1018 Prairie St. – Houston TX (built 1932; architect: William Ward Watkin) 2013: 2006:
Category Archives: Ephemera
State National Bank Building
412 Main St. – Houston TX (built 1923; architect Alfred Finn) The neighboring two-story building at 410 Main was home to Barringer-Norton Tailors.
Sam Houston Hotel
1117 Prairie St. – Houston TX (built 1924)
Binz Building
1001 Texas Ave – Houston TX (original built 1898; rebuilt 1982)
Whitehall Hotel
1700 Smith St. – Houston TX (built 1963; currently Crowne Plaza Hotel)
Sour Lake Remedy Co.
Houston TX (c. 1900-1912; also Sour Lake Chemical Co.)
Public National Bank
402 Main St. – Houston TX (built ~1922; architect: James Ruskin Bailey; also Citizens National Bank)
Westheimer Building
1217 Prairie St. – Houston TX (built 1913; currently the Continental Center) Sidney Westheimer Co. Undertakers moved to their newly built building on the northwest corner of Prairie and Caroline around 1913 and by 1920 they moved another block east to the Marine Building. During the early years of the building, the fourth floor (named … Continue reading →
Marine Building
1305 Prairie St. – Houston TX (built 1920; also Advertising Arts Building) This site was home to Sidney Westheimer Undertakers in the 1920s (previously across Caroline St. at the Westheimer Building) and also his Oak Lawn Dairy offices. In the 1940s and 1950s it was the Advertising Arts Building, housing typesetters, photo engravers, and also … Continue reading →
