Advance ticket purchase is required for this walking tour. Scroll down to reserve tickets.
When developer W.W. Baldwin laid out Westmoreland Place in 1902, its location on the southwestern side of what is now Midtown was considered the very edge of Houston. Although times have changed, much of Westmoreland's historic character remains, giving us a fascinating look at the residential architecture of the early 20th-century Bayou City.
Baldwin patterned Westmoreland on the "private place" neighborhoods of St. Louis: small, deed-restricted developments with central boulevards along which the grandest homes were built. Some of the homes in Westmoreland were designed by architects, including the striking Nash House (1907, H.C. Cooke & Co.). Others were built from books of house patterns, a design approach that may seem unusual today but was once quite popular.
Our 90-minute docent-guided walking tour will highlight Westmoreland's rich architectural heritage, the stories of some of the people who called the neighborhood home, and the story of how this early Houston suburb has remained a desirable historic enclave after more than a century.
This is an exterior architecture tour only. The tour will not go inside any buildings. There are no public restrooms along the tour route.
About the tour
Advance ticket purchase is required for the tour; tickets are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. We will not be able to accommodate walk-ups on the day of the tour. There are no refunds for tour tickets.
Registrants will receive parking and check-in information via e-mail.
In the event of inclement weather that prevents the tour from being offered as planned, we will notify registrants as far in advance as possible about their options to attend a rescheduled tour or transfer their reservations to another Preservation Houston tour.
Do you have an Architecture Walks pass?
If you have joined Preservation Houston and received a pass for a free Architecture Walk, you may redeem the pass for admission to this tour. E-mail tours@preservationhouston.org and we'll be happy to help.
Passes are redeemable subject to ticket availability.