I t is seldom that a mid-century home, rather than modern in design, takes on the past in its architectural profile. Yet that is precisely what famed Houston architect Birdsdall P. Briscoe created in 1959 as his last commission. That grand Greek Revival mansion at 4019 Inverness in the heart of River Oaks has undergone a masterful yet careful renovation.

With the owners ready to move on, this dream River Oaks mansion has been placed on the market with a listing price of $5.2 million.

Beyond the 6,800-square-foot magnificent home rising on a wooded corner lot, the house, known as Legend or the Trone-Howe House, brings more than its share of history. Briscoe designed the house as the family home of descendants of the founders of Harrisburg and Harris County — Dorothy Virginia Trone Ho

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