Highrise Tower Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 Another one of Joseph Finger's hidden gems. This is the 1920s downtown office building for Big City News with an address of 1400 Milam Street. Awesome building, awesome architect! Love the details on this one. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 DIBS Before its demolition its later address 1414 Milam shows up too Milam @ Clay would be a place people would go to see if this weren't demolished Wish the Nau Museum of Houston History could get a bee in its bonnet to make a new version of this building on the spot for their collections 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 If blueprints are available in archives then I would not be surprised to find out that an office tower had been designed by the architects, but never built above the ornate base after the Depression kept on 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 I was wrong. Stephen Fox made an excellent investigation of the 1920s Auto Row here-- all the more reason for Chevron to have left the last of the urban auto dealerships standing in 2018 before they ignored his reasoning and tore it down, replacing it with nothing AFAIK. https://www.ricedesignalliance.org/shelor-motor-company-building-and-the-milam-street-auto-row-a-history-by-stephen-fox see also http://www.houstondeco.org/1920s/burton.html 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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