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Rusk Settlement Home At 301 Gable St.
Highrise Tower replied to Highrise Tower's topic in Historic Houston
The owner of the land was J.J. Settegast. He donated his mansion to the Rusk Settement. Originally, before the Settegast ownership, it was the residence of the Floeck family. Photograph from 1909: -
A third redevelopment! The Heights Hotel turned into Texas Christian Sanitarium turned into The Horne Sanitarium. I believe the hotel caught fire and burned to the ground during Horne's ownership. Dr. J. Alvin, Horne, M.D., D.D.S.T. Very cool! This would have been in the early 1900s I believe? 1905 to be exact. The front entrance has the lettering and signage of The Horne Sanitarium. A rare look at these 120 year old doctors! Here is an advertisement from 1905.
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St. Anthony Center At 6301 Almeda Rd.
Highrise Tower replied to Highrise Tower's topic in Historic Houston
wow! There was an earlier campus here that was demolished and later rebuilt in modern style. Personally, I prefer the Victorian architecture over the modern high-rise The original campus was founded and built on Almeda Road in 1907. The modern-high rise was built in 1963. Also, at that time, it was called St. Anthony's Home For Aged. An annex was built on the campus by J.M. Bell. A photograph of Mrs. J.M. Bell. -
This week I came to a troubling point about the location of an old city hospital. The hospital was said to be near "HE&WT". I had no idea what that meant so I looked into it. Cool history here! TSHA: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/houston-east-and-west-texas-railway The Houston East and West Texas Railway Company was chartered on March 11, 1875, to build a narrow gauge railroad between Houston and Texarkana and to connect Houston with Corpus Christi and Laredo through Victoria and Goliad. Branch lines were projected to Tyler and Waco and from Goodrich to a point on the Sabine River. The initial directors of the company were Bremond, F. A. Rice, S. C. Timpson, Henry Fox, W. D. Cleveland, Abraham Groesbeeck, and John Shearn. Other early stockholders included Thomas W. House, William R. Baker, Eber W. Cave, John T. Brady, William J. Hutchins, B. A. Botts, and Eugene Pillot. Stock certificate: An advertisement from a newspaper:
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Does any of the HAIF Historians know about Dorcas Home? I can't really seem to find much. Kind of an obscure piece of history! The home for troubled girls was founded in the early 1920s and closed in the mid 1930s. Funding was always an issue due to the nature/topic of the home. The Dorcas Home Last week, the Harris County grand jury recommended the abandonment of the Dorcas Home for the delinquent Negro girls, located out on Yale street road. On the heels of that recommendation J.W. Mills, county probation officer, announced that he will vigorously oppose its adoption--
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What a rarity! I found a photograph of Henry C. House taking the orphans to the movies in downtown Houston at the Majestic Theatre. Photograph is dated April 15, 1913. I could never locate an official address, or even a map/master plan. If anyone has more information feel free to chime in! This was a 35-acre campus in what is now Woodland Heights 1913 location: W of Beauchamp Springs, n bank White Oak Bayou, 2 miles nw of city. 1917 location: W end Bayland Av. Wd. Hts. A map from 1920 specifies the Bayland Home Add. and then empty space below it. I'd imagine the 35 acre campus was located there. Or, given the date, the homes were built on top of the (demolished) Bayland Orphan's Home.
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This was the original Harris County School for Boys! Never thought I'd see a photograph of it. Apparently, it was a rich and lavish hotel built in the early 1900s. The hotel went bankrupt, or closed, and Harris County took over. Hotel drawing: Boys standing in front of the school.
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I found a rare piece of Houston history! I never even knew this existed, the Park Place Country Club off of Harrisburg Boulevard. Edit: This would have been in the 1920s. Too bad photos are almost illegible. Anyone know about this place? I wonder if there are better pics out there! Bridge and entrance into the country club: Country club an other buildings: The cars of the 1920s! A pool? Happy members of the Park Place Country Club:
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This week I found a bit of rare Houston history. TSHA link: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/brunner-tx Brunner, TX. Brunner was on the Houston and Texas Central Railway three miles west of Houston in west central Harris County. It had a post office as early as 1888. In 1894 the population was 200. The post office was discontinued in 1905, and mail was delivered from Houston. In 1895 a Baptist college, a German school, and a public school were in operation in Brunner, and the town had two churches, a saloon, and a population of 500. As late as 1905 the population remained at 482, but by 1915, with the expansion of Houston, Brunner was no longer considered a separate community. Here is the awesome drawing from 1904 that I found. The architect was S.A. Oliver & Co. Brunner District School (Negro) School On Washington Avenue. *The white school was located on the corner of Welch and Thompson.
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Hawkins-Halff Company On Dallas St. At Main St.
Highrise Tower replied to Highrise Tower's topic in Historic Houston
This building was developed by George Henry Hermann in 1913. George Hermann, real estate developer. How cool! Building exterior: Service department: Showroom: wow!! Customer's work shop: -
St. Patrick's School At 1102 Maury St.
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I found a photograph of the day of dedication! April 6, 1908. Olle Lorehn was the architect for the St. Patrick's School. -
Another Catholic school building that since has since been demolished for the (existing) campus. Looking on Google maps, at the St. Joseph's church, and buildings, I didn't see it. This photograph of the St. Joseph's School was taken in 1907.
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In 1907, the Sacred Heart School stood in downtown Houston. The old "school house" has since been demolished. Incredible history here, and I miss this Victorian architecture!
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Well darn. I didn't know there was a big, beautiful school on the campus of Annunciation Church in downtown. Looking on Google Maps, it appears the famous Foley Mansion replaced the old school building. Maybe. Weird. Is this the original location of the William Foley mansion? So where was the school? I wonder the architect? Crazy architecture in 1907! Maybe George Dickey?
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In 1915, the City Architect Maurice Sullivan designed a proposed school in Fifth Ward on Lyons Street at Gregg Street. I couldn't find this on Google maps so maybe it was either demolished or not built? Cool building though!
