412 Main St. – Houston TX (built 1923; architect Alfred Finn) The neighboring two-story building at 410 Main was home to Barringer-Norton Tailors.
Category Archives: 1920s
Sam Houston Hotel
1117 Prairie St. – Houston TX (built 1924)
Public National Bank
402 Main St. – Houston TX (built ~1922; architect: James Ruskin Bailey; also Citizens National Bank)
Marine Building
1305 Prairie St. – Houston TX (built 1920; also Advertising Arts Building) This site was home to Sidney Westheimer Undertakers in the 1920s (previously across Caroline St. at the Westheimer Building) and also his Oak Lawn Dairy offices. In the 1940s and 1950s it was the Advertising Arts Building, housing typesetters, photo engravers, and also … Continue reading →
Krupp & Tuffly
901 Main St. – Houston TX (built 1929; architect: Alfred C. Finn; also Casual Corner, currently Just a $1.19) Currently covered in white paneling, part of the original design can be seen on the roof. Images of the building pre-facade can be seen here: http://www.houstondeco.org/1920s/krupp.html Decorative remnants on the roof:
Carter Building
806 Main St. – Houston TX (built 1910/1925; architect: Sanguinet & Staats; also Second National Bank building, South Coast Life Insurance building; First National Life Insurance Co. building; 806 Main building) Locally known as Carter’s Folly because its 16-story height was thought of as unsafe at the time, it got a 6-story extension in … Continue reading →
Kier-Nickles Auto Hotel
602-606 Louisana St. – Houston TX (built 1925, demolished 1964; also Blaise Parking Hotel; currently Jones Plaza) For the local man, leaving his car for the day, there will be every convenience now obtainable from a combined garage, filling station, and cleaning establishment with the added attraction of real economy. The tourist will find … Continue reading →
Great Southwest Life Building
1314 Texas Ave. – Houston TX (built 1926; also Petroleum Building c. 1926-1976)
Warren & Sanders Filling Station
1800 Houston Ave. – Houston TX (built 1926; also Parson Brothers Service Station)
Arcadia Theater – Kerrville
719 Water St. – Kerrville TX (built 1926) More about the Arcadia here: http://joeherringjr.blogspot.com/2010/08/arcadia-theater-in-kerrville.html
