1018 Prairie St. – Houston TX (built 1932; architect: William Ward Watkin) 2013: 2006:
Category Archives: 1930s
National Cash Register Co.
415 Caroline St. – Houston TX (built 1930; also Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Annex)
Fain Theater
113 E. Polk St. – Livingston TX (built 1930) The single screen Fain is still in operation today (more information on the Fain Facebook page)
Parker Brothers Sand and Gravel
5303 Navigation Blvd. – Houston TX (built 1939; architect: Joseph Finger; also Parker LaFarge, Inc., currently Century Asphalt Materials)
Kress Building – Fort Worth
604 Main St. – Fort Worth TX (built 1936) Another Kress Building in Texas (Houston’s is here)
Askew Drug Store
2524 McKinney St. – Houston TX (built 1935; also the Orbit Room, Bottle Warehouse Liquors)
Fannin Medical Center
2317 Fannin St. – Houston TX (built 1938)
833 Studewood St. – Houston
Built 1930 – early tenants included Folks Barber Shop, Schuelke Beauty Parlor, Helena Beauty Shop, Car-Dell Beauty Shop, Cannata’s Cabinet Shop, Floyd’s Foto Lab, Floyd’s Food Market, Wuest Groceries
El Torito Lounge
6208 Harrisburg Blvd. – Houston TX (built 1936, demolished October 2009; also Prize Grill & Cafe, Prize Club Billiards, Prize Lounge, Rockaway Cafe)
Three Brothers Bakery – River Oaks Shopping Center
2040 W. Gray St. – Houston TX (built 1937, demolished 2007; architect: Nunn & McGinty)



