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In 1938, the DePelchin Faith Home bought a 10-acre campus in Memorial at 100 Sandman Street.

This is the decade(s) where Ben Taub was President of the DePelchin Faith Home.

Photo of the historic, now demolished, building:

The 2nd location of the DePelchin Faith Home was located at 1918 Chenevert Street.

Beautiful building.

In 1892, Agnes Perry told Kezia Payne DePelchin she could use her home as a Faith Home for the unfortunate children and orphans.

This is where it all began! DePelchin Children's Center is still operating today, some 132-years after the founding.

Photos of the historic mansion/house.

An aerial photograph of the building. It's beautiful!

I didn't know the Cullen family donated money to build the residence hall of The Center for The Retardation.  Just amazing information I found.

I actually watched the demolition of this old building back in 2021.  Sad to a Cullen building be torn down  Bummer!

SI Morris & Associated was the building architect.

Newly built building in 1979:

Demolition in 2021:

In 1912, J.C. McDearmon was the founder of the maternity home in The Heights located at 120 West 14th Street.

The Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences was founded as a Baylor College of Medicine project in 1955 and funded by the state legislature in 1957 as the Houston State Psychiatric Institute for Research and Training. It was under the administrative management of the Board for Texas Hospitals and Special Schools, with the requirement that it act as the research and training branch of the state mental health and intellectual disability service system.

The TRIMS was located in the Carriage House at The Baker Estate.

The little bungalow at 806 Bagby Street first opened in 1913 as the Free Clinic for the Houston Anti-Tuberculosis League.

From what I understand, the St. Anthony Center was a retirement center for Priests.

Found some information this week.

I thought the Sacred Heart College campus was before the St. Anthony Center.  According to this map, it was located on the next block over.

In the 1950s, there was a mental health/psychiatric sanitarium in the East End called Benner Sanitarium located at 3510 Sherman Street.

Houston's Finest & Best Equipped Nursing Home

Benner Sanitarium, Inc.
3510 Sherman at Hutcheson, Houston, Texas
Phones Fa. 3-1601 / Ca. 7-6080

A Nursing Home giving Hospital care to patients needing lengthy convalescent, Geriatric, or Psychiatric care. Private – Semi Private – Ward Rooms.

Leona Benner Langston-White – Supervisor.

The George Hermann Estate put out a short documentary about him.  Within the documentary there was a depiction of the 2-story family home in downtown Houston. The house (mansion) was located 122 Smith Street.

I believe the drawing/painting is accurate.  They accurately depicted Hermann Hospital in the same video. 

Very cool history here. This would have been in 1843.  181 years ago!

Now there is a city park where the house once stood.  Hermann Square Park is located at 900 Bagby Street.

Hermann Hospital:

19 hours ago, birdsanctuary said:

Just wondering if anyone else remembers this place. I searched this site but found nothing, and there's barely anything on the internet at all - basically, 2 videos shot by a musician who played therein the 70s. 

It was part of the 1970s wave of 'old timey' places, built way out in the (then) sort-of howling wilds of Mason Road - I think it was right on Katy Freeway but there was nothing else near it at all. My dad loved eccentric places like this and we went many times. Some tax information I was able to locate says it was only in business from 1977-1980, which is I guess why there are so few references to it left behind. 

I've been looking for years for any pictures, matchbooks, etc from there.

June 29, 1978.

Found a detailed information and photograph sheet.

Department of Buildings and Bridges of the G.H. & S.A. RY, Architects

Day 3 demolition progress.  The building is now down.

Yesterday I stopped at the Landry's corporate headquarters located in Uptown at 1510 West Loop South.

Here's some photos that I took:

The fountain is very cool. It has small "cards" that match the text below.

Dining * Hospitality * Entertainment * Gaming

I stopped by for a site visit to check around.

5600 San Felipe Street:

The residential development next door is called San Felipe Park, 5602 - 5640 San Felipe Street.

Day 2 demolition progress.

Stopped by the site yesterday.

Texas National Bank (then First Texas Bank) is being demolished.

Demolition day 1:

Construction update this week.  The School of Pubic Health building is rising fast!

SCRB5.

SOPH.

SCG2.

Construction update this week.

Rebar at the site!