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1955 Map of Houston Heights

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Houston Heights
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1957
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1957

About this map

White Oak Bayou and Buffalo Bayou carve through the landscape of northwest Houston, where industrial corridors and residential expansion meet in the mid-1950s. The map illustrates a complex network of railways including the Southern Pacific RR and Texas and New Orleans RR, converging at the Eureka Yard. This era reveals a densely developed suburban fabric characterized by numerous neighborhood schools like Reagan High Sch and Geo Washington Carver High Sch, alongside local landmarks like the Heights Hospital.

Social and religious history is well-represented through institutions such as St Marys Seminary and the DePelchin Faith Home. The transition from urban center to outlying residential areas is marked by features like the Drive-in Theater and the expansive Memorial Park (Golf Course). To the north, the terrain near Brickhouse Gully shows active extraction sites with several Oil Wells and a Sand Pit, grounding the region's economy in the mid-century energy sector.