Box 4
Container
Contains 5 Collections and/or Records:
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 - 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