardens and a canopy of trees that spans Blossom Street.
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A canopy of trees spans Blossom Street where eight properties in the Rice Military neighborhood were designated a historic district by the city, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, in Houston. Most of the homes were built between 1905 and 1921, a majority of which were stabilized or remodeled in the 1980s and 1990s by the artist Salle Werner-Vaughn.
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Surrounded by newer townhomes, a green canopy of trees delineates the site of eight properties on or near Blossom Street in the Rice Military neighborhood that the city designated a historic district, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, in Houston. Most of the homes were built between 1905 and 1921, a majority of which were stabilized or remodeled in the 1980s and 1990s by the artist Salle Werner-Vaughn. The properties feature sculpture gardens and a canopy of trees that spans Blossom Street.
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A birdhouse hangs in a tree on one of the eight properties on or near Blossom Street in the Rice Military neighborhood that the city designated a historic district, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, in Houston. Most of the homes were built between 1905 and 1921, a majority of which were stabilized or remodeled in the 1980s and 1990s by the artist Salle Werner-Vaughn. The properties feature sculpture gardens and a canopy of trees that spans Blossom Street.
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Surrounded by newer townhomes, a green canopy of trees delineates the site of eight properties on or near Blossom Street in the Rice Military neighborhood that the city designated a historic district, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, in Houston. Most of the homes were built between 1905 and 1921, a majority of which were stabilized or remodeled in the 1980s and 1990s by the artist Salle Werner-Vaughn. The properties feature sculpture gardens and a canopy of trees that spans Blossom Street.
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A canopy of trees spans Blossom Street where eight properties in the Rice Military neighborhood were designated a historic district by the city, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, in Houston. Most of the homes were built between 1905 and 1921, a majority of which were stabilized or remodeled in the 1980s and 1990s by the artist Salle Werner-Vaughn.
Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less8of9
A canopy of trees spans Blossom Street where eight properties in the Rice Military neighborhood were designated a historic district by the city, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, in Houston. Most of the homes were built between 1905 and 1921, a majority of which were stabilized or remodeled in the 1980s and 1990s by the artist Salle Werner-Vaughn.
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A canopy of trees spans Blossom Street where eight properties in the Rice Military neighborhood were designated a historic district by the city, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, in Houston. Most of the homes were built between 1905 and 1921, a majority of which were stabilized or remodeled in the 1980s and 1990s by the artist Salle Werner-Vaughn.
The city on Wednesday designated eight properties just east of the Rice Military area as a historic district, seeking to preserve what one official called the “last remnant” of the neighborhood’s past amid rapid development.
City Council voted unanimously to recognize the properties, mostly clustered on one block of Blossom Street just east of Shepherd, as the Brunner-Harmonium Historic District. Property owners and developers on those lots now will need approval from the city before pursuing significant alterations to the structures.
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