Category Archives: 1960s

Texas Employment Commission

2918 San Jacinto St. – Houston TX (built 1961; currently San Jacinto Medical Center)  

True Level Masonic Lodge #226

4212 Lyons Ave. – Houston TX (built ~1960)   Home to the True Level Lodge #226 of Free and Accepted Masons and Pearly Gate Court 98 Heroines of Jericho and an affiliate of Prince Hall Freemasonry (h/t to Marty Merritt)  

Sunrise Motel

4204 Lyons Ave. – Houston TX (built ~1962; also Della Apartment Hotel)  

Jim Dandy Fried Chicken

Various locations, Houston TX   Jim Dandy Fried Chicken was a popular American restaurant chain in the 1960s and 1970s. The only Jim Dandy left appears to be in Los Angeles. In the mid-1960s Jim Dandy bought the rights to use the Church’s Chicken name in the greater Houston area and Galveston so some Church’s … Continue reading →

Humble Oil and Refining Co. Research Building

3120 Buffalo Speedway – Houston TX (built ~1955, 1962; currently ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co.; also Exxon Production Research Co.)  

1501 Broadway St. – Galveston

Built ~1960s; currently Galveston Dermatology  

Citizens Bank Building – Baytown

401 W Texas Ave. – Baytown TX (built 1963)  

Whitehall Hotel

1700 Smith St. – Houston TX (built 1963; currently Crowne Plaza Hotel)  

Airline Cleaners

5215 Airline Dr. – Houston TX (built 1964)    

Northline Motel

5619 Airline Dr. – Houston TX (built 1960)