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Project Row Houses is a neighborhood based art and cultural organization located in Houston’s Third Ward. PRH was established in 1993 on a site of 22 abandoned shotgun houses (c. 1930) to connect the work of artists with the revitalization of our community. It was inspired by the work of African-American artist Dr. John Biggers who celebrated the social significance of the shotgun house house community in his paintings. After a decade of successfully generating programs that combine arts and cultrual education, historic preservation, and community development, the future of the Third Ward is threatened by gentrification. To preserve and protect the irreplaceable historic and cultural legacy of our community, PRH spawned a sister organization, the Row House Community Development Corporation.
Together, we’re expanding the original campus which now includes 13 units of low-income housing, two of which are long-term artists residencies and two commercial buildings, one of which houses the historic Eldorado Ballroom, an artist-initiated bike cooup, and an artist residency/gallery space.
Selena Lewis |
I would like to thank you guys for all your hard work. I live in a finished row house and I love it! It teaches my daughter about history and I think it’s great. We have old door handles and windows that pull up on a pully system. You can actually feel the history.
Thanks! |
