10911 Wickline Dr. – Houston TX (built 1959; demolished 09/2008; architect: Bowles & Bowles) This Frank Lloyd Wright-styled home on a hexagonal plan with original detailing and built-ins was demolished in September 2008 after Weiler, the original owner, passed away. Weiler, who was also a professional trumpet player, founded the Patent Office at the … Continue reading →
Category Archives: 1950s
Texas Gas Building
2472 Bolsover St. – Houston TX (built 1955; demolished October 2007) The 2400 block of Bolsover St. was closed for the Hanover Rice Village Development With adjoining retail
Southwestern Life Insurance Building
2328 Fannin St. – Houston TX (built 1954)
Houston Baha’i Center
2419 Fannin St. – Houston TX (built 1959; previously various tenants)
2525 San Jacinto St. – Houston
Built 1956; currently home to Career and Recovery Resources, Inc.; previously Alt. Drug Abuse, Oil & Gas Supply, Co.
Wald Transfer & Storage Co.
812-820 / 908 Live Oak St. – Houston TX (built 1940/1953; currently Master Mattress Works and Creative Office Furniture) Wald Transfer & Storage Company’s original building was constructed in 1940 on Live Oak St. at McKinney and in 1953 expanded up Live Oak across Walker St. with the building that still holds its large … Continue reading →
Fulton Seafood, Inc.
2818 McKinney St. – Houston TX (built 1955; currently vacant; also REA/Air Express)
Cargill Printing Co.
2910 McKinney St. – Houston TX (built 1953; also Peaslee-Goulbert Corp., Abrasives & Allied Products)
John’s Car Clinic
4705 Telephone Rd. – Houston TX (built 1957; also John’s Texaco Service Station, Houston Car Clinic)
Elbert E. Adkins Insurance Co.
2401 Fannin St. – Houston TX (built 1951; architect Milton McGinty)
