Showing posts with label historic-buildings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label historic-buildings. Show all posts

Monday, January 21, 2019

Historic Anderson Clayton Building now in highrise company of more recent vintage


Anderson Clayton Building seen from Main St. 

Harris County Courthouse Annex No. 44 - 511 Caroline St.
Harris County Courthouse Annex No. 44 - 511 Caroline St.

Historic Houston Architecture: Sam Houston Hotel and Anderson Clayton Building
View from Main - Sam Houston Hotel, Post Dispatch Bldg

SAM HOUSTON HOTEL 
More archival -->  Photos of Anderson Clayton Building
Fannin Street at the 1910 Harris County Courthouse looking South
Fannin Street at the 1910 Harris County Courthouse looking South
 (Jan 2019) 


Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Friday, April 21, 2017

1212 Main Mural


Main Street Art 


 East-facing facade of old Humble Oil Building (Main Street) 

Courtyard by Marriott Houston Downtown -  916 Dallas St, Houston, TX 77002

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Vintage rooftop water tank


Rad water tank atop Travis Street Building in Downtown Historic District 
Vintage water tank atop Historic Cheek-Neal Coffee Building
 Cheek-Neal Coffee Building in EaDo
Chartres Street -  Historic Cheek-Neal Coffee Building
Chartres Street -  Cheek-Neal Coffee Building


Wednesday, March 15, 2017

The Old Place (1823) at Sam Houston Park


 Houston Heritage 
OLD PLACE 1823
OLD PLACE 1823 




"Old Place" - one of several historic structures at Sam Houston Park
Houston Heritage Society

Friday, February 24, 2017

201 Fannin Street - Former U.S. Post Office and Harris County DA Building


201 FANNIN PORTAL WITH COLUMNS 
Former Franklin Station Post Office at 201 Fannin Street


Fannin Street facade of old Harris County DA Buillding (West) (April 2017 photo)
Fannin Street facade (West) (April 2017 photo)

201 Fannin - North side of Building fronting Franklin Street (Jan 2017 photo)
Entrance of North side of Building fronting Franklin Street (Jan 2017 photo) 


Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Cinq & La Colombe d'Or


Restaurant Cinq - LA COLOMBE D'OR
Restaurant Cinq - LA COLOMBE D'OR (SIGNAGE)

Fondren Mansion  3410 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX 77006
The historic Fondren mansion, now a luxury boutique hotel 
and restaurant 

NEW NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH:
HANOVER MONTROSE RESIDENTIAL TOWER


Hanover Montrose residential tower
Hanover Montrose residential tower seen from Westheimer Rd. 



Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Historic Houston Hotels and Conversions of Historic Buildings to Hotels


The Sam Houston Hotel
(branded Hotel Alden for a few years) 

Sam Houston Hotel
Sam Houston Hotel

Hotel Icon on Congress at Main 
formerly a bank building



Magnolia Hotel on Texas Ave at Fannin 



The Lancaster Hotel 
Renovations under way in 2016 

The Lancaster Hotel 

Lancaster Hotel

The Rice Hotel (now lofts) 

Rice Hotel with row of historic houses on Prairie Street 
Londale Hotel 


RECENTLY DEMOLISHED 

Ben Milam Hotel prior to demolition
Ben Milam Hotel at MinuteMaid Park