- Club Quarters Hotel (Houston)
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Club Quarters 
Location 720 Fannin St
Houston, Texas, TexasArchitect Joseph Finger Restaurants 1 Floors 16 Parking Valet Parking Website clubquarters.com References: Originally opened as Texas State Hotel in 1929[1] The Club Quarters Hotel is a hotel in Downtown Houston is a Nationally Registered Historic place,[2][3] originally planned for the 1928 Democratic National Convention, but due to construction and finance difficulties, was not completed until 1929 (with the help of Jesse Holman Jones).[4]
At one point in the 1980s, The University of Texas owned the property and a hotel-management group ran the hotel, but it proved unprofitable and closed its doors.[5][6]
The Hotel eventually went up for auction in 1987, at which a subsidiary of Texaco had the winning bid of $1.39 million for the property, which was located across the street of their, at the time headquarters at 1111 Rusk.[7] It was left unused until Fannin & Rusk, LP took over the property for redevelopment.[8]
The renovation of the Texas State Hotel won the 2006 Good Brick Awards, given by the Greater Houston Preservation Alliance to honor exceptional preservation projects and the people behind them.[9][10] Since it has opened, it has featured a restaurant, Table 7 Bistro, on the bottom floor.[11]
Residences
The hotel building includes several residences, which have the same amenities as the regular guests[12]
The residences are zoned to the Houston Independent School District. Residents are zoned to Bruce Elementary School,[13] E.O. Smith Education Center (for middle school),[14] and Davis High School.[15]
References
- ^ Glass Steel and Stone website
- ^ Former Texas State Hotel now on National Register
- ^ National Historic Registry website
- ^ Former Texas State Hotel now on National Register
- ^ Former Texas State Hotel now on National Register
- ^ Bernstein, Alan and Jim Barlow. "I'm up the creek'/Guests are shocked by surprise shutdown of Texas State Hotel." Houston Chronicle. Wednesday July 2, 1986. Section 1, Page 1. Retrieved on April 27, 2010.
- ^ Staff. "Hotel acquired." Houston Chronicle. Sunday September 20, 1987. Business 8. Retrieved on April 27, 2010.
- ^ Former Texas State Hotel now on National Register
- ^ Galehouse, Maggie. "WINNERS A few Good Bricks." Houston Chronicle. January 9, 2006. Retrieved on April 27, 2010.
- ^ Greater Houston Preservation Alliance
- ^ Galvani, Paul. "Great Muffalettas at Table 7 Bistro." Houston Press. Thursday July 3, 2008. Retrieved on April 27, 2010.
- ^ "Features of Residences." Club Quarters Hotel. Retrieved on April 27, 2010.
- ^ "Bruce Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 27, 2010.
- ^ "Smith Middle Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on August 3, 2009.
- ^ "Davis High School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on August 3, 2009.
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Preceded by
Texas Company AnnexTallest Building in Houston
1925—1926
62mSucceeded by
Magnolia Hotel (Houston)Categories:- Hotels in Houston, Texas
- National Register of Historic Places in Houston, Texas
- 1929 architecture
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