The Hockley, Texas property plans to use the quarter-sawn English oak paneling, gilded-frame mirrors and crystal chandeliers from the ballroom of a famed boutique hotel in Houston to create its Le Grand Salon at Houston Oaks, which will include bridal facilities, meeting spaces and offices. Groundbreaking on the new events center is expected in early 2021, with a planned completion in late 2022.

The owners of The Clubs at Houston Oaks in Hockley, Texas have acquired the historic Le Grand Salon de la Comtesse, the Rococo fantasy ballroom interiors from Houston’s famed La Colombe d’Or boutique hotel. Originally built for French royals in the 1730s, Le Grand Salon consists of quarter-sawn English oak paneling, gilded-frame mirrors and crystal chandeliers. The salon was named for the Franco-Belgian princess La Comtesse Elisabeth Greffulhe, a worldly socialite and arts patron of the era.

Over the last 300 years, the ballroom paneling, mirrors and chandeliers have traveled across France, sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, and occupied storage in an abandoned blimp hanger in Hitchcock, Texas before being reassembled and displayed in full glory as the Grand Ballroom at La Colombe d’Or. When a portion of the boutique hotel was being demolished to make way for a luxury high rise development in the Montrose area, the Ballroom was meticulously deconstructed, placed in safe storage and has now found a new home at Houston Oaks.

The Club is initiating the conceptual design of Le Grand Salon at Houston Oaks, as the centerpiece of a new special-events facility that will include bridal facilities, meeting spaces, offices and a full-service catering kitchen to host weddings, social affairs, receptions and a variety of special celebrations. Groundbreaking on the new events center is expected in early 2021 with a planned completion in late 2022.