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University of Houston. Libraries. Special Collections Department. Architecture & Planning Research Collections

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The University of Houston Libraries Special Collections Architecture & Planning Research Collections preserve the work of architects, artists, designers, photographers, and others who have shaped and transformed the built environment of the Houston area. This rich group of materials documents the city’s growth, emphasizing the period after the Second World War, when Houston became a center for modern architecture. The collections contain the architectural papers, plans, and photographs of architects and academics as well as architectural drawings of individual buildings and other records of interest.

For more information Architecture & Planning Research Collections in the UH Libraries Special Collections department, please contact archivist Vince Lee at [email protected].

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Houston Subdivision Plat Maps

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-027
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Houston Subdivision Plat Maps
Dates: 1900-1981; Majority of material found within 1900-1970
Scope and Contents This collection consists of six volumes of subdivision plat maps of developed areas of Houston, Texas, recorded between approximately 1900 and 1970. Five volumes are bound and one is unbound. The pages of the bound volumes are numbered consecutively within each volume. The sixth or unbound volume is composed of loose sheets, and the pages are numbered but are not in order. The plat maps are not indexed. In addition, the collection contains a separate group of six subdivision plat maps that...

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