Washington Terrace, Houston
[1] Nelms Investment Company initially owned the 1,000 lots established in Washington Terrace, which began development in April 1924; G.E.[4] Washington Terrace was initially a majority white community; the census tract that mostly corresponded to the Terrace was 98% white in 1940—the remaining black population was mostly domestic servants living with their employers or in nearby areas in the same census tract.[5] Unlike Riverside Terrace, there was never a period of "filling in" with the construction of apartments or subdivision of previous housing stock, in which the population of that community ultimately increased.[6] Circa 1981 the Houston Planning Department ruled that, in the words of Kaplan, Washington Terrace was "in the stage of accelerating decline."[7] In 2002 Katherine Feser of the Houston Chronicle reported that gentrification was coming to Washington Terrace.[9] According to Kaplan, the brochures highlighted the community's proximity to the central city while also promoting its, in his words, "suburban atmosphere".
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