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

Friday, April 14, 2017

Vintage red-brick Hotels: Sam Houston and Iconic Hotel Icon


SAM HOUSTON HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON NEAR COURTHOUSE DISTRICT 
HOTEL ICON WITH ROOF-TOP LOUNGE 
Iconic Hotel Icon - Downhown Houston
Hotel Icon seen from aross Market Square 

Saturday, January 7, 2017

Magnolia Hotel in Historic Building on Texas Ave


Flag-adorned entrance of Magnolia Hotel at 1100 Texas Ave, Houston, TX 77002
1100 Texas Ave, Houston, TX 77002
Post Dispatch Building Historical Marker
Post Dispatch Building Historical Marker 


Magnolia Hotel 
Texas Ave at Fannin Street - Magnolia Hotel - BG Group Place - New 609 Main at Texas Tower
Texas Ave at Fannin Street - Left to right: Magnolia Hotel - BG Group Place - New 609 Main at Texas Tower  (Dec 2016)
Corner of Texas Ave and Fannin Street: Corner view of Magnolia Hotel (Dec 2016) 

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 


Friday, November 11, 2016

Historic Hotels in Downtown Houston


Hotel Icon - Treebeards Mural in foreground
Hotel Icon - Treebeards Mural in foreground (Nov 2016 photo)

Sam Houston Hotel - San Jacinto Street (Nov 2016 photo) 
Magnolia Hotel at the Post Dispatch Building
Magnolia Hotel 

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

The Rice Hotel anno 2016




Corner of Texas Ave and Main Street - The Rice - Chipotle 
The Rice Hotel being put into the shade by a new skyscraper on Main




Minuti Coffee at the Rice Hotel on Texas Ave. 
AZUMA night-time neon signage

Irish Bar on Main at The Rice Hotel 
El Big Bad - Rice Hotel
Another historic structure, on the corner of Travis and Prairie: El Big Bad

Monday, August 29, 2016

Former Union National Bank Building, now Hotel Icon on corner of Main and Congress



Located on the corner of Main and Congress, historic Hotel Icon also frames Market Square on the Travis Street side.

Hotel Icon name plate and logo

Hotel Icon 220 Main Street, Houston, Texas, Downtown 77002

Hotel ICON


Travis at Congress - Clock Tower and Hotel Icon (Aug 20, 2016 photo)
Travis Street Restaurant Row - Clock Tower - Hotel Icon 
Hotel Icon Parking Garage on corner of Congress and Travis St. 
Partial view of Houston is Inspired Mural on Treebeards wall
Partial view of Houston is Inspired Mural on Treebeards wall
Can you find a bit of Hotel Icon in this pic? 
View from Milam Street: Hotel Icon and County Building/garage with bright white wall facing West 
Line & Lariat 220 Main St. Houston TX 77002 (Hotel Icon)
220 Main Entrance to Hotel Icon Restaurant Line & Lariat 



Saturday, August 27, 2016

Red-brick Sam Houston Hotel


SAM HOUSTON HOTEL 
Sam Houston Hotel with vintage street lamps on Main in foreground
Sam Houston Hotel with vintage street lamps on Main in foreground 


North-facing red brick wall of Sam Houston Hotel (with signage)
View of Sam Houston Hotel from Fannin St at the 1910 Courthouse
View of Sam Houston Hotel from Fannin St at the 1910 Courthouse 

Sam Houston Hotel with Texas flag hoisted - Texas Street in Downtown Houston
Sam Houston Hotel with Texas flag hoisted - SW corner
View from Texas Street in Downtown Houston
(9/1/2016) 
View from Main Street looking East 

Tuesday, February 4, 2014