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|  Magnolia Brewery - Houston, Texas
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings Designed in 1893 by H.C. Cook & Co., this was the first building of the Magnolia Brewery complex. Although it doesn’t brew beer anymore, you can still get a cold one here. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 5/27/2008 last visited: 4/19/2013 |
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|  Houston Ice & Brewing Co. - Houston, Texas
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings H.C. Cook & Co. built this building as part of the Magnolia Brewery Complex. The flood of 1935 caused the Franklin Street side of the complex to collapse; you can still see where the building fell into the bayou. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 5/27/2008 last visited: 4/19/2013 |
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|  Fox-Kuhlman Building - Houston, Texas
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings Warren’s Inn has occupied the 1862 Fox-Kohlman Building for at least 25 years, long before downtown became trendy. It’s rumored that the bar’s original owner, Warren, was a boyfriend of Liberace. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 5/27/2008 last visited: 4/8/2013 |
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|  Commercial National Bank Building - Houston, Texas
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings Facing the intersection of Franklin and Main an impressive rounded bay, trimmed with limestone, graces this 1904 Beaux-Arts bank and Western Union depot designed by Houston architects Green & Svarz. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 5/27/2008 last visited: 4/10/2013 |
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|  Union National Bank Building - Houston, Texas
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings Jesse H. Jones hired the St. Louis firm of Russell and Crow in 1912 to design this Beaux-Arts bank building. The arches over the windows and doorways are crowned with keystones carved as Mercury, Roman god of commerce - and trickery. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 5/27/2008 last visited: 4/8/2013 |
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|  Baker-Meyer Building - Houston, Texas
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings Many of the oldest commercial buildings in Houston, including this one erected in 1870, can be found on the blocks of Travis and Congress facing Market Square. The cast iron balconies aren’t original to the buildings, but a failed attempt at revitalization. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 7/28/2008 last visited: 4/8/2013 |
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|  First National Bank Building - Houston, Texas
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings Early Texas skyscraper architects Sanguinet and Staats designed this block-long bank building, rich with Beaux-Arts detail, in 1905 for Houston's first chartered bank. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 5/27/2008 last visited: 4/10/2013 |
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|  Ritz Theater - Houston, Texas
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings The Ritz Theater, designed by William Ward Watkin in 1926, was one of Houston’s smallest theaters, but the only one remaining relatively intact. The theater hosted vaudeville, concerts, and motion pictures. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 5/27/2008 last visited: 7/28/2017 |
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|  Stuart Building - Houston, Texas
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings Built in 1880, this one building looks like three. Each of the bays contained its own store, differentiated by a Victorian facade, most noticeable in the molding above each bay’s doors and upper windows. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 5/27/2008 last visited: 4/8/2013 |
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|  Kiam Building - Houston, Texas
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings The 1893 red brick Richardsonian Kiam Building, designed by architect H.C. Holland as the home for Edward Kiam’s clothing store, has some interesting features, including a deeply recessed bay with plate-glass display windows. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 5/27/2008 last visited: 4/8/2013 |
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|  Public National Bank Building - Houston, Texas
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings James Ruskin Bailey, a partner of Joseph Finger, designed this 1925 Beaux-Arts building for Public National Bank. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 5/27/2008 last visited: 4/8/2013 |
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|  Brashear Building - Houston, Texas
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings This 1882 Victorian gem, hidden behind the Rice Hotel, was designed by Houston architect Eugene T. Heiner. Elaborate Victorian ornamentation covers the building, encasing the doors and windows, and decorating the parapet. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 5/27/2008 last visited: 4/8/2013 |
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|  Isis Theater Building - Houston, Texas
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings One of Houston’s first motion picture theaters, this building was designed by John Finger in 1912 for C.D. Hill and Company. The theater faced Prairie Street; the Main Street facade was used for retail. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 5/27/2008 last visited: 4/8/2013 |
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|  Old Southern Pacific Hospital - Near Northside Historic District - Houston, TX
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings Built 1910-1911 by the Department of Buildings and Bridges of the GH & SA Railway (which merged into Southern Pacific in the late nineteenth century). posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 2/18/2019 last visited: never |
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|  Robert E. Lee Elementary School - Near Northside Historic District - Houston, TX
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings This 1919 school was designed by noted Houston architect Alfred C. Finn. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 2/18/2019 last visited: never |
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|  Sterling Mansion - Morgans Point, TX
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings A mansion that used to be owned by a governor of the state of Texas. posted by: ggmorton location: Texas date approved: 7/31/2007 last visited: 5/16/2021 |
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|  117 S. Bell Drive - Bell, Frank Sr. Home - The Settlement Historic District, Texas City, TX
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings Located in what is now Texas City, The Settlement Historic District was founded by former slaves following the Civil War. posted by: jhuoni location: Texas date approved: 12/19/2018 last visited: never |
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|  106 S. Bell Drive - Bell, Frank, Jr. House - The Settlement Historic District, Texas City, TX
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings Located in what is now Texas City, The Settlement Historic District was founded by former slaves following the Civil War. posted by: jhuoni location: Texas date approved: 12/19/2018 last visited: never |
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|  Battery Ernst - Fort Travis - Port Bolivar, TX
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings Built in 1898, Battery Ernst is located closest to the ship channel which leads to Galveston Bay and the Port of Houston. posted by: jhuoni location: Texas date approved: 10/11/2019 last visited: 7/16/2021 |
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|  Battery Kimble - Fort Travis - Port Bolivar, TX
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings As you enter Fort Travis, straight ahead and to the left is Battery Kimble. It is the largest of the four artillery batteries. posted by: jhuoni location: Texas date approved: 10/11/2019 last visited: 7/16/2021 |
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|  Battery 236 - Ft. Travis - Port Bolivar, TX
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings Battery 236 was the last coastal artillery battery constructed at Fort Travis. It was deactivated less than a year after completion. posted by: jhuoni location: Texas date approved: 10/10/2019 last visited: 7/16/2021 |
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|  Battery Davis - Fort Travis - Port Bolivar, TX
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings Battery Davis is the second of two batteries built in 1898 at Fort Travis. posted by: jhuoni location: Texas date approved: 10/11/2019 last visited: 7/16/2021 |
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|  Aycock-Crews House - East Columbia Historic District - East Columbia, TX
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings A 2-story frame dwelling with asymmetrical plan erected in 1890. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 5/8/2018 last visited: never |
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|  T.L. Smith House - East Columbia Historic District - East Columbia, TX
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings A 2-story frame dwelling with center-passage plan erected in 1878. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 5/7/2018 last visited: never |
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|  Bryan-Weems House - East Columbia Historic District - East Columbia, TX
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings A 2-story frame dwelling with center-passage plan erected in 1870. Remodeled 1917-19. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 5/7/2018 last visited: 7/2/2007 |
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