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The Chimera House (also known as the "13 floor money back house") is an urban legend which consists of the usual young teens going out for a night on the town, only to stumble across a large, worn down multiple storey building where they are offered to go through a haunted attraction that consists of "real" horrors inside. In the story, the ...
The Niels and Mellie Esperson Buildings are a building complex in downtown Houston, Texas. Mary Ann Azevedo of the Houston Business Journal said that they were "among the most recognizable" buildings in Downtown. [7] The Niels Esperson Building is the only complete example of Italian Renaissance architecture in Downtown Houston. [2]
Fears over the number 13 have led hotels, buildings, and elevator manufacturers to skip the 13th floor.
2015, 2016 Voted "Top 13 Haunted House" by HauntedHouses.com. [10] 2015 Fifth scariest haunted house by Fox News Travel. [11] 2014 Fifth Craziest, Scariest Haunted Attraction by E! Online. [12] 2012 Fourth longest haunted house in America by Hauntworld.com. [13] 2009-2015 Voted number 8 in "Top 13 Haunted Houses in America" by Hauntworld ...
In fact, if you haven’t noticed by now, it’s generally not even possible to visit the 13th floor: most buildings just go straight from 12 to 14. In nearly every culture, the number 13 is an ...
Likewise, 14 could be used for the 13th floor and 14A or 14B could be used for the 14th floor. Special designations: Other buildings will often use names for certain floors to avoid giving a floor on the building the number 13 designation. One such example is the Radisson Hotel in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where the 13th floor is called the pool floor.
The Texas State Hotel is located at 720 Fannin, at the corner of Fannin and Rusk in downtown Houston. As recently as 2007, it shared Block 80 with the Kress Building (1913), the Houston Bar Center, and the Kirby Building. This last two buildings have been modified with modern slipcovers. The 2008 NRHP nomination form reported eleven buildings ...
The James L. Autry House (Courtlandt Place, Houston), 5 Courtlandt Place, was a house designed and built for James Lockhart Autry, II by the Houston office of Sanguinet & Staats in 1912 (NRHP-listed). The house is still used as a residence and is NRHP-listed. Autry was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1859 and moved to Texas in 1876.