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  1. Cool...at least it will be saved. Does anyone know the status of the old mansion in the far southeastern corner of Sienna? It is off of 521 just north of Sienna Point. I have always assumed that it is the Scanlan Mansion but I have never confirmed it. It looked somewhat maintained but not in pristine condition the last time I was down there (several years ago). The Scanlans were a prominent Houston family that aquired the plantation in the early 1900's. They supposedly disassembled their house they lived in on Main St. in Houston and used its parts to build the mansion.
  2. Eternal Gandhi Museum Gets $100K from Elkins Foundation https://www.indoamerican-news.com/eternal-gandhi-museum-gets-100k-from-elkins-foundation/ https://egmh.org/ Houston: Eternal Gandhi Museum Houston (EGMH) is delighted to inform you that The Elkins Foundation, has provided a capital grant of $100,000 for the construction of the Museum. It is the second major foundation after Houston Endowment to offer support to EGMH in the early stages of its capital campaign. We are truly honored and sincerely express our gratitude to The Elkins Foundation for this magnanimous gesture to bring to life a unique civic asset to the culture landscape of Houston. Margaret Wiess Elkins and James A. Elkins, Jr. established The Elkins Foundation, https://www.theelkinsfoundation.org/, in 1956 as a way to help strengthen and enrich the community in which they lived. Today, their descendants continue that work. Under the stewardship of Elise Elkins Joseph, Leslie Elkins Sasser, Virginia Arnold Elkins and an Associate Board representing the next generation, The Elkins Foundation contributes each year to numerous organizations serving Houston and the Greater Gulf Coast. Eternal Gandhi Museum Houston (EGMH) is an initiative to preserve and continue the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi. The museum will be located in Houston, one of the most diverse cities in the United States. It will be the first ever museum dedicated to peace in the Americas. Its mission is to reinforce the universal values of Truth, Peace, Nonviolence, Love & Service. EGMH has acquired 3 acres of land in southwest Houston to house the museum and is launching a capital campaign. The proposed budget for construction is 6.5 million dollars as follows. The capital campaign has reached $ 2.9 million of the required $ 6.5 million. The EGMH Board of Trustees has committed $1.1 million and secured another $0.8 million in private donor commitments. The Houston Endowment Foundation recently awarded a capital grant of $500,000. A concerted fundraising campaign is underway through foundations, corporations and private donors to raise the remaining $3.6 million. https://egmh.org/faqs/
  3. woah! Look what I found! I searched HAIF and only found one post dating back 18 years ago. Thought I would bring this to the surface with pictures! Loos like the 1950s? I know the Houston Main Street Airport was located at 9100-A South Main Street. This motel development would either have been next door to the airport, or came afterwards. We Too Can Make Friends Making friends is a lot of fun. Shaking hands with every one; hearing what each has to say. As we meet them day by day. Swapping smiles and trading cheer. Makes us happy while were here. All the joy of life depends on the art of making friends! King's Court 9100 South Main St. Houston, Texas Highway 90A & 59 Phone M25788 21 modern rooms - 18 singles - 3 doubles Every room air cooled, carpeted floors, tile showers, venetian blinds. Conveniently located to the South's finest restaurants. Mr. and Mrs. M.M. Kennedy, Owners & Operators
  4. 7-Acre site in on West Fuqua is about to change. Formerly the shopping center with the Kroger as the anchor tenant. https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/19273515/7100-7213-West-Fuqua-Missouri-City-TX/ Project includes a 126-unit affordable workforce housing community, 400-seat Larry V. Green Main Stage Theatre, 33,000 Sq. Ft. of retail development space, and a pre-kindergarten program. More information about Edison Lofts can be found on this agenda packet https://www.houstontx.gov/council/committees/housing/20190917/agendapacket.pdf HCDD recommends Council approval of an Ordinance authorizing an $8,000,000.00 CDBG DR-17 forgivable loan to Edison Arts Foundation, a non-profit partner of DWR Development Group, for the new construction of a mixeduse development that includes Edison Lofts, a 126-unit mixed income rental housing community. (District K) Renderings and more info forthcoming.
  5. I've been seeing the advertisements for this 1920s restaurant and club called Loma Linda for a while. Thought I would go a head and create a thread with my findings. Not exactly sure where this place was located. I believe it would be located on South Main in Missouri City. 1927 advertisement: Loma Linda “The Place to Dine” Dining Dancing Entertainment Located on Richmond-Houston road- Better known as “The Old Spanish Trail”- within 20 minutes of South Main Street, half way between Houston and Sugar Land Here you can dine and dance amidst electorate and delightful surroundings. Delicious meals- dancing between courses- and entertainment by artists of national repute. Jimmy Bittick, Conductor of Loma Linda Orchestra. For your entertainment- Rick & Snyder- Columbia Recording Artists, in Harmony and Character Singing-- Reservations: Accompany reservations by check made payable to Loma Linda, 731 Chronicle Building, downtown office, phone Preston 5974. June 16, 1927: Loma Linda Now Open “A Place to Dine” Entertainment How to get to Loma Linda Drive south on Main Boulevard to the end of the pavement, then bear left, crossing the railway racks; follow the main highway, passing “End o' Main” dance pavilion, thence to Loma Linda. December 20, 1928: Palace of Gastronomy Dine and Dance at Loma Linda Inn Dinner $2.00 or Service a la Carte No Cover Charges Make your New Year's Eve Reservations Now - - - $5.00 per person. The famous Mack-David 9 piece orchestra is playing, and plenty of cabaret entertainers. Comfortable accommodation for 500 guests. Phone Loma Linda Inn, long distance after five p.m. “Dream castle of terpsichore” September 10, 1931: Best Wishers for a Happy and Prosperous New Year Loma Linda Dancing Dining Missouri City
  6. https://communityimpact.com/houston/sugar-land-missouri-city/government/2023/08/23/missouri-city-council-annexes-part-of-sienna-adds-6k-citizens/ "Missouri City Council gave the green light for the annexation of Sienna Municipal Utility District No. 2, a master-planned community, following an extensive series of hearings and discussions. The annexation will require the city to accommodate and provide services for 6,000 new citizens, according to City Council documents."
  7. NewQuest Readies Plans For Mo. City Shopping Center Houston developer NewQuest Properties is planning to build a new shopping center near State Highway 6 and the Fort Bend Parkway in Missouri City. Called Fort Bend Town Center, the project would be built in two phases. Phase one includes about 40 acres at the southwest corner of Highway 6 and the parkway. This phase is planned as a 160,000- square-foot retail center with a grocery store as an anchor. Phase 2, at the southeast corner of the intersection, would be about 400,000 square feet. The rest of the story can be found here.
  8. Does anyone know what that old Asian style shopping center is? Why isn't it still open? It looks like a nice place to redenvelope. I wish I could tell you exactly where it is but I can't.
  9. Less than a year after closing for business, the former Willowisp Country Club and golf course in Missouri City has been purchased by real estate giant Trammell Crow Co. for development of a massive commercial business park. The 168 acres that are occupied by the shuttered country club and 18-hole golf course, which closed on Dec. 31, 2006 after almost 50 years in business, will developed into Lakeview Business Park. The park will eventually encompass 2.5 million square feet of industrial and commercial space. I found another location of Willowisp Country Club in March 13, 1966. Located at 13003 Settegast. Was this the original location or just another building in the 168-acres?
  10. Hello to everyone. I am new to the group and have a facination w/Houston's history. I have recently begun a roster of Bldg's (180+) in the downtwon area {defined as Commerce (100 blk.} to the north, Dowling to the east, Mcilheny to the south & Houston ave. to the west} w/Main str. as the center divder down the middle. I suppose the first question I would like to get settled is just where does So. Main begin? Would it be @ the site where the old M&M Bldg. is? Or @ the corner of Main & Commerce? Or elsewhere? Anyway my interest has been spurned after viewing many photos recently @ the historical Houston page. I absolutly hate the new skyscrapers but will not let that influence any comments or input from others. Like many others I prefer the older {1940-1960} architecture. W/that said I have begun to trace sum history of several Bldg's. I will use the beautiful old Gulf Bldg. as an example. While puting my list of 180 Bldg's together and viewing photos I noticed that the same Bldg. had several different names. So far I have read that the Gulf Bldg. was originally the Texas Commerce Bank (TCB) & that 2day it is the JP Morgan Bldg. What I have not yet concluded was the Bldg. purpose built as a bank and over the intervening years new tenants occupied? Does anyone recall if indeed it was @ one time named the TCB or did they have a separate Bldg. elsewhere down town? One of my goals is to get to the Tax assessor's office and try to examine original tax records for a given parcel ID and along w/that to establish physical address' over the intervening years. That would be a hugh help as those records list the original and subsequent owners. I have also traced sum history for the original Bank of the S/W {now Bank One}, SP's Grand Central Sta. {the 5th depot to occupy that site} & now home to a huge Postal serv. facility, Houston Natural Gas which became the Enron Bldg. and the M&M Bldg. which had sum 600,000 square feet of floor space when it opened in the 30's ( considered a very large Bldg. @ that time) and is now occupied by UH. I would welcome all comments for everyone & will post additional findings in the future. I would also share my list w/anyonw who wishes a copy. It is Excel formatted and a works in progress. Respectfully Danny Mac
  11. And yet another Amazon Fulfillment Center. This one in Missouri City, and 1 Million Square Feet. https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2020/12/07/amazon-to-open-fulfillment-center-missouri-city.html
  12. Has anybody been to the new brewery in Missouri City, TX called Texas Leaguer Brewing Company located at 13503 Pike Rd? I noticed this in the store this weekend. https://txleaguer.com/
  13. Who remembers the Western Traveller restaurant on old Highway 90? Growing up in Baytown, I remember lots of folks driving out there for dinner. It had a "blue grotto room" that was fairly popular. When I played football at REL and we travelled to take on the North Forest schools (Smiley and Forest Brook), we'd stop and eat there on the way back. The place apparently burned down in the early 1980s after I left the Houston area for a time. Trouble is, I can't remember exactly where it was located. Was it in Sheldon, further east in Crosby or more west toward Houston?
  14. The Women's Hospital of Texas is leasing a space in this shopping center.
  15. I have heard so many stories about the Robinson House in Quail Valley. There are some really wild stories out there about this house. I don't know what is true and what is fiction. One thing I do know, it is a beautiful Mid-Century Mod. Does anyone out there have a Robinson House story?
  16. I moved to Sugar Land when it was Sugarland, but way after segregation. I was told that the old part of town with numbered streets were the white houses and the part of town with lettered streets were for black residents. With this in mind I recall the old M.R. Wood School on Avenue F, which I thought had a very nice design. It apparently has now either been torn down or rebuild beyond recognition. I realize that it probably needed to be enlarged, but I'm sad that another of our old buildings have been lost. Question #1: Where is the former "Sugar Land High School"? From 1950 to 1953, Ken Hall rushed for 11,232 yards for Sugar Land High School. Where is that school today? Question#2: Are there any older existing schools in the area? It seems they all have been torn down. I know both Sugar Land and Mo City each have an old auditorium, but I think that's about it. Of these 3 cities, Stafford is the oldest established town, yet, I have never seen an old school that serviced it. Question#3: Do either Mo City or Stafford have areas which were once segregated and where are they located? Question #4: Does anyone know the history of the large house facing South Main (90A) near Present Street? Question #5: Does anyone have a photo of the old M.R. Wood School they could post? Any information or memories you'd like to share would be awesome. Thanks.
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