Historic Significance
National Register of
Historic Places
The subdivision of Broadacres, a residential neighborhood of 34.17 acres, contains one of the most distinguished concentrations of eclectic architecture in Houston, privately maintained park and publicly-accessible parkway esplanades. There are 26 houses in Broadacres. Eighteen of these were built between 1923 and 1930, four between 1938 and 1939, two in 1941 and 1948 respectively, and two in the early 1950's.Houston Historic District
Broadacres was designated as a Houston historic district in 2007. It meets all six of the City of Houston’s criteria for designation. Broadacres is significant as one of Houston’s early master planned communities. The men who designed many of the homes in Broadacres were three of the most sought-after architects in Houston in the 1920s - John Staub, Birdsall P. Briscoe and William Ward Watkin.