The Orange Show Monument is a visionary art environment - a monumental work of handmade architecture - located just off the Gulf Freeway in Houston's East End. It was built single handedly by a retired mail carrier named Jeff Davis McKissack (1902-1980) who worked on the site at 2401 Munger from 1956 until May 1979 when he finally opened to the public to communicate the message that good health and hard work were the keys to a long, happy life. 

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This labyrinthine 3,000 square foot unreal estate is composed of material McKissack discovered on the roadside and in antique stores: decorative tile, ornamental fencing, garden statuary, tractor seats, and most prominently, dozens of metal buggy wheels which mimic the appearance of the segmented orange. A flock of colorful, hand-cut metal birds perch throughout, and a collection of elevated whirligigs spin with the breeze. Two stages with amphitheater seating host concerts, poetry readings, and other performances. Every piece of the Orange Show Monument was hand-placed and hand-painted by McKissack.

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The Orange Show monument is on the National Register for Historic Places and is currently the subject of a major restoration project funded by the National Park Service's "Save America's Treasures" grant program. The Orange Show is considered to be one of the most important artist built environments in the United States.