Marker Inscription
This 1914 Birdsall P. Briscoe house is a two-and-a-half story brick Tudor revival style residence. Retaining its original floor plan and interior finishes, it features half-timbered gables, a steeply-pitched hipped roofline, and four brick chimneys. Briscoe’s design includes one-story brick loggias, topped with brick balustrades. Edwin L. Neville, partner at Dorrance & Company, and his wife, Daphne Palmer, were active in civic affairs, including the Houston community chest, the Junior League of Houston, inc., the Edward Palmer Memorial Chapel and Jefferson Davis Hospital. The house remained in the Neville family until 1949.
About this site
Neville House, Edwin and Daphne is a historical marker in Houston, Harris County, dedicated in 2014. 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 29.7433, -95.3836 near Houston. The nearest cataloged historic site is Carroll, James Judson and Lena Carter (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Ezekial and Mary Jane Miller House, Dorrance, John M., and Carter, W.T., Sr. House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507017833. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
