402 Main - Historic Citizens Bank Building (1925)

CITIZENS BANK BUILDING - STREET-LEVEL VIEW ACROSS MAIN STREET 

Butterfly Wall on Preston in EaDo

 BUTTERFLY-THEMED MURAL

Murals adorn many aged commercial properties in East Downtown 

Butterfly mural on Preston facing BBVA Stadium Parking Lot 

Houston Is Inspired at Preston and Travis

DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT WITH VIBRANT COLORS
OF MORE RECENT APPLICATION: HOUSTEN IS INSPIRED MURAL 

 Houston Is Inspired Mural on Treebeards Wall facing Aris Residential Tower

Preston St - Kiam Building - Harris County Admin Bldg

Corner of Preston and Travis Street - Hotel Icon (center left) Harris County Administration Building (center right) 

Looking back: When we were more than just inspired

Before an Act of Muralistic Revisionism took the hip, tasty, funky, and savvy out of the color-rich stew  

INSPIRED - HIP - TASTY - FUNKY - SAVVY - ALL OF IT:
The original Treebeards Mural near Market Square facing Preston Street 

and the Aris Market Square Tower across it 

BEFORE AND AFTER THE COPY-EDITING 

Houston is merely inspired now 

Sidewalk view: Treebeards mural by GONZO247 

Corner of Travis Street and Preston in Houston's Historic District - Houston Inspired mural on Treebeards wall 

Mosbacher Monument and renamed Preston Street Bridge

Preston Street Bridge (also known as Preston Ave Bridge earlier in history) was renamed in 2016 to honor the late former US Secretary of Commerce and Texas oil man Robert A. Mosbacher Sr. Portraits in bronze bass-relief (frontal and profile) are installed on red brick pylons on the West end of the bridge, with a bit of biographic information. 

Preston Street prior to renaming in August 2015;
Franklin Street Post Office Building center back.

The plaque at the mid-point of the Bayou span was also replaced to reflect the name change. This bridge also features turquois pipe-sized rails on both sides, which were unaffected by the rechristening. 

New Name Plaque 

The only connection between the bridge and the politician appears to be commerce. As one of the earliest Buffalo Bayou crossing points, the original version of the Preston Ave bridge played a key role in local commerce by making the then small Town of Houston accessible from the West.  

Six of the "Seven Wonders" art installation at The Wortham Center
seen across Mosbacher Bridge looking East 

OLD BRIDGE NAME PLAQUE 
(1998)

EVEN OLDER BRIDGE NAME PLATE 

(1914)

Historic Preston Avenue Bridge marker
(on display at The Spaghetti Warehouse) 

Harris County Constable's Office 1302 Preston St Houston, TX 77002

Harris County Constable's Office

1302 Preston St

Houston, TX 77002

Harris County Administration Building - Tax Office - Tags and car registration renewals - Marriage Licenses

Tax Assessor-Collector - Election Office

County Judge

Harris County Administration Building seem from NW
across Main Street at Congress

Harris County Administration Building

1001 Preston, Houston, Texas, Downtown 77002

Harris County Tax Office 1001 Preston St Houston, TX 77002

Preston Avenue History - Recent and not so recent

Important me, past and present, honored with memorial on Preston overlooking Buffalo Bayou:
Three generations of Bakers; last one James A. Baker, III (bronze statute)

Remnants of old brick wall on Preston Ave. sidewalk at Buffalo Bayou

Preston Avenue bridge over Buffalo Bayou was the major route for commerce 

in the early years of the Town of Houston

Bridge Marker: Preston Avenue Bridge - Downtown Houston Historic District

Franklin Street Post Office Building across Buffalo Bayou
seen from Baker Monument at Sesquicentennial Park

1018 Preston historic building across Harris County Administration Building

The Home of Easy Credit (neon signage on facade of historic building)

Main at Preston

James Baker Commemoration at Downtown Houston Park

James Baker III - Statute with American Flag

James A. Baker statute overlooking Sesquicentennial Park
and Buffalo Bayou

Names of donors for James A Barker Monument engraved

Mafrige Building (1900)

Mafrige Building near the Old Courthouse (May 2015 photo) 

Mafrige name inscription on facade of historic building -
Dome of 1910 Harris County Courthouse above roof

Mafrige Building with Sam Houston Hotel looming over smaller building on the right

405 Main St. (photos of building)

Republic Building near Harris County Courthouse and Administration Building

Republic Building at 1018 Preston Street - Downtown Houston (near courthouse)

Justice of the Peace Court Building (JP 1-2) - Harris County Annex on Preston St.

Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 Place 2 in this historic building on Preston Street

Courthouse Annex 2 - Marker on brick wall on Preston St

1302 Prestion Ave - Entrance to JP Court Building