Category: Ephemera
Battelstein’s Elusive Butterfly Tea Room – Houston
2010 S. Shepherd St. – Houston TX (demolished 1991)
Posted in 1950s Advertisements/Articles Commercial/Office/Retail Ephemera Never built TX - Greater Houston
International Center – Houston
Proposed near Gulfgate Shopping Center, never built.
Sylvan Beach Pavilion
Sylvan Beach Dr. – La Porte TX (built 1955-56)
Posted in 1870s 1880s 1900s 1910s Advertisements/Articles Commercial/Office/Retail Demolished Ephemera TX - Greater Houston
Henke & Pillot Stores – Houston
Henry Henke brought his New Orleans grocery store to Houston around 1872…
Clarke & Courts – Galveston (Tremont St.)
66-68 Tremont St., Galveston TX (build date unknown; demolished)
Posted in 1950s Advertisements/Articles Commercial/Office/Retail Demolished Ephemera TX - Greater Houston
Kraft Foods Branch Building – Houston
1010 Washington Ave. – Houston TX (built 1950; demolished 2011)
Posted in 1870s 1880s 1900s Advertisements/Articles Ephemera People and streets TX - Greater Houston
Houston People and Streets – Riesner
Benjamin A. Riesner was a blacksmith and wagon maker in early Houston.
Posted in 1950s Advertisements/Articles Commercial/Office/Retail Demolished Ephemera TX - Greater Houston
Judd-Monroe Motor Company – Houston
5819 Gulf Freeway – Houston TX (built 1950; demolished 2007; architect: George Batten)
Posted in 1950s Advertisements/Articles Commercial/Office/Retail Ephemera Extant TX - Greater Houston
J.S. Gissel & Co. – Houston
8201 E. Erath St. – Houston TX (built 1951)