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  1. EspersonBuildings
    I grew up southeast of this area and yes, I do believe that was originally a Dairy Queen. And the second pic, definitely originally a Pizza Hut.
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    I think what he meant was the 1920's Jefferson Davis Hospital. Because of course, yes, the vehicles do scream 1970's! 😄
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    That would be a big lean, almost giving the Leaning Tower of Pisa some competition 😄 I think it might be more of how the photo was taken. Great historic photo though! I love these vintage photos you provide us Highrise, thanks!
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    Playland Park was way before my time, but my parents used to talk about it. I definitely do remember the west side of South Main being higher. Like Dave W mentioned, it stayed that way for years.
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    Cool photo. However, this building was not at 515 Travis Street. This building was at the southwest corner of Fannin and Walker. You can see the four-story Krupp & Tuffly Building to the right. And across the street on Main from the K&T Bldg you can see The Commerce Building (now Commerce Towers). Below is a photo of The Krupp & Tuffly Building, completed in 1929. You can see the Electric Building to it's left, or whatever structure that was at the southwest corner of Fannin and Walker.
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    No. Would have been cool if it was. What was cool was how the basement level of Woolworth's was connected to it.
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    The Montague Hotel (originally The Cotton Hotel or Hotel Cotton) was in the 800 block of Fannin, probably 800, 801, or 802. It is now the current site of 801 Main.
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    Built in 1906 - C.H. Page & Co. Thanks for the cool picture Highrise. Enjoyed reading this old thread. I lived in Houston House from 2000 to 2010. Strangely enough, I don't recall it's demolition. Only that it was still standing (barely) one day and gone the next. I learned a couple of things from reading the old post on this thread. I never realized it was a virtual dupe/twin to the Beaconsfield, would have never guessed. Only after seeing this pic that Highrise sent, I can see it certainly does look like a twin to the Beaconsfield, only not positioned on Main like the Beaconsfield. When I used to look at it on Main (boarded up and laying decrepit) it reminded me of a New York 7 floor walk-up tenement building. I always knew it was quite grand when built, Highrise's picture confirms this. But it looks like the entrance was always facing Main on its narrow side, unlike The Beaconsfield. I wonder now if originally it had a grand garden of sort facing Pease Avenue.
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    South is the Hiram Clarke area, where Madison High School is (77045). North is the Willowbend/Willow Meadows area (77035), and West would be the Westbury area (77035). Whenever our relatives would ask where we lived, my father's usual reply was "south of the Domed Stadium."
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    I have never been inside of their headquarters but have always been curious about it. My parents bought their first home just south of it in 1963 where I grew up. We always passed by it on the way home from being out. The Art Deco style with the reflecting basin is rather classic.
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    Excellent two more to add (and also interred in Houston). Had no idea Heiner was responsible for The Cotton Exchange Building, awesome structure! And I just realized my blunder in the thread title, I only listed 6 but titled it 7! 🙄🤔😵 Was trying to figure out why earlier today I could only remember 6 of the 7. 😆
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    1923 to be exact. Per "Houston Architectural Guide, Second Edition" (1999) : Sullivan designed this house for his family and it is due to filial piety that it survives in good condition. It represents a combination of attributes often seen in the 1920's: the English-influenced picturesque manor house, prominently displaying an Italian loggia, a cultural conjunction that must have been especially welcome in sultry Houston" Around 10 years ago it was turned into a commercial banquet, restaurant, club type of business. Don't think it did too well. Not sure if before that it was still residential. When I first bought this book, I could have sworn this was the house at the southwest corner of Almeda and Blodgett (facing Blodgett). I have always admired this beautiful house (built in 1931).
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    Much appreciated.
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    Thank you!
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    ALFRED C. FINN, MAURICE J. SULLIVAN, WILLIAM WARD WATKIN, JOSEPH FINGER, JOHN F. STAUB, & KENNETH FRANZHEIM They were all born between 1883 and 1892 and all are interred in Houston. It's hard not to admire all they contributed to Houston in the first half of the 20th century. Anyone know if there are any writings, books, documentaries, etc. on their works, lives, etc. I sure would enjoy this or something similar.
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