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The Heights, a diverse small town community in the heart of Houston, was developed in the 1890s as a result of electrification of street car lines. With electrification, real estate developers could expand farther from city centers, so a group of midwestern investors banded together to purchase Houston’s street car system to ensure its extension to the Heights. The area became the city’s first large, planned community and existed separate from Houston until it was annexed in 1918. The Heights has much to offer its residents, including one of Houston’s grandest boulevards, celebrated architecture ranging from Texas Victorians to turn-of-the-century bungalows, acres of parks, antique stores and offbeat boutiques. In recent years, the area has seen a renewed vitality and interest in preserving the historic fiber of the community; as a result, attracting new residents and businesses.
Bellaire
Briargrove
Briargrove Park
Briarmeadow
Braes Heights/Braeswood Place
Bunker Hill
Frostwood
Hedwig
Hilshire Village
Hunters Creek
Garden Oaks
Heights
Memorial Park Area
Montrose
Museum District/Rice University
Oak Forest
Piney Point
River Oaks
Shepherd Park Plaza
Spring Valley
Tanglewood
Timbergrove/Lazybrook
West University
Whispering Oaks/Warrenton
Wilchester
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Houston Heights Association
HCAD
Green Mountain
TXU Energy
Reliant Energy
Center Point Energy
Harvard Elementary School
Hamilton Middle School
Waltrip High School
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