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[[Image:BaarsHome-Interior.jpg|thumb|right|Interior of the Baars home]] | [[Image:BaarsHome-Interior.jpg|thumb|right|Interior of the Baars home]] | ||
− | '''Cordova | + | {{otheruses}} |
+ | '''Cordova''' was the name of the '''Baars family home''' built by [[Henry Baars|Henry]] and [[Mary Ellison Baars]] in {{date needed}}. The house was located on the eastern shore of [[Bayou Texar]], just south of the current [[Baars Park]]. It was named for the Spanish city of [[Wikipedia:Córdoba, Spain|Córdoba]], which the Baarses had visited in their travels. | ||
− | Mary Ellison intended to develop the surrounding area | + | Mary Ellison intended to develop the surrounding area with vacation homes for wealthy northerners, and the oak trees that form the [[tree tunnel]] on [[12th Avenue]] were planted for that purpose. However, the plan was scrapped when economic conditions soured, and the area was eventually developed as the [[Cordova Park]] neighborhood. |
− | In the 1940s the | + | In the 1940s the home was owned by Philip G. and Eleanor DuPont Rust of Wilmington, Delaware.<ref>Del Alexa Eagan Jupiter. ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=u1lKAAAAMAAJ Agustina of Spanish West Florida and Her Descendants]''. Genealogy Pub. Service, 1994.</ref> It was demolished in {{date needed}}. |
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