The Rise and Fall (and Rise?) of Lemmon Ave.

As Perry Heights developed house by house in the 1920s, Lemmon Avenue was the address of some of the grandest homes in the city. Prominent houses and trees lined the avenue from Downtown to Lomo Alto Drive. Lemmon Ave. was named after William H. Lemmon who was a Confederate captain turned real estate developer in …

Perry Height’s Last Known Debutante

In 1936, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Irwin Payne hired architect, Ralph Bryan, to design their home at 4524 Rawlins Street in the style of a Louisiana plantation home.  They toured several Louisiana plantation homes to collect what Mr. Payne wanted in his own home. The site was at the corner of Rawlins and Hawthorne, right …