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Heights Branch]] ]] Houston Heights, often nicknamed "'''The Heights'''," is a large community located in northwest-central Houston , Texas . Houston Heights contains the highest elevation point in the city of Houston. When Houston Heights was founded in 1891, it was a Streetcar Suburb of Houston. It had its own municipality until the City of Houston intervened - the Heights was consolidated into the City of Houston in 1919 - to date, the community retains a Liquor ban. Much like its sister community, Montrose , it boasts a diverse population. During the early 1990s, the Heights area was known as an artist community - at one time, it was home to the Art Car community although not every art car artist was a Heights-area resident. Since the deed restriction enforcement is mandated in the Heights area - a majority of late- 19th Century homes still retain the Heights character, large gentrification efforts have taken place. Famous residents include Red Adair , oil fire-fighter; Dan Rather , anchorman; and Abby Terrell , local journalist. EDUCATION Reagan High School is located in the Heights. The Heights is served by Houston Independent School District . Zoned schools include Travis, Crockett, Field, Harvard, Helms, and Love Elementary Schools, Hamilton and Hogg Middle Schools, and Reagan and Waltrip High Schools. The Heights Branch (built in 1924) of Houston Public Library is one of the oldest libraries in Houston (the blaxploitation film Sugar Hill (1974) depicted the library as the Voodoo Museum of Natural History in the film). EXTERNAL LINKS |
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