Continue Reading Meyer Service Station – Houston
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Meyer Service Station – Houston

3401 Canal St. – Houston TX (build date unknown; also Crown Service Station)

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Superior Oxygen Service

3501 Harrisburg Blvd. – Houston TX (built 1946; also South Texas Auto Parts, RPW Truck Parts)  

Continue Reading Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co. – Houston
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Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co. – Houston

2300-10 McKinney St. – Houston TX (built 1924; also American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co.; currently Francisco Studios)

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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Holt Building – Houston

2402 McKinney St. – Houston TX (built 1923) Originally home to H.H. Holt Drugs/Holt’s Pharmacy, the Holt family owned this…

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Rich Building – Houston

2401-05 San Jacinto – Houston TX (built 1949)

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Gribble Stamp and Stencil Co.

121 St. Emanuel St. – Houston TX (built 1948; architect: C.R. Berry)        

Continue Reading General Electric Co. Construction Division – Houston
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General Electric Co. Construction Division – Houston

5718 Armour Dr. – Houston TX (built 1954)

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Carroll Printing Co.

2907 Canal St. – Houston TX (built 1940)