Continue Reading Bender Hotel/San Jacinto Building – Houston
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Bender Hotel/San Jacinto Building – Houston

814 Main St. – Houston TX (built 1909; remodeled 1950; demolished August 2005)

Continue Reading Texas State Hotel – Houston
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Texas State Hotel – Houston

720 Fannin St. – Houston TX (built 1929; architect: Joseph Finger; Currently Club Quarters Hotel)

Continue Reading Waddell’s Furniture Warehouse
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Waddell’s Furniture Warehouse

810 Sampson St. – Houston TX (built 1912)

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Carroll Printing Co.

2907 Canal St. – Houston TX (built 1940)  

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Texas Employers’ Insurance Association Building

2500 Fannin St. – Houston TX (built 1950; architects: Woestemeyer & Gaffney; also Wilson, Cribbs & Goren, P.C.)   From Houston Magazine,…

Continue Reading Thornhill’s Cafeterias – Houston
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Thornhill’s Cafeterias – Houston

various locations

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Elbert E. Adkins Insurance Co.

2401 Fannin St. – Houston TX (built 1951; architect Milton McGinty)   Intact building but missing the diagonal corrulux window…

Continue Reading Central Square/Century Building – Houston
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Central Square/Century Building – Houston

2100 Travis St. – Houston TX (built 1956/1964)

Continue Reading Falstaff Distributing Co. – Houston
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Falstaff Distributing Co. – Houston

908 Live Oak St. – Houston TX (built 1948)