Mithoff mansion in River Oaks on the market for $19.5M

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Amid a flurry of new real estate listings in River Oaks, Houston philanthropist and personal injury lawyer Richard Mithoff is listing his 5-acre Lazy Lane estate for $19.5 million.

The 11,676-square-foot home along Buffalo Bayou is on one of the neighborhood's toniest streets. Neighbors include a who's who of business and philanthropy, including Gerald and Barbara Hines, John and Laura Arnold, and Ric and Mo Campo. Ima Hogg's Bayou Bend is also nearby.

"You couldn't have a better address," said John Daugherty, of John Daugherty Realtors, which has the listing.

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The house was designed by Howard Barnstone and Eugene Aubrey and built in the early 1960s for Houston entrepreneur/financier John Maher. Oil company president Mary Ralph Lowe bought it in 1987.

The house has been on the market privately for the last couple of months, originally with a $21.5 million list price.

Richard and Ginni Mithoff purchased the home in 1996. They hired Bute-King Architects, which added a stucco exterior and a parapet. The couple remodeled the kitchen, added a four-car garage and installed a natural gas generator.

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The home's steel-and-glass living room, elevated on piers to the home's main level, has been called its most dramatic feature. Sculptor Jesús Moroles built a fountain of four 16.5-foot granite towers for the property 2930 Lazy Lane Blvd.

It will soon be listed on HAR.com. JDR's Jeanne Marosis is the listing agent.