U.S. Customhouse - Houston, Texas
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JimmyEv
N 29° 45.462 W 095° 21.693
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Houston’s most prominent Federal Building in the early 20th century was its Customhouse – the revenue-generating arm of the Federal government at the time, collecting import taxes and tariffs from the port and protecting American businesses.
Waymark Code: WM1MV4
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/03/2007
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The Customhouse was designed by James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, and completed in 1911. Following the City Beautiful movement, Taylor used a massive, Beaux-Arts classical design to create the Federal presence in Houston, complete with Ionic columns. The building originally held a post office, the federal courts, and the custom offices. The federal courts moved to the
Bob Casey Federal Courthouse on Rusk Street in the 1950s, and the
post office to new facilities on Franklin Street a few years later.
Main Street/Market Square Historic District
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Source:
Texas Historical Commission, "U.S. Customhouse," available at Texas Historical Atlas