The Flower Man's House

artist: Cleveland Turner / AKA "The Flower Man" (1935 - 2013)
built: 2003 - 2013
where: Houston, Texas
status: no longer extant; the Flower Man's house was demolished on February 7, 2015.
Flower Man web info
2015 newspaper article on the demolition of the Flower Man's house
2015 Texas Monthly article on the demolition of the Flower Man's house

larger, higher resolution version of these photos on Flickr


Mr. Cleveland Turner
Summer 2012


Summer / Fall 2012 visits









Spring 2006 visit







Spring 2004 visit







Cleveland along with Don, Mike, & Randy
(from the PBS series "Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations")


the Flower Man's previous house in the Third Ward, Houston
(late 1980s - 1990s)






all photos copyright Lawrence Harris

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