Worden House 695 Rocky River Rd. year built: 1955 architect/designer: Ralph A. Anderson location: Tanglewood status: Demolished 08/2007

Former home of noted geophysicist Sam P. Worden and wife Helen S. Worden. Sam Worden was the inventor of the Worden Gravity Meter (Gravimeter). The property also served as the first home of Worden Laboratories, Inc., which they later sold to Texas Instruments.

The Houston Architectural Guide states:

The full impact of the Eisenhower era is visible here [in Tanglewood], matured and well maintained: big, low, one-story houses on large, flat lots. One of the very few exceptions to the prevailing stodginess is this flat-roofed contemporary style house designed by Ralph A. Anderson, Jr., with its eroded corner bay held firm in place by the fascia's ruling horizontal.