River Oaks Garden Club Forum of Civics

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caption = River Oaks Garden Club Forum of Civics
location = 2503 Westheimer Road
@ Main Street
Houston, Texas
United States
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River Oaks Garden Club Forum of Civics is a building at 2503 Westheimer Road in Houston, Texas, United States listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the "Forum of Civics."

The building is located south of the River Oaks neighborhood.

History

Built in 1910, the building, known as John Smith County School [ [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/TX/Harris/state2.html National Register of Historical Places - TEXAS (TX), Harris County ] ] , served as a county schoolhouse. John F. Staub remodeled the building to serve as the headquarters of the Forum of Civics, an organization founded by Will Hogg. In 1939 the Hogg estate bequeathed the Forum of Civics to the University of Texas. River Oaks Garden Club has owned the building since 1942." [http://www.riveroaksgardenclub.org/Forum.cfm The Forum] ." "River Oaks Garden Club".] The building received listing in the National Register of Historic Places on October 13, 1988. [http://www.nr.nps.gov/nrloc1.htm National Register Information System] , National Register of Historic Places, "National Park Service". Retrieved 11 April 2007.]

ee also

*River Oaks, Houston, Texas

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