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The ExxonMobil Building (also known as Exxon Tower, and formerly as Humble Oil Building) at 800 Bell Street in Houston, Texas is a 45-story, 1,200,000 sq ft (110,000 m 2) skyscraper built in 1963, designed by Welton Becket & Associates. [1]
South of Interstate 45, west and north of Interstate 69 Near Northwest Management District Greater Inwood Tomball Parkway to the north, T. C. Jester Road to the east, Pinemont Road to the south, Hollister Road to the west North Houston District Greenspoint: Centered around the junction of Interstate 45 and Beltway 8 Southwest Management District
Downtown is the largest central business district in the city of Houston and the largest in the state of Texas, located near the geographic center of the metropolitan area at the confluence of Interstate 10, Interstate 45, and Interstate 69.
FM 1960-A) is an east–west business route of FM 1960. It is 4.1 miles (6.6 km) long and is one of only three Business Farm to Market Roads in Texas. [8] The road begins in Houston northeast of George Bush Intercontinental Airport and continues through central Humble as Humble Westfield Road to an intersection with the I-69/US 59 freeway. It ...
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places in downtown Houston, Texas. It is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Downtown Houston neighborhood, defined as the area enclosed by Interstate 10 , Interstate 45 , and Interstate 69 .
Humble (/ ˈ ʌ m b əl / UM-bəl) is a city located in the Houston metropolitan area. Humble became an oil boomtown in the early 20th century when oil was first discovered there in 1904. By 1905, the Humble oilfield was the largest producing oilfield in Texas. [5] Humble was home of the Humble Oil and Refining Company, a predecessor of Exxon. [5]
It was the largest office building in Houston at the time, containing approximately 196,000 sq ft (18,200 m 2) of space. [2] A 1932 renovation added a central air conditioning system to the building, the first in any Houston office building. [3] Humble Oil and Refining Company expanded the building in 1936 with an adjacent 17-story tower.
City National Bank was the name of the Houston bank which descended from Guaranty Trust Company, the original bank founded by James Anderson Elkins, Sr. in 1924. [ 3 ] When the building first opened, the bank leased the retail frontage to Corrigan's Jewelry, while the bank occupied the rest of the ground space, but with ceilings raised to a ...