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Southampton Place, also known as Southampton, is a neighborhood located in
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. The Southampton Civic Club Inc. is the homeowners' association.


History

E.H. Fleming developed Southampton in the 1920s.Feser, Katherine.
Southampton Place offers feel of 1920s
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The Southampton Civic Club was formed after a meeting on May 24, 1929.A Brief History of the Southampton Civic Club
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''Southampton Civic Club Inc.''
When some land appraisals doubled from 1990 to 1991, over 30% of Southampton residents protested. The Harris County Appraisal District said that because tear-down development, causing smaller older houses to be replaced with larger newer houses, is occurring, then one expects to see an increase in valuation. Values leveled off in some nearby communities. Around 2007 the company Buckhead Investment Partners Inc. proposed building a 23 story high rise building, called the Ashby High Rise, at a site at 1717 Bissonnet at Ashby. Many residents of Southampton opposed the developer's plan. Several residents of Southampton and Boulevard Oaks formed a task force intended to oppose the development, and they hired
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, an attorney, to help with the efforts.


Cityscape

Southampton is in proximity to
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, the
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, the
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, and
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. The community has large numbers of live oak trees along Rice Boulevard and Sunset Boulevard. Katherine Feser of the ''
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'' said that the trees were "are a hallmark of the neighborhood." Bill Merriman, an architect living in Southampton, said that the model of trees, which he described as orderly, was adapted to many newer master-planned communities such as
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in
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. Feser said that lot sizes in Southampton were larger than lot sizes in
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.Feser, Katharine.
Southgate has great location, traditional feel
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Houses

In 2000 Southampton had 601 houses. Southampton's housing stock includes brick cottages, bungalows, and classical Georgian houses. The houses used side porches and used large wooden windows to help with cooling in the pre-
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era. The houses have alley accesses behind them, which allow for vehicles and trash to be kept out of sight from the street and for more green space to be placed in front of houses. By 1999 many of the older houses had been remodeled to the tastes of contemporary families. Feser said that a typical remodeling project in Southampton included an addition of a master bath suite, an expansion of the kitchen, and an addition of a den. As of 2000 the houses were very expensive and in demand due to the community's central location. In 1999, Edie Archer of Greenwood King Properties said that most houses sold between $300,000 ($ in today's money) to $600,000 ($ in today's money). During that year, two renovated older houses sold for over $1 million ($ in today's money) each, and some recently built stucco-style and Mediterranean-style houses sold for closer to $600,000 ($ in today's money), while some cottages in the periphery of Southampton sold for below $300,000 ($ in today's money). Archer said that houses typically sold for $50,000 to $100,000 more in 2000 than they did in 1998. In 2001 the most inexpensive houses in Southampton were priced in the $300,000s (range beginning at $ in today's money). The original Southampton documents, established around 1925 set minimum prices for house constructions. On Sunset Boulevard, the minimum prices were from $8,000 ($ in today's money) to $10,000 ($ in today's money). For Rice Boulevard the minimums were $12,000 ($ in today's money) to $15,000 ($ in today's money). For other areas, the minimums were $5,000 ($ in today's money) to $7,000 ($ in today's money).


Demographics

In 2005 Allison Cook said "There's just more disposable income in Southampton, Houston, Broad Acres and storied Shadow Lawn than in
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".


Government and infrastructure

The Southampton Civic Club Inc. is the homeowner's association. The community has deed restrictions which require minimum set-backs from the street and prevent the establishment of businesses within the neighborhood's boundary. Katherine Feser of the ''
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'' said the enforcement of the restrictions helped "maintain a consistent feel" in Southampton. Southampton is a part of the University Place Super Neighborhood Council. The Southampton/Boulevard Oaks Patrol Service provides private security to the community and to Boulevard Oaks. It is within
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District C. The
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's South Central Patrol Division, headquartered at 2022 St. Emanuel., VOLUNTEER INITIATIVES PROGRAM - Citizens Offering Police Support
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serves the neighborhood. Southampton is in
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(formerly Harris County Hospital District) designated
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Health Center in southeast Houston for ZIP code 77005. The nearest public hospital is
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in the
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.


Education

The neighborhood is zoned to
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(HISD) schools, including Poe Elementary School (located in Boulevard Oaks),Poe Elementary School Attendance Zone
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. Retrieved on December 19, 2016.
Lanier Middle School (located in
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), and Lamar High School (located in
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). The Southampton Civic Club failed to persuade HISD to build a new high school on a tract at Kirby and West Alabama. Instead Lamar High School opened on
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. A private school called the Southampton Montessori School is also located in the neighborhood. Nearby is the
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's St. Vincent de Paul School.


Postal service

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operates the Greenbriar Post Office at 3740 Greenbriar Street, 77098-9998.


Parks and recreation

Fleming Park, a City of Houston park, is located in Southampton. It has two full tennis courts, a picnic pavilion, and a playground. A "Friends of the Park" group helps maintain the park.


Media

The ''
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'' is the area regional newspaper. On Thursdays, residents receive the Bellaire/West U/
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local section. The ''
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'' is a local newspaper distributed in the communit

The '' Village News and Southwest News, Village News'' is a local newspaper distributed in the community. In the mid-20th century the community newspaper ''Southwestern Times'' served Southampton and surrounding communities. The paper was headquartered in
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.''Southwestern Times'' (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 22, 1948
Page: 2 of 20
Posted at the
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. Retrieved on March 2, 2017. "2510 Times Boulevard, Houston 5, Texas (In The Village)"


See also

* Boulevard Oaks, Houston


References


External links


Southampton Civic Club

University Place Association

University Place Association
(Archive)
Poe Elementary School
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