this home housed a family that contributed greatly to American music
built in what was Harris County Poor Farm, that became the City of West University, adjacent to Rice University
the Lomax family helped many discover the joys of Gulf Coast blues, most notably recording Lead Belly (Huddie William Ledbetter,) while he was incarcerated in Louisiana's Angola State Penitentiary & helped him win a pardon
this home was augmented many times since the Lomax clan made their recordings in the 1930s