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POST Houston is an entertainment venue in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States which was formerly a major regional post office - then known as Houston Downtown Post Office. The sorting facility was renamed to honor Barbara Jordan. The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The building was originally constructed to house the federal district court, a post office, and other federal offices. The increasing number of federal offices in Houston necessitated the 1931 addition. The courthouse operated in the building until 1962, the same year that the post office vacated a portion of the space originally allocated to it.
Downtown Houston is in Texas's 18th congressional district. [123] Its representative was Sheila Jackson Lee [124] who died on July 19th, 2024, from cancer at the age of 74. The seat is now vacant. [125] [126] The United States Postal Service previously operated a 16-acre (65,000 m 2) Houston Post Office at 401 Franklin Street. [127]
In July 2011 the USPS announced that the post office may close. [33] The Houston Downtown Management District is headquartered in Suite 1650. [34] The Consulate-General of Japan in Houston is located in Suite 3000. [35] The lobby of 2 Houston Center was used as a filming location for The Swarm back in 1978.
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.
In the 1960s, Downtown Houston was a modest collection of mid-rise office structures, but has since grown into the third largest skyline in the United States. [17] In 1960, the central business district had 10 million square feet (1,000,000 m 2 ) of office space, increasing to about 16 million square feet (1,600,000 m 2 ) in 1970. [ 18 ]
1600 Smith Street (previously named Continental Center I and also known as Cullen Center Plaza [4]) is a 51-story, 732-foot (223 m) office tower in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States.
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 building, designed by Houston-based M. Nasr & Partners P.C., was completed in 1987, and ...