Isabella Court is a

Spanish Colonial Revival style The Spanish Colonial Revival Style ( es, Arquitectura neocolonial española) is an architectural stylistic movement arising in the early 20th century based on the Spanish Colonial architecture of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. In the ...

mixed-use residential and commercial complex at 3909-3917 South Main Street in the Midtown district of

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. It is listed in the

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. Isabella Court's residents mainly consist of artists and other professionals. As of 2009 Trudy Hutchings owns the complex.

History

William Bordeaux served as the architect and designed Isabella Court, built during 1928 and 1929, as a Spanish colonial revival-style building. Moore, Charles W. ''You Have to Pay for the Public Life''. ''

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The complex has a courtyard, a stuccoed exterior, and a red tile roof.Simons, Helen and Catherine A. Hoyt. ''A Guide to Hispanic Texas''. ''

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''. 1992. 69. Isabella Court, which opened in 1929, was designed as a mixed-use building with commercial use on the ground floor and apartments on the upper two floors.Best Artistic Renovation (2007)
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''. Retrieved on January 9, 2009. During his lifetime, architect Charles W. Moore, author of the excerpts within ''You Have to Pay for the Public Life'', wrote that the "charming" Isabella Court had 'a serious case of what California real estate people call " deferred maintenance."' In 1991 Trudy Hutchings purchased the complex. On June 24, 1994 Isabella Court received listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Many of the apartment tenants and businesses are oriented towards the arts. For a period during the construction of the

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Red Line some businesses left the building. In 2007 the commercial space was fully leased; during that year ''

'' awarded the building the "Best Artistic Renovation." It is featured in Houston's "Good Brick Tour". In 2020 the people owning the property requested from the City of Houston protected historic status. - Cross reference the address with school boundary maps.

Features

The complex includes multiple balconies.

Zoned schools

Isabella Court is within the

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. Residents are zoned to MacGregor Elementary School, Gregory-Lincoln Education Center (for middle school),Gregory-Lincoln Middle School Attendance Boundary
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. Retrieved on April 18, 2018. and Lamar High School.Lamar High School Attendance Boundary
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. Retrieved on December 19, 2016.

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External links

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''. January 21, 2009. {{Houston, Texas National Register of Historic Places in Houston Buildings and structures in Houston History of Houston 1929 establishments in Texas Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in Texas Buildings and structures completed in 1929 Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas Midtown, Houston

History

Features

Zoned schools

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