The Orange Show

The Orange Show is a work of outsider art in Houston, Texas. Jeff McKissack, a mail carrier, transformed a small suburban lot near his house into a folk art installation, which he named "The Orange Show" in honor of his favorite fruit.

Photo: Euthman, CC BY 3.0.

Type: Heritage site
Description: building in Houston (vicinity), Harris County, Texas
Address: 2402 Munger Street, Houston, TX 77023

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Blaffer Art Museum and MacGregor Park/Martin Luther King Jr. station.

Blaffer Art Museum

Museum

Photo: Jhihyinlee, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Blaffer Art Museum is a non-collecting contemporary art museum located in the Arts District of the University of Houston campus. Housed in the university’s Fine Arts Building, it is part of the Kathrine G. Blaffer Art Museum is situated 1¼ miles northwest of The Orange Show.

MacGregor Park/Martin Luther King Jr. station

Railway station

MacGregor Park/Martin Luther King Jr. is a light rail station in Houston, Texas on the METRORail system. It is served by the Purple Line, and is located in the median of Martin Luther King Jr. MacGregor Park/Martin Luther King Jr. station is situated 1 mile southwest of The Orange Show.

UH South/University Oaks station

Railway station

Photo: WhisperToMe, CC0.

UH South/University Oaks is a METRORail light rail station in the University Oaks neighborhood of Houston, Texas. The station is served by the Purple Line and is located north of Wheeler Avenue on the south side of the University of Houston campus. UH South/University Oaks station is situated 1 mile west of The Orange Show.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Midtown and Downtown Houston.

Midtown

Suburb

Photo: WhisperToMe, Public domain.

Midtown is a central neighborhood of Houston, located west-southwest of Downtown. Separated from Downtown by an elevated section of Interstate 45, Midtown is characterized by a continuation of Downtown's square grid street plan, anchored by Main Street and the METRORail Red Line. Midtown is situated 3½ miles northwest of The Orange Show.

Downtown Houston

Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Downtown is the central business district of Houston. It is bounded by the I-10, I-45, and I-69 freeways.

Central City

Neighborhood

Central City is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States. In 2009, residents of Central City supported a bill by Garnet Coleman that would limit the ability of Texas Medical Center, Inc. to exercise its eminent domain rights on residential property. Central City is situated 4 miles west of The Orange Show.

The Orange Show

Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

29.71772° or 29° 43′ 4″ north

Longitude

-95.32427° or 95° 19′ 27″ west

Open location code

76X6PM9G+37

OpenStreetMap ID

way 553950938

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=heritage

Wikidata ID

Q7755259

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