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    I was confused. There's a thread on HAIF from 16 years ago that states: Not sure if this is where Twelve Spot Bar is located, but the W.L. Foley Dry Goods Co. building was located at 214-218 Travis. The Houston Architectural Guide says it was built in 1889 and designed by Eugene T. Heiner. The Post described the store as "magnificent" and "palatial" at the time. W.L. Foley Dry Goods was not Foley Bros., and Foley Bros. was never at this location.
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    Very, very cool piece of history here! This was the original Foley store, and then they moved to 214-218 Travis Street. The building was built in the early 1900s, I believe 1909! Not to be confused with the Foley's Department Stores. This business was made by brothers Pat and James Foley, who ran a dry goods business referred to as W.L. Foley Dry Goods Co.
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    Found a rare Alfred C. Finn drawing of the Crane Company Building located at 205 McKinney Street. A little confused. Wouldn't this be the home of Herrin Moving & Storage, now Herrin Lofts? If Crane Company was the original owner, why is the building named after the Herrin company? You would think the lofts would be called Crane Lofts. Am I missing something here? Or maybe the Crane Company building was elsewhere? After looking at the Herrin Lofts, the only similar detail on the building is where the flag and building name is? Drawing is dated 5/25/1925.
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    D. D. Cooley's residence at 18th and Boulevard, The Heights. I wonder the architect? Cool looking mansion! I thought Daniel Denton Cooley had a different home? I know of the home in River Oaks at 3014 Del Monte Dr. I'm guessing the home in RO came after The Heights mansion?
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    Cool looking house! I never even heard of the Sewell-Avery families. I wonder who those people are and what they did for a living? Must have been business owners or doctors/bankers to live in RO. Sewell-Avery House Address: 3456 Inwood Drive, River Oaks. Year Built: 1925. Architects: Cram and Ferguson and William Ward Watkin, associate architect.
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    Came across this cool old building in midtown designed in the 1920s by Joseph Finger. The Berman's Music Center At 4910 Main Street.
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    Beacon Capitol Partners has updated their featured page for Dynamic One. Very well done!! I really like the layout and overall feel of the page. https://beaconcapital.com/property/dynamic-one A few things that caught my eye that I thought I would add to the thread. The second phase of Dynamic One, South Tower, is showing a delivery date of Q3 2025. A new rendering has been released of the TMC Helix Park Mixed-Use Garage. Unfortunately, the new rendering does not match the rendering with the curvy glass facade. This has either been value engineered, or they are waiting until they can sign major leases before they build. I also do not see any type of illuminated signage on the upper part of the garage. I was hoping to have some type of landmark lighting. Fingers crossed the retail wing is still in play! New rendering, and built as depicted: Old rendering showing the retail wing.
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    Very rare find here! Was this ever built? I thought the company was located in the Houston Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade building located at 202 Travis Street? A rare Alfred C. Finn drawing! Very cool history here. Anderson Clayton & Company Office Building Robert J. Cummins Cons. Eng. Alfred C. Finn Architect Houston, Texas
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    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.
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    More information this week!! I found this airfield on the 1930s cartoon map. It does help with a physical location and address. The airfield is located behind the Peter Pan Dude Ranch, which has an address of 6540 South Main Street. Did the airfield have an address if there wasn't any buildings or structures? So maybe we could affix the address of 6540 South Main? Photos from the mid 1910s, probably dated 1919? Nell McDonald Cox and Seymour Ernest J. Cox pose next to a Curtiss Oriole airplane. Right to left by the wing are Seymour Ernest J. Cox, Sr., his wife, Edith Nell Mc Donald Cox and their son, Seymour Ernest J. Cox, Jr.
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    I found this photo of Vicks Park which was taken in the year 1900. A brief description: A two story house on the top of a bank along an area of Buffalo Bayou known as Vicks Park. The area is now covered by the cloverleaf at Waugh Drive, Memorial Drive and Allen Parkway.
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    Found in the newspaper The Texas Jewish Herald dated September 18, 1930. The Wolff Memorial Home Rising from the ground in the strength of its fabricated concrete, steel and brick, the Pauline Sterne Wolff Memorial Home, at Castle Court Boulevard, Graustark and Yupon Streets, is well on the way to the fulfillment of its physical beauty and practical design, to house and maintain “indigent” widows and minor orphans of Jewish parentage, who are residents of Texas.” So the read the will of the late Pauline Sterne Wolff, through whose beneficence this organization is fully endowed to give comfort to the aged in their declining years, and to serve youth its rightful heritage to place among the people. Under the careful direction and supervision of the board of trustees, Mr. Arthur B. Cohn, president; Mrs. Fannie Fox, Messrs. I. Friedlander, Rene Levy and Sidney Strauss, the development of the buildings has continued steadily, with the co-operation of the architect, Joseph Finger. With equipment and furnishings for utility, and giving an atmosphere of warmth and homeliness, the completed units of Wolff Hall (administration and hospital) the widows' cottage and the children's cottage, will meet every requirement for an efficient standard and proper administration. Beautiful buildings, however, while an asset, must have within their walls that feeling of peace and contentment which bespeaks harmony and happiness for those who dwell within them. Therefor, the social life of the children, using this term in the broadest interpretation will be planned as to give full security to each of them in their on contact with others and their own place in the community. Their home life will be the some total of each one's contribution to the group and guided by the “mothers” with keen understanding of the child and its problems, the opportunity in the schools, social organizations and religion affiliation in the community should assure a hopefully future for each of the children adopted into the family of the Wolff Memorial Home. The executive director, Mr. Aaron D. Faber, with these thoughts in mind, is preparing a program base d on the experience that with love and understanding as the means of approach, childhood will respond the full measure of its possibilities.
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    wow!! What a timely, historic photograph! Old Houses across the street from City Hall Shot from the top of city hall; 901 Bagby St, Houston, TX 77002 Date Original 8/5/1959
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    Found a very cool Joseph Finger building from the 1950s! Phoenix Furniture Store on the corner of Texas Ave. & Travis St. From the newspaper Labor Messenger dated November 26, 1943. Compliments Phoenix Furniture Store New Location - Texas at Travis
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    Does anyone recall this 1969 club at OST and South Main? I'm a little confused. Wasn't there a motel called Thunderbird on Old Spanish Trail? I believe the address is totally different though? Thunderbird Motel and Restaurant located at 3157 Old Spanish Trl. is not located at the corner of OST/Main. Guess this is a new Thunderbird in the area! Thunderbird Lounge O.S.T. At South Main . . . MO 5-9263 The One and Only All-Time Great, Johnny Spain Will remain indefinitely appearing nightly Plus two other great entertainers Vocals by famous Joe Long recording artist For dancing Sammy Jay and the Tiffaniers Stag ladies be our guest Band for dancing 7 nights a week
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    Photograph found! Maria Boswell Flake Home for Women.
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    Found a photograph!!
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    Look at this building!! The top designs just amaze me. Definitely wanted to share this one. Architect?
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    I found a photo!
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    I found this drawing of Sylvan Beach Park done by Alfred C. Finn. Both Joseph Finger and Alfred Finn were fantastic architects! They designed so many of Houston's historic structures. I thought the architects were Greacen & Brogniez? I wonder if Alfred C. Finn's proposal did not get selected? Or if this is another area in the park? Mr. Eiseman's Amusements, Dancing Pavilion and Bath House for Sylvan Beach, La Porte, Texas.
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    We can now call the Rice airfield an actual airport? https://ricehistorycorner.com/2019/01/15/this-flying-field-was-right-next-to-the-rice-fence-1918/ Michael Bludworth: Thanks for this, Melissa. This is the first I’ve read about there being a hangar or other dedicated structures – that makes it an official “airport” and more than a “field”.
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    Can anyone help me with this? Didn't Kenneth Schnitzer build and develop GWP? So what's this about? Smith Tract, The Lumbermen's Company. Office buildings, commercial buildings, and residential buildings. Buffalo Speedway, Southwest Freeway, and Richmond Ave. Charles M. Goodman Associates, Architects & Land Planners, Washington, DC.
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    Found the building in an aerial photograph! Can you spot it?
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    The original Baker house on 1416 Main Street. Built in April 1919. A little confused. Wasn't Capt. Baker's home (or family estate) on San Jacinto? There was also the Baker estate which MD Anderson moved into to start their hospital system. I wonder if these are different people? If not, Capt. James Baker was very, very wealthy! Cool house! Anyone know the architect? George Dickey?
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    Months later I found photos of the historic mansion. wow!! They don't build them like this anymore. It's beautiful! Photo was captioned Abe M. Levy house.
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