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On May 25, 1925, he established the Petroleum Building Company, a holding company overseen by oil businessman and founder of Fidelity Securities Company Thomas Peter Lee. [3] Construction was completed in 1927. The Petroleum Building in 1951. The Petroleum Building also became a hub of social life for the oil and business magnates and their ...
The Houston Tower was a plan for a 500-story skyscraper conceived in the 1970s to be built in Houston, originally designed as a research project for the feasibility of a 500-story building. [1] American Architect Robert B. Sobel of Emery Roth & Sons , with engineer and fellow American Nat W. Krahl of Rice University , created a concept for a ...
The tower housed San Antonio's first Sears, Roebuck & Company store, originally occupying the building's basement and first 4 levels. [4] Opening on March 7, 1929, Sears, Roebuck & Co. was the first portion of the building opened to the public, with 35,000 items on display and 225 members of staff.
The Praetorian Building, also known as Stone Place Tower, was a 15-story, 58 m (190 ft) high-rise constructed in 1909 at Main Street and Stone Street in the Main Street District of downtown Dallas, Texas.
[21] [22] [23] A succession of skyscrapers were built throughout the 1970s, culminating with Houston's tallest, the 75-floor, 1,002-foot (305 m) tall JPMorgan Chase Tower (formerly the Texas Commerce Tower), designed by I. M. Pei and completed in 1982. As of 2010, it is the tallest man-made structure in Texas, the 12th-tallest building in the ...
The TC Energy Center is a highrise that represents one of the first significant examples of postmodern architecture construction in downtown Houston, Texas.The building has been formerly known as the RepublicBank Center, the NCNB Center, the NationsBank Center, and the Bank of America Center.
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Texas is also home to some of the tallest skyscrapers in the United States. The Houston skyline has been ranked fourth-most impressive in the United States when ranked by breadth and height, [ 3 ] being the country's third-tallest skyline and one of the top 10 in the world; [ 4 ] [ 5 ] however, because it is spread over a few miles, most ...