Pecan Park is a neighborhood in Houston

Houston, Texas

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Pecan Park is located approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) south of downtown Houston inside Interstate 610

Interstate 610 (Texas)

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, known as "The Loop", to the east of Interstate 45 in the East End, Houston area. The name Pecan Park generally refers to the larger neighborhood, of which there are over 30 individual subdivisions, with Pecan Park being the largest. The typical size of the lots is 5000 square feet (464.5 m²) and the average size of the homes is 1100-1600 square feet. The Gulfgate Center, formerly the Gulfgate Mall

Gulfgate Mall

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, is located just south of the Gulf Freeway from Pecan Park. The neighborhood is served by the Pecan Park Civic Association.

This area also includes Ingrando Park, home of Dixie Little League. It also has a local library, the Lucille Yvonne Melcher branch of the Houston Public Library

Houston Public Library

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 system.

History

The heart of the area was once a pecan orchard dating back to the late 19th century with platting of lots for sale by the Magnolia Park Land Company beginning in 1926. The original streets were paved in shell, with asphalt paving becoming widespread during the 1930s and 1940s, when the majority of the homes in the area were constructed. The area was nearly completely built out by 1955, with the homes being examples of typical middle class residential architecture for Houston at the time; Bungalow

Bungalow

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, both brick and wood sided, Cape Cod (house)

Cape Cod (house)

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, early Ranch-style house

Ranch-style house

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s and many mildly Tudor influenced English Cottage

Cottage

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s. Between 1980 and 1990 the area gained 1,000 to 3,500 people per square mile.

Education

Pecan Park is zoned to Houston ISD schools. Homes are zoned to Southmayd Elementary School, Deady Middle School and Milby High School

Milby High School

Charles H. Milby High School is a public secondary school located at 1601 Broadway in the East End, Houston, Texas with a ZIP code of 77012. Milby, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District....

. Houston Community College's Southeast campus http://secollege.hccs.edu/ is located on the edge of the neighborhood near the Gulf Freeway.