An advertisement from 1958 showcasing Meyerland and the goal to save you “later distress” over Houston’s lack of zoning laws and “mongrel neighborhoods:”

 

With Houston’s lack of zoning, how can you be sure about a neighborhood?

 

Scores of “once-proud” neighborhoods surround Houston. Driving down a tree-shaded street, you see stately magnificent homes mingled with neon signs hawking insurance agencies, beauty parlors, funeral homes and apartment buildings – melancholy reminders that Houston has no zoning law.

 

For newcomers accustomed to zoning, Houston’s mongrel neighborhoods stand as a caution signal in buying a new home. You can, if you know what to look for, find protection through a subdivision’s planning and restrictions. But you must know what to look for. Living in a neighborhood that was once proud is cold comfort to the home owner.

 

Meyerland recently published a twelve-page color booklet designed to show many points which must be considered if you home is to keep its meaning (and value) twenty years from now. Write the Meyerland Company at 4703 Jason Street or Call MOhawk 7-3377 for your free copy. It could save you later distress.

 

all renderings from advertisment in Houston Magazine, June 1955