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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 .
Current time for El Paso and Hudspeth counties: 19:04, December 16, 2024 MST. Most of Texas is in the Central Time Zone with the exception being the two westernmost counties. El Paso County; Hudspeth County; Northwestern Culberson County near Guadalupe Mountains National Park unofficially observes Mountain Time Zone. [1]
Houston Academy was established there in the 1850s. In 1894 the groundbreaking for Central High School occurred there. Central burned down in March 1919. In 1921 Sam Houston High School opened at the site. [192] The current Sam Houston building in the Northside opened in 1955. [193]
Houston (/ ˈ h juː s t ən / ⓘ HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United States.Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat of Harris County; as well as the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second ...
1400 Smith Street (formerly Enron Complex) is a 691 ft (211 m) tall skyscraper located in downtown Houston, Texas, United States. The building has 50 floors and is the 11th tallest building in the city. Designed by architectural firm Lloyd Jones Brewer and Associates, the building was completed in 1983. [2]
A marker indicating Midtown with Downtown Houston's skyline in the background. Midtown is a central neighborhood of Houston, located west-southwest of Downtown.Separated from Downtown by an elevated section of Interstate 45 (the Pierce Elevated), Midtown is characterized by a continuation of Downtown's square grid street plan, anchored by Main Street and the METRORail Red Line.
One Shell Plaza (OSP) is a 50-story, 218 m (715 ft) skyscraper at 910 Louisiana Street in Downtown Houston, Texas.Perched atop the building is an antenna that brings the pinnacle height of the building to 304.8 m (1,000 ft).
Wheeler Station is a station on the METRO Red Line in Houston.The station is located at the intersection of Main Street and Wheeler Street in Midtown. [2]This station will also be a transfer station for the METRORapid University Line, when it is built.