Texas Company Building - Houston, Texas
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JimmyEv
N 29° 45.455 W 095° 21.722
15R E 271602 N 3294261
A grand limestone arcade, supported by paired columns and vaulted with Guastavino tiles, makes this 1915 Beaux Arts building, liberally ornamented with the Texas Company logo, perfect for Houston’s sultry climate.
Waymark Code: WM1MV2
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/03/2007
Views: 61
Joseph S. Cullinan worked the oilfields of Northwestern Pennsylvania. He followed new oil field discoveries to Texas, landing in Beaumont right after Spindletop was struck. Within a few weeks, he had organized the Texas Fuel Company with Houston and New York investors. By 1903, the Texas Company had built its first refinery south of Beaumont in Port Arthur. When its offices were moved from Beaumont in 1908, the Texas Company became the first oil company to build headquarters in Houston, but the corporate headquarters only remained in Houston for five years before moving to New York City. The Regional Headquarters for the company, designed by architects Warren and Wetmore, were located here until moving across downtown to
Heritage Plaza in the 1980s.
Main Street/Market Square Historic District
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Street address:
1111 Rusk Street
Houston, TX USA
77002
County / Borough / Parish: Harris County
Year listed: 2003
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1900-1974
Historic function: Office Building
Current function: Vacant
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 1: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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