Main St. at Texas Ave. – Houston TX (original architect: George E. Dickey)

 

The Capitol Hotel was built on the site of the Capitol of the Republic of Texas in 1857, torn down and rebuilt in 1881-1882, then purchased by William Marsh Rice in 1883. He renamed it the Rice Hotel and added a five-story annex – his estate sold it to Jesse Jones in 1911 who demolished it to build the larger, present-day Rice Hotel.

 

 

c. 1884