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Box 4

 Container

Contains 11 Collections and/or Records:

Early Tanglewood; folder 1 of 2 , 1948-1992

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: William Giddings Farrington was born September 10, 1901 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. He died in Houston on November 30, 1967. He was a real estate developer of residential and commercial property in the Greater Houston Area. He is especially known for creating Tanglewood, wealthy neighborhood located west of the Galleria area in Houston, Texas. He also was known for creating the Fairmont Park subdivisions and the Post Oak Shopping Center. He served as a director of several Houston area...
Dates: 1948-1992

Early Tanglewood; folder 2 of 2, 1948-1992

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: William Giddings Farrington was born September 10, 1901 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. He died in Houston on November 30, 1967. He was a real estate developer of residential and commercial property in the Greater Houston Area. He is especially known for creating Tanglewood, wealthy neighborhood located west of the Galleria area in Houston, Texas. He also was known for creating the Fairmont Park subdivisions and the Post Oak Shopping Center. He served as a director of several Houston area...
Dates: 1948-1992

Information on Tanglewood Property Owners (early), 1949-1959

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: William Giddings Farrington was born September 10, 1901 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. He died in Houston on November 30, 1967. He was a real estate developer of residential and commercial property in the Greater Houston Area. He is especially known for creating Tanglewood, wealthy neighborhood located west of the Galleria area in Houston, Texas. He also was known for creating the Fairmont Park subdivisions and the Post Oak Shopping Center. He served as a director of several Houston area...
Dates: 1949-1959

Tanglewood newsclips; , 1948-1961

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: William Giddings Farrington was born September 10, 1901 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. He died in Houston on November 30, 1967. He was a real estate developer of residential and commercial property in the Greater Houston Area. He is especially known for creating Tanglewood, wealthy neighborhood located west of the Galleria area in Houston, Texas. He also was known for creating the Fairmont Park subdivisions and the Post Oak Shopping Center. He served as a director of several Houston area...
Dates: 1948-1961

Tanglewood - section 2, predevelopment price sheet and street numbers; , circa 1950s

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: William Giddings Farrington was born September 10, 1901 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. He died in Houston on November 30, 1967. He was a real estate developer of residential and commercial property in the Greater Houston Area. He is especially known for creating Tanglewood, wealthy neighborhood located west of the Galleria area in Houston, Texas. He also was known for creating the Fairmont Park subdivisions and the Post Oak Shopping Center. He served as a director of several Houston area...
Dates: circa 1950s

Fairmont Park - Covenants, survey, brochure, and maps; , 1955-1956

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: William Giddings Farrington was born September 10, 1901 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. He died in Houston on November 30, 1967. He was a real estate developer of residential and commercial property in the Greater Houston Area. He is especially known for creating Tanglewood, wealthy neighborhood located west of the Galleria area in Houston, Texas. He also was known for creating the Fairmont Park subdivisions and the Post Oak Shopping Center. He served as a director of several Houston area...
Dates: 1955-1956

Fairmont Park - LaPorte Rotary Club speech, 1956

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: William Giddings Farrington was born September 10, 1901 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. He died in Houston on November 30, 1967. He was a real estate developer of residential and commercial property in the Greater Houston Area. He is especially known for creating Tanglewood, wealthy neighborhood located west of the Galleria area in Houston, Texas. He also was known for creating the Fairmont Park subdivisions and the Post Oak Shopping Center. He served as a director of several Houston area...
Dates: 1956

Fairmont Park - newsclips; , 1954-1964

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: William Giddings Farrington was born September 10, 1901 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. He died in Houston on November 30, 1967. He was a real estate developer of residential and commercial property in the Greater Houston Area. He is especially known for creating Tanglewood, wealthy neighborhood located west of the Galleria area in Houston, Texas. He also was known for creating the Fairmont Park subdivisions and the Post Oak Shopping Center. He served as a director of several Houston area...
Dates: 1954-1964

Fairmont Park - Plot maps and drawings, circa 1956 - 1965

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: William Giddings Farrington was born September 10, 1901 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. He died in Houston on November 30, 1967. He was a real estate developer of residential and commercial property in the Greater Houston Area. He is especially known for creating Tanglewood, wealthy neighborhood located west of the Galleria area in Houston, Texas. He also was known for creating the Fairmont Park subdivisions and the Post Oak Shopping Center. He served as a director of several Houston area...
Dates: circa 1956 - 1965

Fairmont Park - Photos, circa 1956

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: William Giddings Farrington was born September 10, 1901 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. He died in Houston on November 30, 1967. He was a real estate developer of residential and commercial property in the Greater Houston Area. He is especially known for creating Tanglewood, wealthy neighborhood located west of the Galleria area in Houston, Texas. He also was known for creating the Fairmont Park subdivisions and the Post Oak Shopping Center. He served as a director of several Houston area...
Dates: circa 1956