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October 15, 1966. The San Jacinto Monument is a 567.31-foot-high (172.92-meter) [2][note 1] column located on the Houston Ship Channel in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, about 16 miles due east of downtown Houston. The Art Deco monument is topped with a 220-ton star that commemorates the site of the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive ...
Added to NRHP. October 15, 1966. Designated NHL. December 19, 1960 [2] The San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site includes the location of the Battle of San Jacinto. It is located off the Houston Ship Channel in unincorporated Harris County, Texas near the city of Houston. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960. [2][3]
San Jacinto Monument: 172.92 m / 567.31 ft 1939 United States: La Porte, Texas: World's tallest monumental column: Reunion Tower: 170.7 m 1978 Dallas: Iriški Venac TV Tower: 170 m 1975 Serbia: near Novi Sad: Juche Tower: 1982 North Korea: Pyongyang: Riyadh TV Tower: 1981 Saudi Arabia: Riyadh: Spinnaker Tower: 2005 United Kingdom: Portsmouth ...
The San Jacinto Monument is a 570 foot (173.7 m)-high column topped with a 220-ton star that commemorates the site of the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. [50] The monument , dedicated on April 21, 1939, is the world's tallest monument tower and masonry tower, and is located along the Houston Ship Channel .
Pullman National Historical Park. Pullman National Historical Park is a historic district located in Chicago, Illinois, United States, which in the 19th century was the first model, planned industrial community in the United States. [1] The district had its origins in the manufacturing plans and organization of the Pullman Company and became ...
Gulf Building. James L. Autry House, Houston, Texas. Alfred Charles Finn (July 2, 1883 – June 26, 1964) was an American architect. He started in the profession with no formal training in 1904 as an apprentice for Sanguinet & Staats. He worked in their offices in Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston.
The John Hancock Center is a 100- story, 1,128-foot [ 7 ] supertall skyscraper located in Chicago, Illinois. Located in the Magnificent Mile district, the building was officially renamed 875 North Michigan Avenue in 2018. The skyscraper was designed by Peruvian-American chief designer Bruce Graham and Bangladeshi-American structural engineer ...
Honorable mentions. 530.5 feet (161.7 m) Park Place Tower in Lakeview is the tallest building in Illinois outside of downtown Chicago. 513 feet (156 m) Park Tower in Edgewater is the second-tallest building in Illinois outside of downtown Chicago.