the 1930s, included Harry D. Payne, Carl A. Mulvey, Cameron D. Fairchild, Charles S. Chase, Joseph Finger, Joseph W. Northrop, Jr., Hollis E. Parker, Eugene Werlin, Tom E. Lightfoot, Irving R. Klein, Maurice J. Sullivan, Lenard Gabert, Wirtz and Calhoun, Sam H. Dixon, Jr., A. B. Ellis, James I. Campbell, Theo G. Keller, Bailey A. Swenson, Harvin C. Moore, Herman Lloyd, Claude E. Hooton, and William Fred Gray. Development in Old Braeswood in 1940 and 1941 made use of some architects new to the neighborhood including Wolf and Hoyt, Otto F. Woestemeyer, Theo G. Keller, G. Ancira, Irving R. Klein, Dixon and Greenwood, and Ben F. Greenwood. Then, legal restrictions on non-essential construction during World War II brought a temporary halt to development. In the 1950s there was again a burst of development, primarily in Braeswood Extension and primarily with architect-designed interpretations of the midcentury ranch house. Architects from that era, in addition to earlier Old Braeswood architects, included Paul Lázló, Preston M. Bolton, Joseph Krakower, Howard Barnstone, Koetter and Tharp, Anthony Cannata, and Eugene Werlin. Among the neighborhood's most widely celebrated examples of architecture are the Allen House (2337 Blue Bonnet Blvd.) designed by Wirtz and Calhoun in the Bauhaus tradition, the Gordon House (2307 Blue Bonnet Blvd.) by Bolton and Barnstone in 1955 in the International style, and the Herzog House (2523 Maroneal Blvd.) by Paul László in 1952 in the Midcentury Modern style. Old Braeswood was the focus of a home tour sponsored by Rice Design Alliance in 1986. Cite Magazine published an article about the tour in its Winter 1986 issue. An architectural history prepared by the Anchorage Foundation of Texas for the Old Braeswood Civic Club stated in 1988: “From Mulvey, Wirtz and Calhoun, Brochstein, László and Bolton and Barnstone to the architects of the 1980s, Braeswood has continued to be a place where architecturally important houses are built in Houston. As long as this tradition is maintained, the historic standing and distinction of Braeswood will be assured.” Notable former residents LaVerl Jean Daly (1930-2017), recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun (2007) conferred in the name of the emperor of Japan for her mastery and promotion of the Ikebana art of flower arranging and designee of Houston's Woman of the Year (1980) award. William P. Hobby (1878-1964), governor of the State of Texas, 1917–21, editor and publisher of the Houston Post-Dispatch, and director