Historic
2501 Polk Street, Houston, Texas, 77003
Houston Lighting & Power Co. began in 1882 and was the sole power and utility company servicing Houston for almost a century. After several sales and renames, in 2002 it was split into Reliant Energy, Texas Genco, and CenterPoint Energy. The sign across the facade was originally outlined in neon.
Eller Wagon Works–Pittsburgh Plate Glass Building - 101 Crawford Street. This three story warehouse was built in the Warehouse District of Houston in 1909 by Frank Eller in order to manufacture horse-drawn wagons. Train tracks lay underneath the street on Crawford. Aquired by Pittsburgh Plate Glass in 1920, an addition was added by Alfred C. Finn. In 2004 it was renovated and turned into lofts and art studios.
““The Eller Wagon Works-Pittsburgh Plate Glass Building is an historic three-story brick warehouse building in Houston’s Warehouse District south of Buffalo Bayou east of Main Street. The Eller Wagon Works Building, located at the corner of Crawford and Commerce, was constructed in 1909 to manufacture horse-drawn wagons just as the automobile industry was getting under way. In 1920, Pittsburgh Plate Glass acquired the building and added a additional structure designed by Alfred C. Finn to the south side of the original Wagon Works building.””
Midtown Terrace Suites photographed for Rice Design Alliance. See the article on Rice Design Alliance’s website.
Designed by Lewis S. Green and Gerhard C. Svarz and completed in 1904. Once a bank now an office building.
Commercial National Bank Building - August 2019
