The History of Tanglegrove

The Tanglegrove Townhouse community was founded on an original Republic of Texas land grant that was made to Charles Sage in March 1845. The area west of Houston was mostly dairy ranch and farmland until the mid-1900’s when ancestors of Charles Sage and others started developing parcels into planned neighborhoods.

In 1943 the William G. Farrington Company purchased 300 acres west of the Houston City limits from Humble Pipeline Company, now Exxon.  This initial property is in the area that is now between San Felipe and Woodway and between Sage and Chimney Rock. In the late 1940's, an additional 450 acres north of Woodway had been acquired. Since the land was outside the city limits, a water district had to be formed. This was the birth of the Tanglewood subdivision.

The Houston Country Club purchased 150 acres from Tanglewood in 1954 and an additional 125 acres from the Bering Family. To have enough land for a golf course, the Club acquired an additional 25 acres.

In the 1950’s, under the direction of developer J.L. Phillips, the community of Briargrove was started southwest of Tanglewood.  In 1973, Mr. Phillips, along with Robert Vince and Charles Sage, created two townhome communities just south of the Houston County Club between Tanglewood and Briargrove under the names of Tanglegrove and Tanglewest.  From 1973 to 1975, 227 townhouses were built on the 17.8299 acres known as Tanglegrove Townhouse Condominiums.

Over the years, a growing Houston has brought its very best to Tanglegrove’s doors.  A few minutes away is the world-renowned Galleria, centerpiece of a retail and business district offering famous labels, fine dining, and striking architecture.