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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 .
Kashmere Gardens is a historically African-American neighborhood in the northern 610 Loop area in Houston, Texas, United States.A group of single-family houses, many of which have large lots, Kashmere Gardens is between an industrial area and a rail corridor.
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 ...
A true-color image of Greater Houston. Astronaut photograph of Houston at night. Map of the Houston city limits. Houston, the most populous city in the Southern United States, is located along the upper Texas Gulf Coast, approximately 50 miles (80 km) northwest of the Gulf of Mexico at Galveston.
The city of Houston, Texas, contains many neighborhoods, ranging from planned communities to historic wards. There is no uniform standard for what constitutes an individual neighborhood within the city; however, the city of Houston does recognize a list of 88 super neighborhoods which encompass broadly recognized regions. According to the city ...
Originally settled by German farmers in the late 1800s, the area was the site of a major oil discovery in the 1930s known as "Eureka." Reminders of that remain in a nearby railroad yard, still called the Eureka Yard, and St. John's German Lutheran Church, one of the original churches built by early settlers in 1891 which has been moved to Sam Houston Park.
Of the four restaurants Hines plans to open in Wedgewood-Houston, two will be at 429 Houston Street: Bodega Taqueria y Tequila and Aba. Both are set to open by mid-2025.
The Westmoreland Historic District is a neighborhood in Neartown Houston, Texas. It is west of Spur 527, between Westheimer Road and West Alabama Street. [1] [2] The community was created in 1902 and was home to many prominent families in Greater Houston. [1] The historic district's boundaries were established on July 23, 1997. [3]