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Rice Military is one of Houston’s most popular areas for modern townhomes and urban living.
Rice Military is the part of Houston between Washington Avenue and Buffalo Bayou, and it has a mix of single-family houses, townhomes, and condominiums. That mix comes with different lot sizes, and Houston changed its minimum lot size in 1998 and again in 2013.
Nearby are the Beer Can House, Buffalo Bayou Park, and the Brunner-Harmonium Historic District.
Before 1998, a single-family house in Houston needed a 5,000-square-foot lot. The 1998 change cut that to as low as 1,400 square feet inside Loop 610, with conditions, and it made it possible to split one large lot into up to three units. In 2013 the smaller minimums were extended citywide. Communities could also opt out of the new requirements, so the rules can vary by neighborhood.
Owners can also ask the City to set a minimum for their own area. Under the City’s special minimum lot size and building line program, the minimum is set by the smallest lot size met by at least 70% of the properties in the area (or 60% in a City-designated historic district), and an application can be established for an area as small as a single blockface. Existing lots and buildings do not have to change, but new construction has to follow the approved building line. The City’s map lets you check whether a specific address falls inside one.
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Rice Military takes its name from the Rice family and from Camp Logan, the World War I training camp built nearby in 1917. The camp was named for General John A. Logan, and Memorial Park now covers most of the former camp site.
222 Malone Street. John Milkovisch began laying concrete, marbles, and brass around the house in 1968, and turned to applying beer cans to the exterior in the mid-1970s. By the mid-1980s, the property was covered with over 50,000 aluminum cans. The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art owns and maintains it as a visionary art monument.
Between Blossom and Fowler streets, near Rice Military. It holds houses built in the early 1900s, when the area was the town of Brunner. Houston annexed Brunner in 1913, and City Council designated the district on January 26, 2022.
Buffalo Bayou forms Rice Military’s southern edge. Buffalo Bayou Park runs along it from Shepherd Drive to Sabine Street, 160 acres over 2.3 miles that opened in 2015. It has a dog park, a skate park, and event lawns.
The Cistern, at 105 Sabine Street, was built in 1926 as a drinking-water reservoir. It has 221 concrete columns, each 25 feet tall, and it opened to the public in May 2016.
Generally, Washington Avenue on the north, Buffalo Bayou on the south, Shepherd Drive on the east, and Westcott Street on the west.
Deed restrictions vary by address. The Rice Military Civic Club does not publish them on its website, so request the restrictions for any address through your agent or title company before you commit.
The City does not publish census figures for Rice Military alone. In the Washington Avenue Coalition / Memorial Park Super Neighborhood, which includes it, the official Census benchmark median home value is $569,131, up from $516,335 in 2019.
Yes. The Rice Military Civic Club is one of the civic clubs the City lists inside the Washington Avenue Coalition / Memorial Park super neighborhood.
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11,682 people live in Rice Military, where the median age is 39 and the average individual income is $120,417. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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There's plenty to do around Rice Military, including shopping, dining, nightlife, parks, and more. Data provided by Walk Score and Yelp.
Explore popular things to do in the area, including Danny's Market, Stronger Faster Strength & Conditioning Gym, and AK Fitness Htx.
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| Dining | 0.8 miles | 5 reviews | 2/5 stars | |
| Active | 0.22 miles | 10 reviews | 5/5 stars | |
| Active | 0.38 miles | 0 reviews | 0/5 stars | |
| Active | 0.53 miles | 0 reviews | 0/5 stars | |
| Active | 0.53 miles | 0 reviews | 0/5 stars | |
| Active | 0.53 miles | 0 reviews | 0/5 stars | |
| Beauty | 0.38 miles | 0 reviews | 0/5 stars | |
| Beauty | 0.53 miles | 1 review | 5/5 stars | |
| Beauty | 0.57 miles | 0 reviews | 0/5 stars | |
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Rice Military has 6,731 households, with an average household size of 2. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. Here’s what the people living in Rice Military do for work — and how long it takes them to get there. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. 11,682 people call Rice Military home. The population density is 14,598 and the largest age group is Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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