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A
three-alarm fire destroyed a prominent house on Heights Boulevard early this
morning, taking away one of the signature sights on the unique street.
HFD
doesn't know what caused the blaze.
Heights
historian Martin
Hajovsky has tracked down the history of the home, and it appears it was
built as a replica of a torn-down Virginia house called the
Black Mansion.
The
Heights house, near 11th Street, was built fairly recently and had an assessed
value of $2 million.
source: http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2011/01/heights_fire_historic_home.php
