Highrise Tower Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 This awesome mansion built in 1872 for Thomas House Jr., was designed by the infamous George Dicky. The residence was located at 1010 Louisiana St. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 My favorite mansion from the House family is the Thomas House (T.W. House) residence in Quality Hill located at 170 Louisiana Street. Just perfect architecture. Would really like to know the architect. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixthwardguy Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 This is the same house that you posted earlier in the day, it was remodeled in 1890 by George Dickey to take on a significant Victorian appearance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 I came across this old mansion in the heart of Downtown Houston this week. Let me start off by saying wow!! What a residence. The mansion takes up an entire city block with beautiful trees in the back. The main building in the photograph is focused on the old Memorial Hospital, and the mansion is pictured in the lower right corner. The address to the Memorial Hospital is 602 Lamar Street at Smith Street. Does any of the HAIF Historians know whose mansion this is? Did the First Baptist Church of Houston located at 1010 Lamar Street get built here? Or maybe the church was one, or two blocks over? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 (edited) That's the home of T W House Jr. http://www.houstontimeportal.net/t-w-house.html The picture is looking to the South/West. This is the block bounded by Smith, Louisiana, McKinney, and Lamar. Block 144 SSBB. Address was 1010 Louisiana. Image 29 in the 1907 Sanborn maps. That block is now the site of the Allied Bank Building(now called Wells Fargo, but I've never been able to call the early 80's buildings by their current names) Find a grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50070125/thomas-william-house House was demolished in 1936. Edited March 24 by Ross 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 18 hours ago, Ross said: That's the home of T W House Jr. http://www.houstontimeportal.net/t-w-house.html The picture is looking to the South/West. This is the block bounded by Smith, Louisiana, McKinney, and Lamar. Block 144 SSBB. Address was 1010 Louisiana. Image 29 in the 1907 Sanborn maps. That block is now the site of the Allied Bank Building(now called Wells Fargo, but I've never been able to call the early 80's buildings by their current names) Find a grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50070125/thomas-william-house House was demolished in 1936. T W House, Jr. was the older brother of "Colonel" Edward Mandell House, one of Woodrow Wilson's closest advisers from the time Wilson won the Democratic nomination for President in 1912 until the aftermath of World War I and the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. Findagrave - Edward Mandell “Colonel” House 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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