BenH Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Some of you may have caught Lisa Gray's article in the Chronicle on Sunday morning about the Penguin Arms Apartments. While researching her topic, she was able to get in touch with Arthur Moss' brother Phil, who finally shed some light on Arthur's career. He also told her about a house in San Leon,TX built for the De La Fosse family, that he believed was Arthur's most important building. He didn't know the address, but was heading down to Galveston the weekend before last and would drop by and see if it was still standing. Personally, I just couldn't wait that long. I started checking the Bing and Google maps and after a while, found this: ROAD TRIP! My brother and I headed down there on Saturday and found the house. It is still standing, in pretty good shape and HUGE! Some of the neighbors saw me taking pictures and invited us in to tell us about it and it's former occupants. They had watched the house go up in the 50's (1955-56 was probably about when it was built). The framing is made from recycled oil piping, with brick and concrete being the primary materials. The only changes made have been the removal of square windows on the front facade (the never could figure out how to keep them from leaking). The De La Fosse family moved out many years ago. This is it's second owner. I was also assured that I was definitely not the first person to stop and take pictures. Lisa Gray's Article, on Googie, Moss and the Penguin Arms: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/arts/gray/6544056.html "It's the Jetsons!" ~ James May Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 whats the address on the penguin arms ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twisty1965 Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Thanks for the great pics of the San Leon house!Penguin Arms - 2902 Revere St. @ the corner of Kipling and Revere. Google maps has a good pic. Sorry, full URL not loading...cut and paste the address into googlemaps and you'll get to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Excellent work, Ben! Thanks for going the extra mile(s)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadooga Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Awesome. Thank you so much for this, Ben. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgg Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 The Penguin Arms is at 2902 Revere -- a few blocks east of the West Ave. complex going up on Kirby. It's definitely worth checking out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott08 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I did my pilgrimmage to the Penguin Arms yesterday. Very cool building, looks like it's in very poor condition, especially the window glass that's all patched up at the corners. Assuming the carport area behind it goes with the apartment building, I'd have to say it's probably a goner. With all the new construction around there the land is probably worth much more than operating a viable small apartment complex. Then again, if someone wanted to make say four very cool condos out of it, it might work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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