Ben C. and Jenetter Cyrus House

United States historic place


Ben C. and Jenetter Cyrus House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places



Location	325 E. 25th St., Houston, Texas
Coordinates	29°49′05″N 95°23′33″W / 29.81806°N 95.39250°W / 29.81806; -95.39250 (Ben C. and Jenetter Cyrus House)
Area	less than one acre
Built	1915
MPS	Independence Heights MPS
NRHP reference No.	97000549
Added to NRHP	June 4, 1997

The Ben C. and Jenetter Cyrus House, at 325 E. 25th St. in the Independence Heights neighborhood of Houston, Texas, was built around 1915, near the center of Independence Heights. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

It was described in its NRHP nomination as "typical of the housing for many of the middle-class residents of Independence Heights. Ben Cyms operated a jitney service in downtown Houston from about 1915 to the early 1920s. Jitneys provided a basic form of mass transportation in a number of major cities during this period and competed with electric streetcars. Black jitneys served a special role for the African American population as an alternative to other segregated forms of transportation. The City of Houston banned by ordinance all black owned jitneys in 1922-24 at the insistence of the Houston Electric Company, operators of the streetcar line and developing motor bus transportation." The property deemed significant in the area of Ethnic Heritage (black)."

About the house: "Although modest in detailing, the house is typical of forms constructed in the city in the mid 1910s. The Cyms House served as a domestic space for the family but also a headquarters for his jitney service in Houston."

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ Vivian Seals; Dwayne Jones (January 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Ben C. and Jenetter Cyrus House" (PDF). Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved October 23, 2018. Includes a photo.

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