ricco67 Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 It didn't really dawn on me to look for a historical marker or anything on this building and the only thing I've found is this: http://www.panoramio.../photo/35794816 Here is the photo I took of it. It's a good looking building, but I need a better perspective on it. Those damned wires kept getting in the way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Isn't that the last surviving George Dickey building downtown? The Sweeney, Coombs and Fredericks building. http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/Building/2213/Sweeney-Coombs-and-Fredericks-Building.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 The interior of this building is cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little frau Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 (edited) Burgheim's Drug Store on the bottom floor for years and years. Used to have a great lunch counter.An artist named Steve Beselman, who died in the late eighties, did a pencil drawing of this. He also did the Cotton Exchange Building, Southern Pacific Building, and many others. I remember watching him as he sat on the curb of Travis and Franklin while he did the Cotton Exchange Bldg. Edited November 19, 2011 by little frau Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 More recently it housed Cava Bistro before moving across the street and then going out of business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 "little green hat" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 (edited) Burgheim's Drug Store on the bottom floor for years and years. Used to have a great lunch counter.An artist named Steve Beselman, who died in the late eighties, did a pencil drawing of this. He also did the Cotton Exchange Building, Southern Pacific Building, and many others. I remember watching him as he sat on the curb of Travis and Franklin while he did the Cotton Exchange Bldg.I think Beselman's drawing of that building, and others drawings including the Cotton Exchange Building drawing, are now housed at UHD. Edited November 22, 2011 by JLWM8609 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Too bad the ones that were next to it are gone. Saw a pic recently of the block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_am_jim Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 (edited) Sweeney, Coombs & Fredericks Building. Main @ Congress This late-Victorian commercial building with a 3-story corner turret and Eastlake decorative elements was designed by George E. Dickey in 1889. Evidence indicates that the 1889 construction may have been a renovation of an 1861 structure built by William A. Van Alstyne and purchased in 1882 by John Jasper Sweeney and Edward L. Coombs. Gus Fredericks joined the Sweeney and Coombs Jewelry firm before 1889. This building is in the National Register of Historic Places Edited November 28, 2012 by i_am_jim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Otto Mation) Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Patrick Feller has added a photo to the pool: Click here to view this photo at the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Otto Mation) Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 elnina999 has added a photo to the pool: This one building, more than any other, crystallized efforts to preserve the Main Street/Market Square Historic District. It's one of the very very few Victorian structures in the Bayou City. built in 1889 and capped with a corner turret, was designed by George Dickey as the home of a jewelry firm. Click here to view this photo at the HAIF Photo Pool on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Otto Mation) Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Patrick Feller has added a photo to the pool: View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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