Houston Bar Center Building
National Register of Historic Places

Houston Bar Center Building

Houston, Harris County, Texas
Listed
June 26, 2017
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
100001254

About this property

The Houston Bar Center Building is an office building at 723 Main Street in downtown Houston, Texas. The building began as two separate skyscrapers, the Rusk Building and the Gulf Building, which were built in 1913 and 1915 respectively by Houston businessman Jesse H. Jones. In 1966, architect Eugene William Slater completely remodeled both buildings into a single tower. The redesigned ten-story building has a New Formalist design, a variation of Modernism which abstracted elements of classical architecture. It incorporates traditional building materials such as granite and marble and uses a first-floor canopy and belt course along with marble pilasters and a plain marble cornice to suggest a classical column. The building is both one of Houston's most prominent New Formalist works and an example of the mid-twentieth century trend of redesigning and reengineering older buildings. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 26, 2017. In 2019 the AC Hotels opened their first Houston location in the building.

Location

723 Main St.
Houston, Harris County, Texas
29.75841, -95.36328

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Houston Bar Center Building listed on the National Register?

Houston Bar Center Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 26, 2017.

What type of historic resource is Houston Bar Center Building?

Houston Bar Center Building is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Houston Bar Center Building?

The period of significance for Houston Bar Center Building is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1913.

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