7623 Cayton St.

• year built: 1956
• architect/designer: Womack and Mount
• location: Glenbrook Valley section 9
• status: extant

From an advertisement for the 1956 Houston Parade of Homes brochure (thanks to GlenbrookValley.com):

From a spacious family room a wide view of ‘nature’s living room’ is seen through a glass door. A terrace extends from the family room and is protected by a nine-foot overhang.

The kitchen breakfast bar seats four, but the diners can be multiplied by the use of a table. For those who eat while they TV, ample space has been provided in the living room. An ‘egg-crate’ partition divides the kitchen and living room. ‘Egg-crate’ here refers only to the design. Actually, this divider is solidly and permanently constructed of mahogany inserts in a pleasing checkerboard arrangement.

7622 Cayton St.

• year built: 1956
• architect/designer: Frank C. Dill
• location: Glenbrook Valley section 9
• status: extant

From an advertisement for the 1956 Houston Parade of Homes brochure (thanks to GlenbrookValley.com):

Glass gets its full chance to add to the beauty of a home and the comfort of its occupants in Builder Norris Pier’s house at 7622 Cayton. There is a massive glass wall in the living room and another in the family room. Both give views of patios attractively arranged for outdoor living.

The openness which characterizes the modern home is evidenced throughout this structure, and achieved by sloping ceilings which create not only the effect of spaciousness but also of height. Mr. Pier adds a decorative tone in the living, family rooms, and den through the use of beams and the beauty of exposed rafters.

7619 Cayton St.

• year built: 1956
• architect/designer: E. Kelly Gaffney
• location: Glenbrook Valley section 9
• status: extant

From an advertisement for the 1956 Houston Parade of Homes brochure (thanks to GlenbrookValley.com):

The housewife can do her kitchen work and still supervise her brood in the huge multi-purpose room which is an outstanding feature of the Meadow Lark.

7618 Cayton St.

• year built: 1956
• architect/designer: Womack and Mount
• location: Glenbrook Valley section 9
• status: extant

From an advertisement for the 1956 Houston Parade of Homes brochure (thanks to GlenbrookValley.com):

Casual living is stressed in every phase of the family room. Random width flooring with peg construction has been used. The natural wood theme is further carried out in rich blond birch paneling. Through an eight-foot sliding glass door, one can go to the 21-foot patio with its generous terrace, filled with plants.

7615 Cayton St.

• year built: 1956
• architect/designer: E. Kelly Gaffney
• location: Glenbrook Valley section 9
• status: extant

From an advertisement for the 1956 Houston Parade of Homes brochure (thanks to GlenbrookValley.com):

Home folks think a kitchen is as good as its cabinets and if you are one of those, or would like to be converted to the idea, the ‘Arrington-built Sample House’ at 7615 Cayton Street affords a rewarding visit.

Builder John Arrington has personalized his home with custom made cabinets crafted in his own mill. In addition, the garage will contain an exhibit of various types of custom made cabinets. Housed in the garage along with the display is a washer and drier by Frigidaire which also supplies the dishwasher, disposal, refrigerator-freezer combination and the completely built-in cooking units for the culinary center.

Mahogany kitchen cabinets give added depth to the rich mahogany lined kitchen walls. A built-in plastic top panelyte table divides the kitchen from the den, or family area, which is also mahogany paneled. Readily accessible to the family area is a patio with brick planter offering varied possibilities for ‘built-in’ landscaping.