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The Houston Fire Department got its start in 1838 with one station known as Protection Company No. 1. [1] By 1859, the volunteer department had grown to three stations. After 57 years of service, Houston converted the department over to all paid members. [1]
Service Corporation International is an American provider of funeral goods and services as well as cemetery property and services. It is headquartered in Neartown, Houston, Texas, and operates secondary corporate offices in Jefferson, Louisiana (near New Orleans). [5] [6] SCI operates more than 1500 funeral homes and 400 cemeteries. [1]
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]
A sectional center facility (SCF) is a processing and distribution center (P&DC) of the United States Postal Service (USPS) that serves a designated geographical area defined by one or more three-digit ZIP Code prefixes.
In 1917, the General Services Administration added courtrooms and judicial offices to the second floor of the 1861 U.S. Customs House in Galveston, and it became the new federal courthouse for the Southern District of Texas. This location would later become the seat of the Galveston Division, after Congress added a second judgeship in the 1930s.
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Victoria, Texas (FAA Airport; former Foster Air Force Base) Corpus Christi, Texas (Naval Air Station Corpus Christi) San Diego, California (Camp Elliott) San Francisco, California (Benicia Arsenal) [7] Another 14 sites were then added, including two additional Houston sites chosen because of proximity to Rice University. [4]
Fortune 500 companies based in Houston [1]: Rank Company name 7: ExxonMobil: 15 Chevron 26: Phillips 66: 54: Sysco: 90: Enterprise Products Partners: 92: Plains GP Holdings: 106: Hewlett Packard Enterprise