Category Archives: Extant

Wilson Stationery and Printing Co.

1018 Prairie St. – Houston TX (built 1932; architect: William Ward Watkin)     2013:   2006:

Citizens Bank Building – Baytown

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

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)  

National Cash Register Co.

415 Caroline St. – Houston TX (built 1930; also Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Annex)  

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)  

411 Fannin St. – Houston TX

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 →