robhan
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The on On Main by the Bus Station. I walked around it yesterday and it is called 2016 Main Bulding. It looks like apartments higher up.
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Where is the location of the Old Charlotte Allenn school?
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I went for a long walk yesterday from what I could tel Catholic Charities is located on the old Fanin school location.
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Yesterday I went for a long walk from my bearings the location of the second St. Thomas HS is now the La Branch Federal Building.
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This building has a lot of lawyer's offices on the ground floor. Was it a hotel at one time? I think it had a bar or comedy club as a tenent at one time. I think the building has a clever name now.
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Black Hole: Vast Prairies That Lie South Of The Loop
robhan replied to TheNiche's topic in Other Houston Neighborhoods
Houston at one time was 70% white and anyone would have bet that blacks would have became the majority in the future but the hispanic population exploded. Davis HS used to be white as well as Sam Houston. What changed the cities demogaphis was a little noticed ruling by then AG Mark White whic declared singles only apartmant complexs to be against the law. This opened up southwest and west houston apartments to minorities. and lower income whites. The vast majority of the newcomers were hard working folk. Once again whites headed further west and into other counties. The reason why the area south of 610 will not be developed is unless it grows so fast with moderate to expensive houses and warents another HISD hs then most of the parents no matter what their color will not sned their children to precieved inferior schools. -
Thank You. There is an even older location for St. Agnes on Fanin near the 1910 Courthouse. I used to live in the 1300 block of Truxillo so the location of the Beautiful School in the pic must have been very close to there.
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A beautiful school.
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No they would build another one a few blocks south. There are a few large tracts of land in Midtown and I have been told they own one of them just not sure which one.
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There have been a few building back east thet have been saved that were in the same shape as the old Savoy but it took a whole lot of money and I can not see anyone in Houston willing to spend that kind of money.
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I have a Key Map from the mid 90's that has locations for some of the closed and or torn down schools. Anyone have any pics of Fanin Elem must have close to were the Walgreeen's is on McGowan.
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Does anyone have pics of the first two locations of the first two locations of the St. Thomas and St. Agness school?
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I live at the Downtown YMCA and rumors abound on the staus of the building. One is that an oil comany has bought the residence part for offices after they renovate it. Another is they bought the whole thing and are going to tear it down. Anhother has the y moving a few blocks south and having a residence or not having one. The building should be on the National Register. This woudl be the second historical Y6 torn down the first being the 1908 building. I know there was an even older one built in chartered in 1885. Anyone have any pics of the older ones or even the one now on Louisiana when it was newer?
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Not only were many beautiful mansions torn but but also many nice apartment houses as well. To this day most of the people that attend Holy Rosary parish come from all over the city due to the gutting of the houses and apartments within it's traditional boundries. The same can be said for Annunciation and Sacred Heart.
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The first Catholic church in Houston was St. Vincent's. Where was it located? I have been told that it's bell is located at Annunciation Church. I do now the Cemetery close to Our Lady Of Guadalupe was the St. Vincent cemetery and that Dick Dowling is buried there in an unmarked grave.
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What do you think will happen to the Savoy? It looks like it actualy has two sections an older one and a newer one.
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I live not far from these buildings and sometimes to me they are eyesores and other times they have potential. Maybe some big bucks type could make them a comination commerical and residental, or hotel.
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I know the Scanlan Mansion was on Main near where the Lee Brown Metro Center is now and the fountain in Sam Houston Park was moved from mthat loation when the mansion was torn down.
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The old school was also very close to The Old Houston Fire Station #1 which must have also been HFD headquarters and the location of Sam Houston;s House when he was President of the Republic.
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Does Anyone have any info or pics on mansions that used to stand in the Sowntown and northern Midtown areas? Most of them are demolished. I know there is a book called Hidden Houston somewhere out there that I can not find.
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Acorrding to something I read once on the UIL website South Main played and lost a game in the football semifinals to make it to state. it may have become South Maqn Jr. Hig and the San Jac HS.
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Aside note many Houston residents of the time claimed this building was so large that it was a waste since Houston would never need a school this big.
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Where was South Main High School located or rather where on South Main?
