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Brochstein’s Inc.

11530 Main St. – Houston TX (built 1940/1947; architects I.S. Brochstein and Lenard Gabert)  

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Kurth Building

5015 Fannin St. – Houston TX (built 1940; also Oil Industrial Building, The Nehemiah Center)  

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Houston Greyhound Garage

1202 Washington Ave. – Houston TX (built late 1940s, demolished February 2007; also Houston Police Garage; now Houston Police Property…

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Albritton’s Restaurant – Houston

4120 McKinney St. – Houston TX (built 1945)

Continue Reading J.A. Folger & Co. – Houston
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J.A. Folger & Co. – Houston

235 N. Norwood St. – Houston TX (built 1938-1940)

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Rollins, Liles, & Frierson Medical Clinic – Houston

1217 St. Joseph Parkway (formerly Calhoun Ave.) – Houston TX (build date unknown)

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Anson Jones Station Post Office – Houston

3700 N Main St. – Houston TX (built 1944; later Reyes and Barrera Law Firm)

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Bond Department Store – Houston

810 Fannin/811 Main St. – Houston TX (built 1940-1949; demolished 2007)

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Showboat Theater – Freeport TX

217 W 2nd St. – Freeport TX (built 1942; demolished 2016)