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Montagu / Hotel Cotton – Houston

804 Fannin St. – Houston TX (built 1912-13; demolished January 2008)

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Rice Hotel – Houston

909 Texas Ave. – Houston TX (built 1913; third wing addition 1925)

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416 Lafayette Apartments

416 Lafayette St. – New York NY (built 1910)  

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Commodore Criterion Building

202 5th Ave. – New York NY (built 1918) Once home to the Commodore Criterion Specialty Bell Co., it was…

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37 Union Square West

Flatiron, New York NY (built 1910) This narrow building had a typical 1950s/1960s facade added:  

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Beatty-West Building

817 Main St. – Houston TX (built 1911; demolished 2007)

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Houston’s Carnegie Libraries

Downtown Houston

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Sour Lake Remedy Co.

Houston TX (c. 1900-1912; also Sour Lake Chemical Co.)    

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Westheimer Building – Houston

1217 Prairie St. – Houston TX (built 1913; currently the Continental Center)