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One of the anchors of the district is Market Square Park, so-named because this site previously hosted four Houston City Halls and City Markets. Adjacent to the park are three nineteenth-century structures: the Fox-Kuhlman Building at 305-307 Travis, the Baker-Meyer Building at 315 Travis, and the Kennedy Bakery Building at 813 Congress.
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 .
A thumb-nail history of the city of Houston, Texas, from its founding in 1836 to the year 1912, published 1912, hosted by the Portal to Texas History; True stories of old Houston and Houstonians: historical and personal sketches / by S. O. Young., published 1913, hosted by the Portal to Texas History
From January to March alone, department store fragrances generated $501.2 million in sales, up 7% from 2011, with nearly 8.0 million units sold, according to market research firm the NPD Group.
1950 - KPRC-TV begins broadcasting. [20]1958 - Zapata Petroleum in business. [21]1961 - NASA selects Houston for the location for its Manned Spacecraft Center. [22]September 14, 1961 - Sharpstown Mall opens and is the first indoor air-conditioned mall in the world.
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The bill became the Chapter 3812 Texas Special Districts Local Laws Code and the district began operation in August 2006. [ 1 ] Jim McIngvale , the owner of Gallery Furniture, a furniture business with a location in the Northside, refused to pay $48,000 in taxes to the management district that were assessed from 2005 to 2007; he paid taxes to ...
919 Milam is a building in Downtown Houston, Texas completed in 1956. The building has been previously named 909 Travis , Bank One Center , and the Bank of the Southwest Building . The building occupies the entire block bounded by Milam, McKinney, Travis, and Walker streets.