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I was reading the newspaper The Houston Post dated December 4, 1918 and came across an advertisement for Smith Machinery Co. that had a tractor demonstration at the Lee Brothers farm at the South End of Main Street Boulevard. Very cool! I love finding old farms (or ranches) on South Main, Fannin, Old Main Street, Old Spanish Trail, Almeda, etc. Technically, it looks like the farm was located on Bellaire Blvd. Using "South End of Main Street" was just a directional talking point since the "End of Main" terminology was so popular back then. Back in the 1910s the term was "South End of Main Street." A few decades later in the 1930s and 1940s the term was slightly changed to "End of Main". I believe the original term was used because of the street car that went down that way. The street car was removed by the 1930s and 1940s. Tractor demonstration. Wallis- America's Foremost Tractor. Will give plowing exhibitions Friday and Saturday, December 6th and 7th on Lee Bros' farm at South End of Main Street Boulevard. Take South End car, transfer to Bellaire car, get off at end of Main Street, and go a few blocks west on Belaire Boulevard. Demonstration at 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. each day. Another classified ad by the Smith Machinery Co. has zero mentions of Bellaire. It is sticking with the location being South End of Main St. Tractor demonstration- December 6 and 7. Wallis Tractor will give demonstration plowing at Lee Bros.' farm, South end of Main St. Take South End Car and Transfer. Smith Machinery Co. Preston 3893.

I was reading the newspaper The Citizen dated May 5, 1948 and came across a business advertisement for the new Stork Club located at 2100 Old Spanish Trail - Opposite Arrowhead Race Track. The New Stork Club Located at 2100 O.S.T. Opposite Arrowhead Race Track Featuring All-Girl Revue. *Duplicating the Dance of the famous Gypsy Rose Lee. Headliner Emcee Gene Robin - Nationally famous comedian. 10 P.M. and Midnite Saturday Shows 9:45 P.M. , 11:45 P.M., and 1 A.M.

I was reading the newspaper The Texas Jewish Herald dated December 20, 1928 and came across a business advertisement for Schneider's Inn located at the End O' Main where Bridge Crosses Bayou. I'd imagine this was located on South Main and North Braeswood? The address would be something like, 7557 South Main Street. Where AHC's South Main Building stands today. Schneider's Inn. The place where you will find good things to eat and drink. Under personal management of Mrs. R.E. Schneider. 12 M. to 12 P.M. Try out delicious noonday lunch . . . . . . . . . 65c. Pavilion for bridge parties and private dances. End O' Main where Bridge Crosses Bayou. L. 5200 - R.F.D. No. 3, Box 31C.

I was browsing the newspaper The Texas Jewish Herald dated September 13, 1928 and came across an advertisement for The Tower. U.P. Broussard was the developer of the 1920s Houston Speedway (Bellaire Speedway) race track that was located on Stella Link near where present-day Pershing Middle School is. Compliments of the Season. The Tower U.P. Broussard, Prop. Oil, Gas and Refreshments End of Main Hadley 0120. '

Texas Medical Center, Hermann Park would get millions in improvements under Houston plan Mike Morris, Yilun Cheng, Mike Morris, Yilun Cheng - December 13, 2022 https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/medical-center-tirz-17649026.php Houston City Council this week will consider funneling tens of millions of tax dollars into rebuilding streets in and around the Texas Medical Center and improving neighboring Hermann Park.

I was looking for the residence of one of the original MD Anderson Foundation trustees Horace Morse Wilkins. He was a very powerful man. Worked at two downtown banks. He was the Vice President of State National Bank, and I believe, in the younger days a cashier, or assistant at another bank. According to the City of Houston 1922 directory this is what is listed for him: Wilkins, Horace M (Mary) V-Pres State National Bank, Treas State Bldg & Inv Assn, r 2 Bellecourt Apts, Tel Had 2220. 1922 listing for Houston apartments specifies: Bellecourt The 1405 Webster Av Anyone have pictures of The Bellecourt Apartments located at 1405 Webster Avenue?

I was reading the newspaper The Fayette County Record dated May 3, 1946 and came across the address for one of the TMC board members named Henry Markley "Mark" Crosswell Jr. He served on the Board of Directors of the Texas Medical Center for more than 38 years. Graduated from University of Texas at Austin in 1937. There is also a street in Houston named after him. Located within the Texas Medical Center Leland Anderson Campus off of South MacGregor Way. The John S. Dunn UTHealth Houston Behavioral Sciences Center is located at 5615 H. Mark Crosswell Jr. Street, Houston, TX 77021. Wanted- White girl care two children, help housework; no cooking. Private room and bath, salary, $20.00 weekly. References. Write Mrs. H.M. Crosswell Jr., 2154 Dryden Road, Houston 5, Texas.

I was researching the names of local streets within the Texas Medical Center. An old street from the 1990s called William C Harvin Blvd. is about to expire and will be replaced with a TMC Helix Park name instead. William C Harvin Blvd. is a street located between South Braeswood Blvd. and Old Spanish Trail. Used to be the street you took to get to the TMC surface lot that is now the TMC Helix Park campus. William C. "Bill" Harvin III, who first worked as a high school intern at the Houston law firm Baker Botts and later became its managing partner. Harvin joined Baker Botts after the war and became a partner in 1956. He retired in 1984. A leader in community organizations and causes, Harvin served as a trustee of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital in Houston and of the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in Austin. He also was board chairman of the Kelsey Research Foundation. “It all began with David’s father,” Sally says. William C. Harvin III was a long time member of the UTHealth Development Board serving until his death in 2007. He also was chairman of the Texas Medical Center Board of Directors. For his service on the board of the Texas Medical Center, a street in the center was named in his honor in 1996. https://www.chron.com/news/houston-deaths/article/William-Harvin-lawyer-at-Houston-firm-Baker-1529149.php https://www.uth.edu/giving/impact-stories/sally-and-david-harvin-a-family-tradition My research spanned 50 years. I understand he was 3rd generation of William C. Harvins (William C. Harvin III) so maybe the home addresses are of different family members. Or, like many people, he simply moved a few times in the span of 50 years. Southwestern Times dated November 28, 1946: William Harvin lived at 2634 Sunset Blvd. Southwestern Times dated August 2, 1951: William Harvin lived at 4328 Jim West Street. The Bellaire & Southwestern Texan dated February 9, 1966: William Harvin lived at 111 Maple Valley Road. The Texan dated April 9, 1986: William Harvin lived at 111 Maple Valley Road.

Continuing with the history of the Texas Medical Center, I found a very short street called Elliot Drive that is located between Bates Ave. and Holombe Blvd. Frederick Elliott was the dean of the University of Texas Dental Branch and later become the first Executive Director of the Texas Medical Center. A grant from the M.D. Anderson Foundation helped establish the school as a founding institution in the Texas Medical Center, and in 1952, the School of Dentistry’s dean, Dr. Fred Elliott, resigned to become the first executive director of the TMC. That same year, the school broke ground on a new building at 6516 M.D. Anderson Blvd. It was completed in 1955. https://www.uth.edu/news/story.htm?id=01d4c515-df9b-4090-8dc5-8e9a9e87e893 I found this in the newspaper The Texan dated April 9, 1986. Frederick C. Elliott, D.D.S. 36 Arroyd Drive/Kerrville, TX.

John H. Freeman was one of the people who started the MD Anderson Foundation. J.H. Freeman was General Counsel of the Anderson, Clayton and Company. The MD Anderson foundation consisted of: Horace Wilkins (State National Bank Vice President) John Freeman (General Counsel of the Anderson, Clayton and Company) Monroe Anderson (Co-founder of Anderson, Clayton and Company, Co-founder of Texas Medical Center and MDACC) William Bates (Fulbright and Jaworski attorney) As usual, most of the founders of the Texas Medical Center lived in River Oaks.

I was looking around for the famous Texas Medical Center trustee Lamar Fleming, Jr. and came across his River Oaks home at 2945 Lazy Lane. Completed in 1930, 2945 Lazy Lane was designed by Houston’s most eminent architect, John Staub, commissioned by a previous generation oilman, Harry C. Hanszen and his wife, Katherine. Its style was proposed after Staub returned from a European trip moved by a 12th-century Norman chateau. His clients were enthusiastic about the project to add a touch of the medieval to the third mansion in the Homewood section of River Oaks. Then the sound of a bulldozer pierced the air. Peering behind a wrought–iron fence encased in a green protective cover that effectively functioned as a shroud, and arriving in time for a close look as a dump truck departed, there were the visible remains of a once great house — a mansion notable twice, foremost for its architect, John Staub, as well as for its most illustrious resident, John Mecom Jr., the charismatic only son of a man who was at one-time among the top three independent oil producers in the world, wildcatter John Mecom Sr. https://www.papercitymag.com/home-design/storied-texas-mansion-demolished-john-mecom-john-staub-house-teardown-preservationists-outrage/ Persons attending brunch given by W.A. Smith and R.H. Abercrombie for Vice President Nixon Houston, Texas Sunday, June 12, 1955.

I was reading the newspaper The Sunday Citizen dated October 16, 1949 and came across an address for Colonel William B. Bates. It looks like Bates was Vice President of Texas Medical Center, Inc. and was replaced by John T. Jones, Jr. Too many famous Houstonians to type! I love looking where the rich and famous lived back in the day. All these founding partners/members of the Texas Medical Center lived in River Oaks! I guess when you are a world-renowned surgeon you have enough money to buy a parcel in RO. I wonder where the run-of-the-mill doctor in the TMC lives. I'd say in Museum District, Montrose, and Meyerland. Only the very wealth live in RO. Several Area Residents May Get C.C. Posts. Several residents of the Southwest are among the 14 men whose names have been submitted to members of the Chamber of Commerce for three-year terms on the chamber's board of directors. The nominees, seven of whom will be elected, were announced by Hines H. Baker, 2246 Troon Road, chairman of the nominating committee. Mr. Baker is president of Humble Oil. The nominees follow: Col. W.B. Bates, 2128 Brentwood, of Fullbright, Crooker, Freeman & Bates, attorneys. Warren S. Bellows, 1728 North Blvd., president of W.S. Bellows Construction-

I was reading the newspaper The Bellaire Texan dated February 8, 1978 and came across an address for Herman Pressler. H.P. Pressler was another famous person of the Texas Medical Center. DAR Schedules Month's Events The John McKnitt Alexander chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, has two important events scheduled in the month of February. The annual Valentine party given for the veterans at the Veteran's Hospital will be at 4 p.m. Feb. 14th following the February chapter meeting. Members are urged to bring cookies for the veterans to the meeting Hostess for the event is Mrs. Larry Morris, 5326 Mandell. Mrs. Jane Bruyere and Mrs. P.G. A. Singleton are in charge of the veteran's Valentine party. In observance of George Washington's birthday, a tea will be given at the home of Mrs. Herman Pressler, 2133 Pine Valley Dr., honoring Mrs. Ford Hubbard and new chapter members. The hours are 2 to 4 p.m. Mrs. Robert E. Lee is chairman for the tea.

I was reading the newspaper The Bellaire Texan dated October 21, 1964 and came across a residential address for the former President and Director of the Texas Medical Center, William Leland Anderson (W. Leland Anderson.) I don't think he liked his first name. Most of my research had his first name abbreviated as "W." An ancestry.com search helped me. There could be multiple William Leland Andersons but the birth date and place matched up with his family member Monroe D. Anderson. Ancestry.com also had Mr. Anderson living at 3214 Reba Drive in 1940. Both of his properties were in River Oaks. Seems like a lot of the early TMC officers lived in River Oaks. Heritage Society Coffee Slated. The Harris County Heritage Society annual fall membership coffee will be held Tuesday, October 27, from ten o'clock to twelve noon, at the home of Mrs. W. Leland Anderson, 8 Briarwood Circle. Receiving will be: Mrs. W. Leland Anderson, hostess; Mrs. Herman Pressler, president; Mrs. James L. Britton, Jr. chairman of entertainment; and Mrs. Searcy Bracewell.

I was looking around for George Hermann's main place of residence. His mansion after he made his wealth. It was hard to pinpoint a residential address. George Henry Hermann became involved in real estate and had several rental buildings, wood shops, retail buildings, residences, etc. Also, people move around in their lives. I'm sure Mr. Hermann lived in several homes during his life. The newspaper The Houston Post dated September 16, 1898 had a classified ad by G.H. Hermann that specified him living at 512 Rusk. The 1900 census shows Thomas J. Ewing as head of household at 512 Rusk, with George Hermann as a lodger. For Rent- My brick building, two-story, 50x70 feet, No. 505 and 507 Travis street, same block as Capitol Hotel, occupied by Alkemeyer's Dry Good store; also eight-room dwelling house, corner Brazos and Capitol. G.H. Hermann, 512 Rusk. Sanborn Map from 1896:

I was reading the newspaper The Bellaire Texan dated June 27, 1946 and came across Dr. E.W. Bertner's residential home. Residents of Greater Houston are being asked to contribute toward a fund to raise $3,750,000 for the University of Texas' part in the Medical Center. The M.D. Anderson Foundation has earmarked $2,500,000 for this project if the additional sum can be raised to complete the $6,250,000 required for buildings. A systematic canvass is being made among business and professional people for contribution to the fund, but the public may also participate by sending a check to Dr. E.W. Bertner, president of the center, at 2310 Baldwin. This is a project deserving of support because we, the residents of Greater Houston will benefit financially. It is even more worthy from the humanitarian standpoint. In June 15, 1950 he lived at the Rice Hotel. Dr. E.W. Bertner, Rice Hotel, distinguished physician and guiding force behind Houston's great Texas Medical Center, was presented with an honorary degree of doctor of laws in present of 50 doctors, lawyers and business leaders.

I was reading the newspaper The Bellaire Texan dated August 3, 1950 and came across Leopold Meyer's residences. Leopold L. Meyer, 3308 South MacGregor, vice chairman of the finance committee of the Houston Fat Stock Show and Rodeo, said that the show for 1951 will have a budget of $330,-

Thanks to @Ross I discovered a new park that was located in the Texas Medical Center in the decade of the 1910s. Ross suggested this pre-dates the Hermann Park. I researched, and according to the Hermann Park Conservancy, Hermann Park opened in 1914. Or, in 1914, the park was announced and the master plan started. Hermann Park may have opened a year later than 1914? https://www.hermannpark.org/history/timeline/ In May of 1914 Houston real estate investor and industrialist George H. Hermann announced publicly his intention of deeding to the City of Houston 285 acres of this property for a municipal park across the street from the Rice Institute and thus Hermann Park was born. A century later, Hermann Park is 445-acres of beautiful green space and is visited by an estimated 6 million people per year. I first discovered the park while researching the Colonial Park Amusement Park near Fannin Street and Southmore Avenue. 1913 City of Houston map: The Houston Post dated July 19, 1913: Amusements: Main Street Park- Wild West Broncho Bustling at 5 p.m. Isis Theater- "Beauty and the Beast" and other motion pictures. Pearce's Theater- "The Master Painter" and other motion pictures." Top O'Houston, Carter Roof- Motion pictures, carabet, features and refreshments. The Houston Post dated June 8, 1912: Dekor to make flight at Main Street Park Houston Aviator will give exhibition prior to leaving the city. Fred De Kor, the aviator. will make a series of exhibition flights Sunday afternoon at Main Street Park, prior to leaving the city. Mr. De Kor has been contemplating giving the public thorough exhibition of his powers for some time and now feels that he has the best opportunity to do . The flights will be made at Main Street Park at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon-- The advertisement showing the date: Don't fall to see the exhibition flight at Main Street Park June 9, 1912 at 2:30 p.m. By Aviator Fred De Kor. In huis new aeroplane, The Green Dragon. The Houston Post dated September 28, 1912: Baseball Sunday, Sept. 29 At Main Street Park Game Called at 4 O'Clock. Houston Sporting Goods Vs. Sharp and Hughes. Both clubs have strong line-up, and a good game is promised. Batteries- Houston Sporting Good, Wehrman and Holt; Sharp and Hughes, Malloy and Page. Take South End Cars and transfer for Main Street Park. The Houston Post dated January 5, 1913: Farming With Aetna Dynamite. Demonstration will be held at Main Street Park Tuesday afternoon, January 7, at 3 o'clock. Stump Blasting, Subsoiling, Tree Planting, Ditching. Everybody invited. Take Sound End Car, transfer to Westmoreland. L. Harde & Co. Dealers in Agricultural Blasting Material, Room 3, Cotton Exchange Building. The Houston Post dated December 24, 1911: Location is Changed. For three years the Sunny South has made the traps at Delmonico Garden famous. In 1912, however, the Houston Gun Club offers a new location, Main Street Park. The new grounds are considered far better in accommodation than the old, and, since last July, have been used as the regular grounds of the Houston Gun Club. Main Street Park is located on the extension of Main street out beyond the Rice Institute. The park is reached by the South End and Westmoreland Farms car lines. The service off the South End line is present on every hour, but for the Sunny South the street car company will be requested to make special provision. With this improvement the park will be as accessible as Delmonico. Main street has already had its baptism as a trap shooting center, the Texas handicap having been held there in midyear of 1911.

Found this in the book Hostels U.S.A. The only comprehensive, unofficial, opinionated guide. Publication date 1998. Morty Rich Hostel (NR) 6500 South Main Street, Houston, TX 77030 (713) 522-1096 Rates: $13.50 per Hostelling International Member Season: July 1 to August 31 Beds: 20 Private rooms: Yes Affiliation: Hostelling International Office hours: 8:00 A.M. to 9:45 P.M. Extras: Pool, laundry, parking, cafeteria access, computer access, game room, pool table. This summer-only hostel owest its life to Morty Rich, a longtime hosteller and hostel supporter who bequeathed money for a hostel near his alma mater of Rice University south of downtown Houston. When Rich tragically died in a plane crash a few years back, the hostel came to be. The neighborhood is especially nice. Rice is one of the Southwest’s strongest academic schools- think Ivy League meets Texas oil boom and you’re getting the idea—and its research medical center is the largest such complex in the world. In other words, this is a great place to come down with the flu. Seriously, though, the hostel occupies Rice dorms and as such is probably a better pick, especially for families and other business travelers, than the other hostel in town. For entertainment there’s shopping complex father to the north. Only problem? This hostel’s future is said to be uncertain. Will it still be around by the time this book hits print, or in the summers? Who knows? Only time will tell.

From The The Oil and Gas Journal dated February 20, 1961: Welex, Inc. transfers its sales, operations, and administrative departments from Fort Worth to 1728 Old Spanish Trail in Houston. The move is part of the wireline service organization’s transfer of headquarters to Houston. Headquartering at the new locale will be Turner Armstrong, Halliburton vice president and general manager of the Welex Division; W. E. White, sales manager; H. B. Lee, operations manager; R. E. Lowe, assistant manager of administration; and Jack Hickey. Bloomberg profile states: Welex Incorporated manufactures and supplies plastics sheet extrusion equipment. The Company offers sheet extrusion systems, coextruders, gear pumps, sheet lines, as well as provides extrusion accessories for microprocessor systems, air knives, anti-static baths, winders, and pelletizers. Welex operates worldwide.

E-I-M Company, Inc. (also known as Efficient, Instantaneous, Movement), was located at 1430 Old Spanish Trail, Houston, TX. 1953 oilfield petroleum drilling industry magazine advertisement.

Original 1984 Oil and Gas trade vintage catalog for Dia-Log Company (A Big 3 Industry). Main office and plant was located at 3330 Old Spanish Trail, Houston, TX.

I was reading the newspaper The Southwest Citizen dated September 21, 1950 and saw an article about this. Obviously this fell through? Were there any renderings or drawings of this project? Was this the black building in between the Crowne Plaza Hotel and the O'Quinn Medical Tower? This week I discovered a mid-rise black building that looked hidden (or out of place) in the medical center. The black building was not located on OST/Old Main though. The article states: Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. will build a $130,000 office and laboratory building on Old Spanish Trail, near the Old Main Street Road.

I came across a couple of photos title "Hermann Park Reservior" while on a photo hunt. Has anyone heard of it and have any more info? Here is a link to the page. http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/Building/2779/Hermann_Park_Reservoir.php

I was browsing the newspaper The Houston Post dated May 11, 1917 and came across an article about a change of name of a club. Name of Gun Club Is to Be Changed: After the State shoot here this month the Interurban Gun Club will be a thing of the past and instead there will be the George Hermann Gun Club. The State Interurban Gun Club and the name will last that long and for that purpose. It is like this: The club has been given a new plot and has a new club house about ready on the Bellaire road just off Main street. The club site comes of property once held by George Hermann and hence the name is to be changed. As many of the local shooters are leaving soon for other shoots over the State before the meet here, the members will be at the new club house Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons and will shoot each day. The Houston Post dated February 3, 1918. Gun Club to Have Shoot This Afternoon: The George Hermann Gun Club will hold its regulars weekly shoot this afternoon, starting at 3 o'clock, at its club grounds on Bellaire road just off of Main street. This shoot, as are all the shoots of the club, is open to all shooters, and a special invitation is extended to shooters at Camp Logan and Ellington field to take part in the shoot or visit. There is no membership or dues to the club, and the--