Nestled at Yale and 12th Street, the last remaining municipal facility from the era when the Heights was its own city.
Timeline
The original Houston Heights Fire Station No. 14.
The Fraternal Hall in the Heights township burns down. City leaders decide the Heights needs a meeting place and plan a combination city hall, fire station and jail on 12th Street.
Construction begins in 1913 and is completed in 1914, in a distinctive architectural style of its era — at a time when Houston still relied on horse-drawn fire wagons and corner fire alarm boxes.
Houston annexes the Heights, and the building becomes Station Number 14.
Station No. 14 is decommissioned.
The Houston Heights Association signs a 30-year lease with the City of Houston and votes to save the building and restore it to its former splendor.
The structure is reinforced; the brick is replaced, painted and re-mortared, the stucco patched, and vintage carriage-style doors installed in homage to the horse-drawn carriages of the early 20th century.
A functional kitchen, four remodeled bathrooms, a bridal and changing room in the Major's Office, an upgraded elevator, new tables and Chiavari chairs, new air conditioning, fresh paint, and the vintage tin ceiling restored in the Courthouse.
From the archive
Houston Heights Association
For the Houston Heights to be recognized as a diverse, small-town community in the heart of Houston, where neighbors and businesses thrive, children learn and play, and history lives.
To foster a sense of community among the diverse segments of the neighborhood — including promoting the rehabilitation and restoration of historically significant homes and buildings, and maintaining, improving and beautifying parks, streets, walkways and public buildings — in an atmosphere of friendliness, cooperation and fun.
The Houston Heights Association (HHA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit civic organization. Proceeds from membership dues, sponsorships, donations and fundraising events go directly into the community for the beautification, restoration and maintenance of the Heights Boulevard esplanade, Marmion and Donovan parks, and the Houston Heights City Hall & Fire Station.
Tours Monday–Thursday, 10 am–5 pm, by appointment.