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McKay Company

The Houston Chronicle Building
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The Houston Chronicle Building

Origins Marcellus E. Foster, a former Houston Post reporter, created the Houston Chronicle in 1901 using Spindletop investment returns. A…

Texas Art & Plate Glass Co.
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Texas Art & Plate Glass Co.

Houston Motor Car Company
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Houston Motor Car Company

Today, the Harris County Central Plant sits in this location.

C.W. Beardsley: The Bicycle Man
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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.…

Santa Fe RR Viaduct (GHER)
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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…

R. White Manufacturing Co.
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R. White Manufacturing Co.

Houston Drug Company
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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.

Mosehart & Keller Automobile Co.
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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…

Levy Bros Dry Goods Co.
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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…

Bering Manufacturing Co.
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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…

Kinney Concrete Stone Co.
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Kinney Concrete Stone Co.

Sellers-Dorland Nursery
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Sellers-Dorland Nursery

Today, The Star apartment building is located where this nursery once stood.

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A Texan with a passion for Houston, Black, and Southern history.

I love genealogy, reading, video games, and annoying my boyfriend with historical tidbits he couldn’t care less about.

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