![]() ![]() Deed restrictions at the time restricted home prices to over $7,000 and specified architectural styles, with a gentlemen's agreement excluding blacks, Jews, and other minorities. River Oaks' planning standards, residential architecture, and landscape design were publicized during the 1920s and 1930s in national newspapers, real estate media and design journals. Advertised as a "distinguished experiment in fine living," River Oaks became a national model for community planning. Every detail of the development was planned to establish a well-integrated community. The development plans ensured that River Oaks's parks and esplanades were planted with oaks, shrubs, azaleas and other flowers. This property is a City of Houston Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Houston-architect Birdsall Briscoe completed this Colonial Revival home for the Clayton family in 1924. ![]() The first development of River Oaks was the summer house of William L. The brothers, along with sister Ima Hogg, oversaw the construction of Bayou Bend, a stately southern-style home on the banks of Buffalo Bayou. The two brothers promoted the sale of lots in the subdivision for US$2,200 (equivalent to $34,718 in 2021) apiece in 1928. Potter obtained an option to purchase 200 acres (81 ha) around the River Oaks Country Club in 1923, and in the following year William Hogg established the Country Club Estates in order to support the development of the community. William and Michael Hogg, the sons of former Texas Governor Jim Hogg, and attorney Hugh Potter established River Oaks in the 1920s. The River Oaks Garden Club Forum of Civics, located in Upper Kirby ![]()
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