Marker Inscription
Businessman and developer Oscar Holcombe (1888-1968) and his wife Mary hired Houston architect L. W. Lindsay to design this home. Completed in 1925, it featured gardens designed by landscape architect Herbert L. Skogland. Outstanding features of the Tudor revival style house include a gabled and hipped roofscape, decorative half-timbering, a bay window, an elaborate chimney, and an entry portico with decorative brickwork. Holcombe, who served eleven nonconsecutive terms as mayor of Houston between 1921 and 1957, continued to live here until his death. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1991
About this site
Holcombe House is a historical marker in Houston, Harris County, dedicated in 1991. It is one of 422 historical markers documented in Harris County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 849 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.7064, -95.3919 near Houston. The nearest cataloged historic site is Dowling, Dick (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Pioneer Memorial Log House, and Roy and Lillie Cullen Building.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5201010685. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
