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The Sterling Building was one of a dozen skyscrapers completed in 1930. Yet unemployment was still high and a cause for concern to Mayor Walter Monteith. Modernization of downtown continued in 1931 as two old buildings were razed: The Hotel Brazos and an old house built in 1841 came down at Louisiana and Prairie. [50]
From early in its history to current times, the city inspired innovative and challenging building design and construction, as it quickly grew into an internationally recognized commercial and industrial hub of Texas and the United States.
For an investment of less than $10,000, the duo would become the founding fathers of Houston and what began as a struggling trading post would in time become the fourth largest city in the nation and a capital of industry. Explore the history of Houston by decade in this interactive timeline.
16 paź 2024 · Welcome to the Julia Ideson Building. Visit us at the Houston History Research Center where our goal is to link visitors from around the world to the storied history of this city. Our collections provide a wealth of knowledge about the history of Houston and the surrounding areas.
Augustus Chapman Allen (July 4, 1806 – January 11, 1864), along with his younger brother, John Kirby Allen, founded the City of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. He was born on July 4, 1806, in Canaseraga Village, New York (now the hamlet of Sullivan in the Town of Sullivan, New York), [1] to Sarah (Chapman) and Roland Allen.
1 lip 2024 · Early Art Deco buildings, such as the Gulf Building, Houston (1927–29), designed by Alfred C. Finn, and the State Highway Building (1932), Austin, designed by Carleton W. Adams, made use of ornate geometric motifs. After 1930 a more stripped-down variant of the style, sometimes called Moderne, or Streamlined Moderne, became popular.
Houston was an entrepreneurial place from the moment of its founding. In 1832 two brothers from new York State, John K. Allen, a shopkeeper and dreamer, and his brother Augustus, a bookkeeper and a pragmatist, joined hundreds of Americans who gobbled up cheap scrip offered by Galveston Land Company and authorized by Mexico.
