Club Quarters Hotel (Houston)
| Club Quarters | |
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| General information | |
| Location | 720 Fannin Street Houston, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29°45′28″N 95°21′46″W / 29.7578°N 95.3628°W |
| Height | 61.6 m (202 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 16 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Joseph Finger |
| Other information | |
| Number of restaurants | 1 |
| Website | |
| www.clubquarters.com | |
Texas State Hotel | |
| NRHP reference No. | 07001384 |
| Added to NRHP | January 10, 2008 |
| [1][2][3] | |
The Club Quarters Hotel is a 16-story, 61.6 m (202 ft) Beaux-Arts high-rise at 710 Fannin Street in downtown Houston, Texas, USA. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places under its former name, the Texas State Hotel.[4][5] 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).[6]
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.[7][8]
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.[9] It was left unused until Fannin & Rusk, LP took over the property for redevelopment.[10]
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.[11][12] Since it has opened, it has featured a restaurant, Table 7 Bistro, on the bottom floor.[13]
Residences
The hotel building includes several residences, which have the same amenities as the regular guests[14]
The residences are zoned to the Houston Independent School District. Residents are zoned to Bruce Elementary School,[15] E.O. Smith Education Center (for middle school),[16] and Davis High School.[17]
References
- ^ Club Quarters Hotel at Emporis
- ^ Club Quarters Hotel at Glass Steel and Stone (archived)
- ^ "Club Quarters Hotel". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ 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 Archived 2010-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Galvani, Paul. "Great Muffalettas at Table 7 Bistro." Houston Press. Thursday July 3, 2008. Retrieved on April 27, 2010.
- ^ "Features of Residences Archived 2010-05-23 at the Wayback Machine." Club Quarters Hotel. Retrieved on April 27, 2010.
- ^ "Bruce Elementary Attendance Zone Archived 2009-03-25 at the Wayback Machine." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 27, 2010.
- ^ "Smith Middle Attendance Zone[permanent dead link]." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on August 3, 2009.
- ^ "Davis High School Attendance Zone Archived 2012-03-10 at the Wayback Machine." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on August 3, 2009.