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 Westheimer Hall) served as a meeting place for several unions and associations such as the Typographical Union #87, Wood Wire & Metal Lathers International Union Houston Local #224, and the Sharks Benevolent Club.
By the early 1930s, after Westheimer Undertakers moved, it became the Foreman Building and then by the 1970s the McFadden Building (named for the McFadden brothers who had their cotton exporting business office there).
Sidney Westheimer was the nephew of the Houston road’s namesake Mitchell Louis Westheimer, a flour mill owner and hay merchant (his plantation was at the location of present-day Lamar High School).
c. 1913
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 the Pioneer Tire and Rubber Co.
1920s Sanborn map
Fain Theater
113 E. Polk St. – Livingston TX (built 1930)
The single screen Fain is still in operation today (more information on the Fain Facebook page)
James Weiler House
10911 Wickline Dr. – Houston TX (built 1959; demolished 09/2008; architect: Bowles & Bowles)
This Frank Lloyd Wright-styled home on a hexagonal plan with original detailing and built-ins was demolished in September 2008 after Weiler, the original owner, passed away. Weiler, who was also a professional trumpet player, founded the Patent Office at the law firm of Fulbright and Jaworski and later became a partner, retiring in 1986.
2209-2219 Congress
This section of Congress St. (c. 1890s-1900) is one of the oldest and intact commercial areas left in Houston. Unfortunately, the leftmost building suffered extensive damage after its roof collapsed.
This block of Congress was also briefly paved with “Nicholson Pavement” – more about that here: http://www.saginawimages.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16610coll2/id/183
Businesses at 2209-2211 Congress St.
1905-1912: Damskey & Co. Saloon; Garner’s Meat Market; Fujino & Hashiguchi Tea Co.; Peterson & Elder Billiards; Is It Is Moving Pictures; Workingmen’s Saloon
1913-1923: Hotel Lottie, Frisco Hotel, Salem Hotel (upper floor); Houston Drug Co. Warehouse; Coffland’s Domino Hall; W.T. Glass Tin Shop
1926-1933: Woods Coffee Co.
1955-1963: Modern Hotel; Port City Music Co
Businesses at 2213 Congress St.
1910-1922: Oriental Dye Works & Lace; George P. Spiridulius Candy Maker; Hotel DeLuxe
Businesses at 2215 Congress St.
1903-1907: Standard Publishing Co.; Mann Groceries
1955-1963: Hall Hotel; Harlan Printing Co.; Patterson Printing Co.
1976-: Commercial Washer + Dryer Co.
Businesses at 2217 Congress St.:
1917-1922: Mistretta Groceries and Barber Shop; All Saints Cigar Co.
Businesses at 2219 Congress St.:
1896-1933: Houston & Faubin Drug Store; Congress Cafe; MP Cafe
1955: Capitol Coffee Co.
Weldon Cafeteria
4916 Main St. – Houston TX (built 1949; architect: MacKie & Kamrath)
Pappas Bros. Cleaners
5602 Canal St. – Houston TX (built late 1940s; also G.H. Benavides Real Estate, Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal)
National Biscuit Co.
5601 Canal St. – Houston TX (built 1940; also Duddy’s of Texas; currently vacant)
Texas Gas Building
2472 Bolsover St. – Houston TX (built 1955; demolished October 2007)
The 2400 block of Bolsover St. was closed for the Hanover Rice Village Development
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