Garden Villas, Houston

Carter, Jr.,[2] a River Oaks developer, platted Garden Villas in 1926 and planted nearly 6,000 pecan trees in the neighborhood.

[1] An Englishman and Rice Institute graduate, Edward Wilkinson, worked as the staff architect of Garden Villas.

The civic center of Garden Villas was at the apex of the original city plan, located in proximity to the Sims Bayou.

[6] Richard Connelly of the Houston Press said in 2010 that the neighborhood has "great old houses from the `30s and `40s, lots of pecan trees, and reasonable prices.

Carter Lumber & Building Co. built the houses under the supervision of staff architect Edward Wilkinson.

Fox said that the original Garden Villas houses were "not architecturally sophisticated" but that they were "quite recognizable, especially a one-story type with an arched front porch lintel supported on columns.

"[5] The community is within the Houston Police Department's Southeast Patrol Division,[7] headquartered at 8300 Mykawa Road.

[10][11] Garden Villas Elementary School was located at the head of the town plan established by Edward Wilkinson.

[19][20] Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory of Houston is scheduled to open in the Mount Carmel facility in fall 2009.

[25] Garden Villas Community Center, located on the same lot, has an outdoor basketball pavilion, a lighted sports field, a playground, a volleyball court, and a .49 mile hike and bicycle trail.

"[2] Fox added that "the lofty basketball pavilion provides the classical temenos-like space that Mies could always be counted on to deliver.