Stablewood is a community in
Houston, just outside the
610 Loop
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. It is in proximity to the
Houstonian Hotel, Club, and Spa.
History
Jim and Margaret Elkins and Walter Mischer, Sr. developed Stablewood, and Mark Kilkenny was in charge of property development. Stablewood was incorporated in 1992.
[History of Stablewood]
" Stablewood. Retrieved on January 8, 2011. Stablewood was developed on the family country estate of Harry C. Weiss.
[ Mesinger, Maxine.]
Celebrity scents smell of success
" '' Houston Chronicle''. Wednesday August 29, 1990. Houston 1. Retrieved on January 7, 2011. The Weiss family had owned an interest in the land since the 1920s.
[Bivins, Ralph.]
New subdivision could be last of its kind
" '' Houston Chronicle''. Business 6. Retrieved on January 7, 2012. The estate included a house designed by
John Staub in 1930.
The stable, which the Weiss family had converted into a party house, is located on a dedicated site.
The developers modeled Stablewood after North and South Boulevard in
Boulevard Oaks
Boulevard Oaks is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States, containing 21 subdivisions north of Rice University and south of U.S. Highway 59. Developed primarily during the 1920s and 1930s, Boulevard Oaks contains two National Register hist ...
.
Stablewood was one of the first subdivisions to be built in central Houston since the 1960s, and the first subdivision established in the
Tanglewood area in a span of over 20 years. Stablewood was scheduled to include 135 houses ranging upwards from $375,000 in 1989 dollars.
In the 1990s the developers transferred maintenance and management responsibilities to the Property Owners Association.
Cityscape
The community includes 135
lots
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*Land lot, an area of land
*Parking lot, for automobiles
*Backlot, in movie production
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*Lot number, in batch production
*Lot, a set of goods for sale together ...
for houses. They were originally scheduled to be priced at $375,000 and higher in 1989 dollars, with prices at around $30 per foot in 1989 dollars. The community was to have six oversized lots. The largest lot, which has of land, was to have a $2 million in 1989 dollars price.
The community includes eight streets. All of them are privately owned. A guardhouse, located on
Memorial Drive, controls access into the community. Residents may use key cards to enter and exit through the other main entrance, on Post Oak Boulevard. Houses in Stablewood are required to have more than of space. When the houses were built, they were to have a minimum price of $800,000.
As of 2011 the community includes 121 houses.
Government
Harris Health System (formerly Harris County Hospital District) designated Northwest Medical Center for ZIP code 77024. The nearest public hospital is
Ben Taub General Hospital in the
Texas Medical Center.
Education
The community is within the
Spring Branch Independent School District. Residents are zoned to
Hunters Creek Elementary School
Spring Branch Independent School District is a school district headquartered in Hedwig Village, Texas, United States in Greater Houston. The district serves portions of western Houston,Morales, Katherine.Residents working to retain superintendent ...
, Spring Branch Middle School, and
Memorial High School Memorial High School may refer to:
United States As ''Memorial High School'' alone
*Memorial High School (Millville, New Jersey)
*Memorial High School (West New York, New Jersey)
*Memorial High School (St. Marys, Ohio)
* Memorial High School (Tul ...
.
Notable residents
*
Beverly Woolley
Beverly Massey Woolley (born July 25, 1939) is a Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives representing District 136 which then covered part of Harris County, Texas, before the district was moved to suburban Austin in Willi ...
owned property in Stablewood. Around 1994 she planned to build a house in the subdivision.
[Urban, Jerry.]
State Representative, District 136
" '' Houston Chronicle''. Sunday February 27, 1994. Voter's Guide 8. Retrieved on January 7, 2011.
References
External links
Stablewood
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Gated communities in Houston