view gallery SE0 km | Minute Maid Park (Houston, Texas) in Wikipedia Entries Minute Maid Park is a retractable-roofed ballpark stadium in downtown Houston, Texas. Opened in 2000, it is the home of the Major League Baseball's Houston Astros team. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 04/07/2013 last visited: 02/03/2023 |
view gallery NE0 km | Minute Maid Park - Houston, TX in Satellite Imagery Oddities Minute Maid Park is a retractable-roofed ballpark stadium in downtown Houston, Texas. Opened in 2000, it is the home of the Major League Baseball's Houston Astros team. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 11/14/2016 last visited: 02/03/2023 |
view gallery N0 km | Minute Maid Park (nee Enron Field), Houston, TX in Engineering Landmarks 2000 ASCE Texas Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award Winner, Houston’s Minute Maid Park was the fastest and most economically built retractable roof stadium to date, thanks to the creativity of the engineering and construction team. posted by: Tygress location: Texas date approved: 06/05/2014 last visited: 02/03/2023 |
view gallery NW0.2 km | Jeff Bagwell - Houston, TX in Living Statues A statue of Jeff Bagwell located just outside Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX. posted by: ggmorton location: Texas date approved: 06/22/2008 last visited: 03/13/2021 |
view gallery NW0.2 km | Craig Biggio - Houston, TX in Living Statues A statue of Craig Biggio located outside Minute Maid Park. posted by: ggmorton location: Texas date approved: 06/22/2008 last visited: 03/02/2024 |
view gallery S0.2 km | William L. Foley House - Houston, Texas in Relocated Structures Originally built in 1904, the house of William L. Foley -- the Founder of the Foley's department chain -- was relocated several times around downtown Houston within the last 100 years before finally settling in a local heritage tourism center. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 04/06/2013 last visited: 11/16/2013 |
view gallery W0.2 km | Union Station - Houston, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Railroad stations were once the gateway to a city and were designed to be impressive, monumental structures. Houston’s Union Station was designed by Warren and Wetmore, the architects of New York’s Grand Central Station. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 07/06/2007 last visited: 03/13/2021 |
view gallery W0.2 km | Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas in Professional Sports Venues Home to the Houston Astros, this 42,000 seat ballpark, with a retractable roof, was built around Houston’s Union Station. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 07/07/2007 last visited: 03/02/2024 |
view gallery W0.2 km | Houston Union Station - Houston, Texas in Train Stations/Depots The largest railroad passenger terminal in the Southwest is now the main entrance to a baseball stadium. posted by: Bluejacket01 location: Texas date approved: 08/22/2008 last visited: 03/13/2021 |
view gallery W0.2 km | Bible, Exodus 20:1-17 - Annunciation Catholic Church - Houston, TX, USA in Etched in Stone The Catholic's version of the Ten Commandments are etched in marble on the side of the Annunciation Catholic Church in downtown Houston, Texas. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 05/04/2013 last visited: 01/16/2015 |
view gallery S0.2 km | Arthur B. Cohn House - Houston, Texas in Relocated Structures Originally built in 1905, the house of Arthur Benjamin Cohn -- a businessman instrumental in the establishment of Rice University in 1912 -- was recently relocated to a local heritage tourism center. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 04/08/2013 last visited: 11/16/2013 |
view gallery S0.2 km | Cohn, Arthur B., House in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Formerly located across from the George R. Brown Convention Center, this Queen Anne Victorian, built in 1905, is one of two remaining houses in what was once a middle-class residential area. It was moved to its present location between 2008 and 2012. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 07/05/2007 last visited: 01/16/2022 |
view gallery W0.2 km | Annunciation Church (Houston, Texas) in Wikipedia Entries Annunciation Church is the 2nd oldest Catholic Church in Houston, Texas and is one of the few remaining to provide mass in both English and Latin. Its stained-glass memorial windows, frescoes, and gothic arches are reminiscent of a cathedral in Rome. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 04/12/2013 last visited: 03/13/2021 |
view gallery W0.2 km | Annunciation Church - Houston, Texas in This Old Church Annunciation Church is the 2nd oldest Catholic Church in Houston, Texas and is one of the few remaining to provide mass in both English and Latin. Its stained-glass memorial windows, frescoes, and gothic arches are reminiscent of a cathedral in Rome. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 04/12/2013 last visited: 03/13/2021 |
view gallery W0.2 km | Annunciation Church in Texas Historical Markers This marker details the history of the Annunciation Catholic Church. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 08/30/2007 last visited: 06/15/2023 |
view gallery W0.2 km | Annuciation Church - Houston in Texas Historical Markers A second marker on Annunciation Catholic Church. This one focuses more on the history of the parish. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 08/30/2007 last visited: 06/15/2023 |
view gallery W0.2 km | Annunciation Church - Houston, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The Romanesque Annunication Church, built in 1869, was remodeled by Galveston architect Nicholas Clayton in 1884. The church replaced the first parish in Houston, St. Vincent's, giving rise to a number of parishes and the University of St. Thomas. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 07/05/2007 last visited: 03/13/2021 |
view gallery W0.2 km | Annunciation Church Steeple - Houston, TX in Unique Steeples A church steeple located nearby Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX that will definitely catch your eye. posted by: ggmorton location: Texas date approved: 06/21/2008 last visited: 03/13/2021 |
view gallery W0.2 km | AW6699 - HOUSTON ANNUNCIATION CH SPIRE - Houston, TX in U.S. Benchmarks The gold-colored ball at the base of the cross of Houston's Church of the Annunciation -- which boasts a very ornate steeple -- is a NGS benchmark ("AW6699"). posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 10/23/2017 last visited: 03/13/2021 |
view gallery W0.2 km | Daughters of the Republic of Texas in Texas Historical Markers The Daughters of the Republic of Texas, instrumental in saving historic sites such as the San Jacinto Battlefield and the Alamo, was first organized on this site in 1891. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 07/07/2007 last visited: 06/15/2023 |
view gallery W0.2 km | Annunciation Catholic Church - Houston, TX in Roman Catholic Churches Annunciation Church is the 2nd oldest Catholic Church in Houston, Texas and is one of the few remaining to provide mass in both English and Latin. Its stained-glass memorial windows, frescoes, and gothic arches are reminiscent of a cathedral in Rome. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 04/12/2013 last visited: 03/13/2021 |
view gallery SW0.2 km | Incarnate Word Academy (Houston, Texas) in Wikipedia Entries Incarnate Word Academy is a Roman Catholic secondary girls' school located in Downtown Houston, Texas. It serves grades 9 through 12. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 04/06/2013 last visited: 03/13/2021 |
view gallery SW0.2 km | Academy of the Incarnate Word in Texas Historical Markers Incarnate Word was the first permanent Catholic school founded in Houston. It was founded by the Sisters of the Incarnate Word, who migrated from Lyons, France to Brownsville, with the purpose of opening schools. This was their third in the state. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 07/07/2007 last visited: 04/05/2013 |
view gallery SE0.3 km | AW0209 - "H 1246" vertical control mark - Houston, TX in U.S. Benchmarks This benchmark is located in the most eastern cement pillar supporting US Hwy 59's outer-most northbound lane, just north of the highway's intersection with Texas Avenue in Houston, Texas. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 02/24/2015 last visited: 01/31/2015 |
view gallery NW0.5 km | Anderson, Clayton & Co. in Texas Historical Markers One of two markers inside the lobby of the Anderson Clayton Courthouse Annex (formerly the "Cotton Exchange Bldg") on 1310 Prairie in Houston, denoting the history of the "Anderson, Clayton & Co." wealthy business venture and future endeavors. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 04/22/2015 last visited: 04/21/2015 |
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