Category Archives: 1970s

Houston Barge Line, Inc. Building

Posted in: 1970s, Commercial/Office/Retail, Extant, TX - Houston

5101 Navigation Blvd. – Houston TX (built 1970; also Tramel Marine Supply, Parker Bros. & Co., Inc., Robert’s Carpet, Infodat International)  

Sit ‘N Bull – Freeport

Posted in: 1970s, Extant, Restaurant/Bar, TX - Brazosport area

100 N Gulf Blvd. – Freeport TX (built 1979) The Sit ‘N Bull bar is home to the Osage Tribe #4 of the Improved Order of Red Men (more information on the IORM here: http://redmen.org)  

Highland Mall JCPenney – Austin

Posted in: 1970s, Commercial/Office/Retail, Extant, TX - Austin

2300 Highland Mall – Austin TX (built 1971; currently vacant; acquired by Austin Community College)    

Alamotel Courts Houston

Posted in: 1940s, 1960s, 1970s, Demolished, Ephemera, Hotel/Motel, Postcards, Restaurant/Bar, TX - Houston

8700 S. Main St. – Houston TX (original built pre-1942, demolished/rebuilt between 1966-1973 and demolished 2005/2006; also known as Ramada Inn – Domed Stadium, Domed Stadium Inn, Hospitality Inn)      

Big Chief Foods

Posted in: 1970s, Commercial/Office/Retail, Ephemera, Extant, Objects, TX - Galveston Co. area

12460 Highway 6 – Santa Fe TX (built 1974; currently Arlan’s Market)     McDonalds across from Big Chief/Arlan’s   Change to Arlan’s late2011/early 2012

351 Tealwood Dr. – Houston

Posted in: 1970s, Demolished, Residential, TX - Houston

Built 1970; demolished 07/2008  

Bobo Lang Theater

Posted in: 1970s, Commercial/Office/Retail, Extant, Theater, TX - Houston

2015 Walker St. – Houston TX (built 1978; currently Long Sing Supermarket)      

Crowne Plaza Medical Center

Posted in: 1970s, Demolished, Hotel/Motel, TX - Houston

6701 Main St. – Houston TX (built 1973; demolished 11/2007)   More information about the Crowne Plaza demolition and Texas Children’s Hospital expansion here: http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/index.php?showtopic=12207  

6333 Gulf Freeway – Houston

Posted in: 1970s, Commercial/Office/Retail, Endangered, Extant, TX - Houston

Built 1970  

Howard Johnson’s – Houston

Posted in: 1970s, Extant, Hotel/Motel, Restaurant/Bar, TX - Houston

6161 Gulf Freeway – Houston TX (built 1970; currently Red Carpet Inn)