The Houston Chronicle Building
Origins Marcellus E. Foster, a former Houston Post reporter, created the Houston Chronicle in 1901 using Spindletop investment returns. A…
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McKay Company
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Houston Motor Car Company
Today, the Harris County Central Plant sits in this location.
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C.W. Beardsley: The Bicycle Man
If you lived in Houston during the year 1911, and owned a bike, you may have been well-acquainted with Mr.…
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Santa Fe RR Viaduct (GHER)
The Galveston-Houston Electric Railway, also referred to as GHER or The Galveston Interurban, was an electric passenger rail line that…
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Houston Drug Company
The building has received quite the facelift, but is still standing and currently houses the Harris County Annex 18.
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Mosehart & Keller Automobile Co.
Mosehart & Keller Co, the finest purveyors of automobiles and carriages at the time, was located at the SE corner…
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Levy Bros Dry Goods Co.
Levy Bros Dry Goods was founded by Abraham and Leo Levy in 1887. At one point, Levy Bros Dry Goods…
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Bering Manufacturing Co.
The Bering Family is well-known in Houston for their many businesses over the last 140 years. If the last name…
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Sellers-Dorland Nursery
Today, The Star apartment building is located where this nursery once stood.