Isabella Court

Isabella Court is a Spanish Colonial Revival style mixed-use residential and commercial complex at 3909-3917 South Main Street in the Midtown district of Houston, Texas, United States.There are separate boundaries for the Midtown Super Neighborhood and the Midtown Management District. See City of Houston maps: Midtown Super Neighborhood and Management district map. Retrieved on June 4, 2019. - Also see: 2006 Midtown Management District Land Use Map and "SERVICE AND IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR FISCAL YEARS 2015-2024 ." Midtown Houston Management District. Retrieved on April 4, 2009. Map on page 25/25 of the PDF. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Isabella Court's residents mainly consist of artists and other professionals. As of 2009 Trudy Hutchings owns the complex.Shropshire, Corilyn. "Courtly days and nights in Midtown." Houston Chronicle. January 23, 2009. Retrieved on January 25, 2009.

History William Bordeaux served as the architect and designed Isabella Court, built during 1928 and 1929, as a Spanish colonial revival-style building.Moore, Charles W. You Have to Pay for the Public Life. MIT Press. 2004. 362. The complex has a courtyard, a stuccoed exterior, and a red tile roof.Simons, Helen and Catherine A. Hoyt. A Guide to Hispanic Texas. University of Texas Press. 1992. 69. Isabella Court, which opened in 1929, was designed as a mixed-use building with commercial use on the ground floor and apartments on the upper two floors."Best Artistic Renovation (2007)." Houston Press. Retrieved on January 9, 2009. During his lifetime, architect Charles W. Moore, author of the excerpts within You Have to Pay for the Public Life, wrote that the "charming" Isabella Court had 'a serious case of what California real estate people call "deferred maintenance."'

In 1991 Trudy Hutchings purchased the complex. On June 24, 1994 Isabella Court received listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Many of the apartment tenants and businesses are oriented towards the arts. For a period during the construction of the METRORail Red Line some businesses left the building. In 2007 the commercial space was fully leased; during that year Houston Press awarded the building the "Best Artistic Renovation."

It is featured in Houston's "Good Brick Tour".

In 2020 the people owning the property requested from the City of Houston protected historic status. - Cross reference the address with school boundary maps.

Features The complex includes multiple balconies.

Zoned schools Isabella Court is within the Houston Independent School District.

Residents are zoned to MacGregor Elementary School,"MacGregor Elementary School Attendance Zone ." Houston Independent School District. April 18, 2018. Gregory-Lincoln Education Center (for middle school),"Gregory-Lincoln Middle School Attendance Boundary ." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 18, 2018. and Lamar High School."Lamar High School Attendance Boundary ," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on December 19, 2016.

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