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Has anyone else seen the new lunchdrop shelves? They're all over!
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Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences was located on the top floors of this hospital-turned-apartments. Old photo of the building: -
The other week I stopped by the UTHealth Houston Recreation Center located at 1832 West Road. Photos I took: The J.J. Watt Cardio and Weight Training Center.
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I watched demolition of the previous The Center for Hearing a Speech building located at At 3630 West Dallas Street. Wish I knew then, what I know now. I would have taken better demotion photographs, capturing the business name, address, etc. Photos I took in 2021: Address upper right, 3630, and building letter signage with "center" on the left in the pile of ruble.
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In 1957, the Houston-Harris County T.B. Association constructed a building located at 2901 West Dallas Street. The architect who designed the building was Henry A. Stubee. Tuberculosis must have been a major illness back in the day. It still is, but now we have modern medicine to (better) treat it. Rendering (drawing) from Henry A. Stubee: Photograph of the building. Building signage.
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This aerial photograph (depiction?) is kind of rare! Maybe it's the name that keeps it under the surface? DePelchin Faith Home partnered with Anna Dupree to buy and build a large campus in Fifth Ward to establish the Anna Dupree Cottage of The Negro Child Center of Houston. This would have been in the 1940s. 1947 I think? Building dedication with Anna Dupree and her husband beside her. Edit: Ben Taub on the right! The cottage style campus as seen in the 1940s:
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In 1938, the DePelchin Faith Home bought a 10-acre campus in Memorial at 100 Sandman Street. This is the decade(s) where Ben Taub was President of the DePelchin Faith Home. Photo of the historic, now demolished, building:
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The 2nd location of the DePelchin Faith Home was located at 1918 Chenevert Street. Beautiful building.
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In 1892, Agnes Perry told Kezia Payne DePelchin she could use her home as a Faith Home for the unfortunate children and orphans. This is where it all began! DePelchin Children's Center is still operating today, some 132-years after the founding. Photos of the historic mansion/house.
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UTHealth Mental Science Institute At 1300 Moursund St.
Highrise Tower replied to blueskies's topic in Historic Houston
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I didn't know the Cullen family donated money to build the residence hall of The Center for The Retardation. Just amazing information I found. I actually watched the demolition of this old building back in 2021. Sad to a Cullen building be torn down Bummer! SI Morris & Associated was the building architect. Newly built building in 1979: Demolition in 2021:
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In 1912, J.C. McDearmon was the founder of the maternity home in The Heights located at 120 West 14th Street.
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The Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences was founded as a Baylor College of Medicine project in 1955 and funded by the state legislature in 1957 as the Houston State Psychiatric Institute for Research and Training. It was under the administrative management of the Board for Texas Hospitals and Special Schools, with the requirement that it act as the research and training branch of the state mental health and intellectual disability service system. The TRIMS was located in the Carriage House at The Baker Estate.
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The little bungalow at 806 Bagby Street first opened in 1913 as the Free Clinic for the Houston Anti-Tuberculosis League.
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From what I understand, the St. Anthony Center was a retirement center for Priests. Found some information this week. I thought the Sacred Heart College campus was before the St. Anthony Center. According to this map, it was located on the next block over.
