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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 .
The Edward A. Thomas Building, [2] or 1200 Travis, is a 28-story building in Downtown Houston, Texas that is currently occupied by the Houston Police Department as its current headquarters. At one time it was known as the Houston Natural Gas Building. [3] The building houses HPD's administrative and investigative offices. [4]
Heritage Plaza is a postmodern skyscraper located in the Skyline District of downtown Houston, Texas.Standing at 762 feet (232 m), [1] the tower is the 5th-tallest building in Houston, the 8th-tallest in Texas, and the 60th-tallest in the United States.
The Whitehall Hotel Houston Downtown, [30] is located in the Cullen Center. [8] The hotel, initially planned as a 250-room, 10 story hotel, was built on a block bounded by Jefferson, Pease, and Smith, with the Brazos Street to the west. The Hotel Corporation of America began operating the hotel as Hotel America.
CenterPoint Energy Tower (formerly Houston Industries Plaza) is a 741 feet (226 m) tall building in downtown Houston.The original building, finished in 1974, stood at 651 feet (198 m), but a 90-foot (27 m) extension was added as part of a 1996 renovation.
The University of Houston–Downtown (UHD) is a four-year state university, located within the Main Street Market Square Historic District. Founded in 1974, it is one of four separate and distinct institutions in the University of Houston System. UHD has an enrollment of 12,900 students—making it the 13th largest public university in Texas ...
The Allen Center is a mixed-use skyscraper complex in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. It consists of three buildings, One Allen Center (500 Dallas Street), [1] Two Allen Center (1200 Smith Street), [2] Three Allen Center (333 Clay Street). [3] The complex has about 3,000,000 square feet (280,000 m 2) of space. [4]
KBR Tower (formerly the M. W. Kellogg Tower) is a 550 ft (167.6 m) tall skyscraper in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States; it is a part of the Cullen Center complex. The KBR Tower has the headquarters of KBR, Inc., an engineering, procurement, and construction company.