7100 Fannin St.

year built: 1950 architect/designer: location: Medical Center status: demolished

*Update 10/11/09* Station 33 demolished:

*Update 09/30/09* Swamplot’s Daily Demolition Report lists Station 33:
http://swamplot.com/daily-demolition-report-goin-on-south/

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In 2004 construction was completed on a new Station 33 a block or so south on Fannin. The old station was abandoned at that time by the city and then sold the property to SFI Partnership in 2007. SFI owns the nearby apartment complex on Phoenix Dr. A City of Houston violation notice was placed on the property in October 2005 and has yet to be removed. 2008 tax records for the property cannot be found.

From the City of Houston site:

Firehouse 33 helds the unique distinction of being one of the last stations to be housed in an original volunteer station—it being the city hall/fire station of the Brasewood section of Houston at the corner of Fannin and Brasewood and was annexed in 1950.

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Demolition - October 11, 2009:

October 3, 2009:

March 2009:

1100 Holcombe Blvd.

year built: 1952 architect/designer: Kenneth Franzheim location: Medical Center status: endangered

The University of Texas / M.D. Anderson Cancer Center has owned and occupied the Prudential Insurance Co. building since 1975 and has plans to demolish it to make way for another building on the same site. Claiming it is a “sick” building, all fingers point to the current owners for this problem - either it is a lie or they are responsible for negligence and deferred maintenance of the 55 year-old building.

The facade is made of Texas limestone and granite and the front fountain, pool, and sculpture - Wave of Life - was designed by artist Wheeler Williams.

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7500 Kelvin

year built: 1938 architect/designer: Milton McGinty location: Braeswood status: demolished/redeveloped

The land at the northeast corner of Kirby at North Braeswood which is now occupied by 7575 Kirby and the Brentwood condominiums used to be owned by Rice University (then Rice Institute), who sold it to Glenn McCarthy in 1935. His estate, Glennlee, was completed by 1938 and designed by Milton McGinty (of River Oaks Shopping Center, Holland Lodge on Montrose, Rice Stadium, Cuney Homes, Cossaboom YMCA on the South Loop East).

Glenn and his wife Faustine granted the land to Harold Farb on May 22, 1972, and the mansion and wooded lot were cleared. By 1977 the Brentwood Condominiums were completed on the easternmost area of the land. The triangular shaped corner bounded by Kirby and North Braeswood remained undeveloped until 2003 when 7575 Kirby was built.

From the December 22, 1935 issue of the Houston Post:

A homesite comprising of 10,143 acres fronting on Brays Bayou at the west line of Braeswood has been purchased from William M. Rice Institute for $33,809.97 by Glenn H. McCarthy, Houston oil man, who is having plans prepared by a local architect for an elaborate home to cost $100,000, it was learned Saturday.

Mr. McCarthy paid $333.33 1-3 per acre for the land, which is out of a tract of 79.3 acres owned by Rice Institute, extending north toward Bellaire boulevard. It is out of the P.W. Rose survey.

And more information regarding the home, which has jumped from $100,000 to $200,000 in cost, from the August 8, 1937 issue of the Houston Post:

General contract was awarded this past week for probably the most expensive home in Houston’s history.
The mansion home will be erected for Mr. and Mrs. Glenn H. McCarthy at an estimated cost of $200,000. McCarthy is a millionaire oil man. Chris J. Miller was awarded general contract for the work and Stayton Nunn and Milton McGinty are architects.

The home will be built on a 10-acre tract of land located just west of Braeswood addition in the South End.

With its two-story colonnaded porch surrounding three sides of the central portion, the house will recall plantation homes of the old South. From the broad south porch Brays bayou may be seen skirting the southern boundary of the site, which lies just across Kelving drive. On the opposite side, toward the north, the automobile entrance will open to the central hall. An eastern wing will contain the living room with the owners’ rooms above.

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Here are a few advertisements for the new Braeswood neighborhood from the short-
lived Houston Gargoyle magazine:

	May 29, 1928 Spirited as Today ~ Modern as Tomorrow
	September 18, 1928 Charm
	October 2, 1928 Houston’s Finest Residential Development
	October 23, 1928 Permanency
	November 13, 1928 Beauty
	February 12, 1929 Reflective of the Confidence of Houston’s Leaders
	March 10, 1929 Values in Braeswood
	March 24, 1929 Permanence - Age?
	April 7, 1929 Prestige
	May 5, 1929 Since the Day of the Feudal Lord
	June 2, 1929 An Interesting Story in Facts and Figures
	July 7, 1929 The Choice of Those Who Can Afford the Best
	August 4, 1929 Gardens
	December 7, 1930 The Belmain Company Offers for Your Inspection
	December 14, 1930 Open for Inspection in Braeswood, Offered by Belmain
	January 4, 1931 Happy 1931 Homes in Braeswood for Your Inspection

6701 Main St.

year built: 1973 architect/designer: location: Medical Center status: demolished 11/07

More information about the Crowne Plaza demolition and Texas Children’s Hospital expansion here:
http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/index.php?showtopic=12207

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