Acres Homes is a wooded urban/inner-city community in northwest Houston, Texas, United States north of the 610 loop. The community is also referred to as The 44, because of the "Acres Homes Limited" METRO bus route #44. Located in the northwest portion of the city, the area is loosely bound by Pinemont Drive to the south, North Shepherd Drive to the East, Gulf Bank to the north, and Antoine to the west.
Acres Homes was established during World Wa...
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Acres Homes is a wooded urban/inner-city community in northwest Houston, Texas, United States north of the 610 loop. The community is also referred to as The 44, because of the "Acres Homes Limited" METRO bus route #44. Located in the northwest portion of the city, the area is loosely bound by Pinemont Drive to the south, North Shepherd Drive to the East, Gulf Bank to the north, and Antoine to the west.
Acres Homes was established during World War I, when Houston landowners began selling homesites in the area that were large enough to contain small gardens and raise chickens or farm animals. These large areas were often divided by the acre and not by the plot, hence the name "Acres Homes". The farm capabilities of the home sites attracted many rural settlers, who dug their own wells, and built small, sanitary houses.
As time went on, the conditions began declining due to several decades of neglect. As the rural settlers moved out of their dilapidated homes, realtors began marketing...
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