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The Hogg Building was known as the Armor Building during the design process [2] and the Great Southern Building when it opened in March 1921. [3] Charles Erwin Barglebaugh and Lloyd R. Whitson of El Paso designed the eight-story, Sullivan-inspired building.
In early 2014, Post Properties listed the Post Rice Lofts for sale, while claiming an apartment occupancy rate of ninety-five percent and an average rental price of $1,700 per month. [26] Later that year, CH Realty/MF Houston Rice VI (Crow Holding Capital Partners) acquired the building from Post Properties [27] and renamed it The Rice. [24]
The chain had locations in Houston, Galveston, and New Orleans. [11] The Galveston and New Orleans locations closed by 2012. [12] The restaurant's Houston locations included Travis Street/Downtown (the J.P. Morgan Chase Tower in Downtown Houston), [13] [14] Galleria (Uptown Houston, near The Galleria), [15] Hobby (near Hobby Airport), [16] Heights (on Shepherd Drive, near Houston Heights), [17 ...
The original plat of Galveston, drawn in the late 1830s, includes Avenue B. The name 'strand' for Ave. B was coined by a German immigrant named Michael William Shaw who opened a jewelry store on the corner of 23rd and Ave. B. Shaw, not liking the name "Ave. B", changed the name of the street on his stationery to "Strand", thinking that the name (named after a street in London) would have ...
Houston House Apartments is a 31-story apartment complex in the Skyline District of Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. The building, located in the southern portion of Downtown, has 396 apartments. Charles M. Goodman designed the building, which opened in 1966.
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]
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 .
1500 Louisiana Street, formerly Enron Center South, is a 600 ft (183m) tall skyscraper in Houston, Texas. It was completed in 2002 and has 40 floors and a total building area of 1,284,013sq.ft. [1] It is the 17th tallest building in the city and the tallest completed in the 2000s. It was designed by César Pelli.