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A rare example of residential streamline moderne architecture, Harvey Houck's Braes Heights home is no more. Designed by Harry B. Grogan and built in 1947, the only things remaining after sixty years are the walkway, foundation, and a mangled palm tree. The land, which measures about 14,500 square feet, was originally surveyed as two separate lots on the 1946 plat. If the tired trend holds, the lot could be divided and occupied by a couple...

The Houck house was built in 1947 and originally inhabited by the founder of the Braes Heights subdivision (now part of the larger Braeswood Place), Harvey Houck, and is located at 3780 Gramercy St. According to the Houston Architectural Guide,* it was a "late but spirited modern house, incorporating such contemporary details as the solarium's canted green glass windows." The house was included in Houston Mod's endangered list around the time it was put up...