Simon and Mamie Minchen House | |
 Minchen House in 2010 | |
  Simon and Mamie Minchen House  Simon and Mamie Minchen House | |
| Location | 1753 North Blvd., Houston, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 29°43′45″N95°24′15″W / 29.72917°N 95.40417°W Coordinates: 29°43′45″N95°24′15″W / 29.72917°N 95.40417°W |
| Area | 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) |
| Built | 1931 |
| Built by | W.K. Goggan |
| Architect | Joseph Finger |
| Architectural style | Italian Renaissance |
| NRHP reference # | 00001496 [1] |
| RTHL # | 12609 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 7, 2000 |
| Designated RTHL | 1999 |
The Simon and Mamie Minchen House is a single-family residence in the Ormond Place subdivision in Boulevard Oaks, Houston. [2] [3] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, #00001496, as of December 7, 2000. [2] It is also a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark and a Protected Houston Landmark. The two-story house uses an Italian Renaissance architectural style, and it also has a garage of the same height, which can hold three cars. The property also has a residence formerly used for servants. [4]
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 historic districts, Broadacres and Boulevard Oaks. The Boulevard Oaks Civic Association (BOCA) is the common civic association for all 21 subdivisions.
Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas, fourth most populous city in the United States, as well as the sixth most populous in North America, with an estimated 2018 population of 2,325,502. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat of Harris County and the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, which is the fifth most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second most populous in Texas after the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, with a population of 6,997,384 in 2018.
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property.
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Joseph Finger designed the house, built in 1931, and it had been held in the Minchen family for generations. It was put up for sale for $2.2 million in 2018. [4]
Joseph Finger was an Austrian American architect. After immigrating to the United States in 1905, Finger settled in Houston, Texas in 1908, where he would remain for the duration of his life. Finger is best remembered for his role in bringing modern architecture to Texas.
