Broadacres, Houston
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Broadacres is a subdivision in Houston, Texas, United States, within the Boulevard Oaks community. It is located north of Bissonnet Street, south of U.S. Route 59, west of the Houston Museum District, and east of other subdivisions of Boulevard Oaks. The neighborhood is known for its large lots, historic preservationism, broad tree canopies, wide streets with medians, and affluence.
View of the Broadacres Historic District (Houston, Texas, USA), looking west-southwest from the median esplanade across from the 1314 street address.
Broadacres subdivision marker
The Wortham House, the residence of the Chancellor of the University of Houston and the University of Houston System
Broadacres Park
James A. Baker (born 1857)
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James Addison Baker was an American attorney and banker in Houston, Texas. He was born James Addison Baker, Junior, and "Junior" appeared in his signature for many years. After the death of his father in 1897, he started signing his name "Captain James A. Baker," and from that point on people referred to him as Captain Baker.
The family gravesite: Alice Baker Jones (foreground), Alice Graham Baker (left), Graham Baker (center), and Captain James A. Baker (right).