Boulevard Oaks, Houston

Boulevard Oaks Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Boulevard Oaks street sign
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Location	Roughly bounded by North and South Boulevards between Parkway and Wilton. Houston, Texas United States
Coordinates	29°43′37″N 95°24′13″W / 29.72694°N 95.40361°W / 29.72694; -95.40361Coordinates: 29°43′37″N 95°24′13″W / 29.72694°N 95.40361°W / 29.72694; -95.40361
Area	56 acres (23 ha)
Architect	Watkin, William Ward; et al.
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
NRHP Reference #	02000117
Added to NRHP	February 22, 2002

Boulevard Oaks is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States, containing 21 subdivisions north of Rice University and south of U.S. Highway 59. Developed primarily during the 1920s and 1930s, Boulevard Oaks contains two National Register historic districts, Broadacres and Boulevard Oaks. The Boulevard Oaks Civic Association (BOCA) is the common civic association for all 21 subdivisions.

Boulevard Oaks is in Texas's 7th congressional district [1].

17 communities developed over a period of two decades. In 1980 the Boulevard Oaks Civic Association was created to provide a single management organization for all 17 areas.

The Poe Elementary School bombing occurred in 1959.

The National Register of Historic Places designated the Boulevard Oaks Historic District, located within Boulevard Oaks and roughly bordered by North Boulevard, South Boulevard, Hazard Street, and Mandell Street, as a historical district on February 22, 2002.

The subdivisions of Boulevard Oaks are Chevy Chase, Edgemont, Ormond Place, Broadacres, Vassar Place, Ranch Estates, North Edgemont, West Edgemont, West Ormond Place, Cresmere Place, Cherokee, Vassar Court, Greenbriar Addition, Keithly Place, Sunset Court, Sunset Place, Sunset Estates, Cheyne Walk, Hermann Hospital Estates, Wroxton Court, and portions of the O. Smith Survey.

Boulevard Oaks is a part of the University Place Super Neighborhood Council.

The community is in Houston City Council District C.

The Houston Police Department's South Central Patrol Division, headquartered at 2022 St. Emanuel., serves the neighborhood.