George Hermann Gun Club On Holcombe Blvd. & South Main St.

[Highrise Tower]

I was browsing the newspaper The Houston Post dated May 11, 1917 and came across an article about a change of name of a club. 

Name of Gun Club Is to Be Changed:

After the State shoot here this month the Interurban Gun Club will be a thing of the past and instead there will be the George Hermann Gun Club. The State Interurban Gun Club and the name will last that long and for that purpose. 

It is like this: The club has been given a new plot and has a new club house about ready on the Bellaire road just off Main street. The club site comes of property once held by George Hermann and hence the name is to be changed.

As many of the local shooters are leaving soon for other shoots over the State before the meet here, the members will be at the new club house Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons and will shoot each day.

The Houston Post dated February 3, 1918.

Gun Club to Have Shoot This Afternoon:

The George Hermann Gun Club will hold its regulars weekly shoot this afternoon, starting at 3 o'clock, at its club grounds on Bellaire road just off of Main street.

This shoot, as are all the shoots of the club, is open to all shooters, and a special invitation is extended to shooters at Camp Logan and Ellington field to take part in the shoot or visit. There is no membership or dues to the club, and the--