Continue Reading Beall’s Service Station – Houston
Posted in 1950s Demolished Gas Station TX - Greater Houston

Beall’s Service Station – Houston

11003 Chimney Rock Rd. – Houston TX (built 1950s; demolished March 2015)

Continue Reading Houston Lighting & Power Company
Posted in 1950s 1960s Ephemera Paper/Letters TX - Greater Houston

Houston Lighting & Power Company

Information and advertisements from Houston Lighting & Power Company

Continue Reading South Main State Bank – Houston
Posted in 1950s Bank Commercial/Office/Retail Demolished Ephemera Paper/Letters TX - Greater Houston

South Main State Bank – Houston

3001 Main St. – Houston TX (built ~1955; demolished 12/2015)

Posted in 1950s 1960s Commercial/Office/Retail Extant TX - Greater Houston

Humble Oil and Refining Co. Research Building

3120 Buffalo Speedway – Houston TX (built ~1955, 1962; currently ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co.; also Exxon Production Research Co.)  

Continue Reading Hardin County Courthouse
Posted in 1950s Extant Government Building TX - East Texas

Hardin County Courthouse

300 W Monroe St. – Kountze TX (built 1959)

Continue Reading James Weiler House – Houston
Posted in 1950s Demolished Residential TX - Greater Houston

James Weiler House – Houston

10911 Wickline Dr. – Houston TX (built 1959; demolished 09/2008; architect: Bowles & Bowles)

Continue Reading Texas Gas Building
Posted in 1950s Commercial/Office/Retail Demolished TX - Greater Houston

Texas Gas Building

2472 Bolsover St. – Houston TX (built 1955; demolished October 2007)

Posted in 1950s Commercial/Office/Retail Extant TX - Greater Houston

Southwestern Life Insurance Building

2328 Fannin St. – Houston TX (built 1954)  

Posted in 1950s Commercial/Office/Retail Extant TX - Greater Houston

2525 San Jacinto St. – Houston

Built 1956; currently home to Career and Recovery Resources, Inc.; previously Alt. Drug Abuse, Oil & Gas Supply, Co.