Spring 2003 GHPA Newsletter

For Preservation The Newsletter of Greater Houston Preservation Alliance

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Another Good Bricl~ More than 400 guests gathered on February 27 for the Cornerstone Dinner and 2003 Good Brick Awards honoring some of Houstons most exciling historic preservation projects and the people who made them happen.

As Channel 11 News anchor Deborah Duncan and former Channel 2 anchor Ron Stone announced the award recipients, images of the winning projects were shown on large screens placed between the massive, flanking columns of The Corinthian special evcnts venue, itself one of

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by their neighbors, friends or peers. For a complete list of the winning project teams, see page 4.

Nominated projects were evaluated by the 2003 Good Brick Awards jury chaired by GHPA board member Paul Homeyer, AlA. The other members of the jury were Houston Chronicle Home Design Editor Madeleine McDermott Hamm; Katherine Precourt, former design director of Houston Home & Garden; Robert Taylor, AlA, chairman of the American Institute of Architects, Houston, Historic Resources

the winning projects. The evening, co-chaired by Grcater Houston Preservation Alliance board members Nancy Ames and Eileen Hricik, is GHPAs largest fundraising event.

Since 1979, GHPA has presented its Good Brick Awards for leadership and excellence in historic preservation. Winners include the owners and developers of historic properties who make the work possible, as well as the architects and contractors who carry out the preservation projects.

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Committee; Bart Truxillo, former chairman of the City of Houston Archeological and Historical Commission; landscape historian Joanne Seale Wilson; and Cary Wintz, chairman of the City of Houston Archeological and Historical Commission.

As Houston's preservation movement has grown, the Good Brick jury has faced an increaSingly difficult task This year's winners exemplify the creativity and skill, as well as the appreciation for the past, which have characterized all Good Brick winners.

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Spire Realty Group was recogni::ed Jor it commitment to historic preservation in downtown Houston. An early player in the central bLlsiness district's rnitali::ation throLlgh presel1'ation, the company came La Houston in 1988 and now owns 13 propertks here, most oj them historic.

Spire recently completed six projects downtown. inciLlding renovation of the 1924 Sam Homton Hotd, 1117 Prairie, as a IlL'."wy bOlltique hotd; adaptive reuse oj the 1911 Southern Pacific BtLilding, 913 Franklin, as BayoLl LoJts: Clnd pr'esCl1'ation oj the McCrory Building on Main at Prairk, shown above. portions oj which date to the 1880.1.

Kaldis Development Interests, HLlgo's Restaurant and Colby Design were honored Jor the renovation and adaptive reuse oj the Jormer Imperial Plumbirlg Supply Building. The building at Westhdmer and Mandell was deSigned in 1920 by rmowned Houston architect Joseph Finger.

It was a treasure that many Houstonians drove by every day, but Jew noticed. AJter a pains tailing restoration by Andrew Kaldis, the beautifully restored building is now home to the popular Hugo's Restallrant, the realization oj a long-time dreamfor the husband and wife team oj Hugo Ortega and Tracy VaLlght.

A Good Brick Award was presented to Ray + Hollington Architects Jor the renovation and adaptive reuse oj the Jonner Weldon CaJeteria, 4916 Main. The bllilding was OIiginally

deSigned by MacKie and Kamrath Architects, who created many of HOLlston's mid-20th centwy landmarks. The caJeteria's two-StOly, cantilevered dining room received significant media attention when it opened in 1949. Subsequent tenants greatly altered the bLlilding befon: Ray + HollingLan leased the space and adapkd it for Lise as their studio, restoring MacKie and Kamrath's interior design in the process.

GHPA recogni::ed Gingrich Associates Architects for the restoration oj 3843 North Braeswood.

The office bLlilding reflects a style of architecture characteristic oj Houston in the 1960.1, which became so Jamiliar that it is now tallen Jar granted by most residents. Although buildings lille this are not traditionally considered historic, Kerry Gingrich reali::ed that they represent an important chapter in the city's commercial history and that at least some of them must be saved beJore they all disappear He stripped away inappropriate additions that had been made throLlgh the years and retLlrned the building to the essence oj 1960.1 modern architecture.

Steven Courtade, SherlY Hill and the Alidade Group n:ceived a Good Brick Award for the renovation of and sympathetic addition to the 1890.1 shotglm house at 2010 Kane in the Old SL'."til Ward. Courtade, the home's OlVner; arld Hill, the project architect, planned an addition that almost tripled the si::e of the hOLlSC, but took care to limit its visual impact. In every instance, historic materials were restored or replicated, both on the original hOllse and the addition. This wreJLtI vision was sliillfLllly executed by the Alidade Group, as contractor

Courtney and Fred Steves and Glassman Shoemake Maldonado Architects were honored for the renovation oj the IntemationalStyle residence at 2337 Blue Bonnet. The home was so innovative when it was completed in 1937 that it was Jeawred in several national maga::ines.

Although the hOllSe remained largely wwltcred, it had been sorely neglected by the time the Steves purchased the property in 2001. The Good Brichs jwy was unanimous in its praise Jor the metiwlous restoration. Otigirwl cabinetry, Jixtures and built-in Jurniture were repaired and reJinished. Even some oJ the original JLlmishings, including two Herman Miller beds, were integrated into the finished project.

From the Executive Director Silver anniversaries offer organizations a chance to pause and look back Thanks to your support, Greater Houston Preservation Alliances 25th year has been marked by exceptional growth; our reach is broader and our audience is larger than at any time in our history. You'll see the evidence of our progress and development in this issue of the newsletter.

Our professional staff now includes four employees who are committed to preserving the best of Houston's architectural and cultural heritage. Historic Neighborhoods Council has grov,iil to 20 members working together on issues that impact our older residential areas.

The Good Brick Awards have blossomed from a cocktail reception to a well-regarded annual event that has attracted more than 400 participants in each of the past three years.

The Good Brick jury regularly receives nominations from major developers, contractors and architects, all of whom are aware of the awards' Significance.

The event has also allowed us to reach a broader audience through the local media, including coverage this year in the Houston Chronicle and Houston Business Journal. Our website, wwwghpa.org, upgraded and maintained by volunteer Jim Parsons, is recording an average of 1200 user sessions per month.

Historic preservation in Houston remains a challenging field, but it is no longer an afterthought or an anomaly Through education and advocacy, GHPA has helped bring preservation into the mainstream in Houston.

Our successful partnerships with like-minded organizations and business interests allow us to leverage influence on policymakers and the larger community One thing has not changed in the past 25 years: the active support and dedication of GHPffi members and volunteers remain vital to achieving our goals.

Through GHPA, you have made a positive impact on quality of life, not just in our historic neighborhoods, but throughout Houston and for that we thank each and everyone of you.

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o William Caudell and Randy Powers received a Good Brick Award for their restoration and renovation of 2421 Brentwood, a 1929 Katharine Mott house. Mrs. Mott and her husband Harry built "spec" houses and developed the signature style that makes their homes instantly recognizable. Despite its architectural heritage, this house was considered a tear down. After Caudell and Powers bought the home and researched, plannd and completed a skillful restoration, they decided to put it on the market. The house sold almost immediately and the project made a profit.

This house stands as a clear example that new is not necessarily better; and that people still value the solid construction, graceful design and exquisite detailing of earlier times.

GHPA recogni:ced Rice University and FKP Architects for the renovation and restoration of Howard Keck Hall, originally known as the Chemistry Building. Created by architect William Ward Watkin in 1925, the design was greatly admired, both for its architectural embellishments and for the positioning of rooms to catch the prevailing breeze. By the mid-1990s Rice faced a decision: tear the building down or restore it. In 1998, the university retained FKP Architects to update the building with state-of-the-art laboratories and classrooms while preserving the integrity of thi:; historic structure. The outstanding renovation respects the architectural heritage of both the building and the campus, while providingfor the needs of today 's faculty and students.

GHPA President Anita Garten presented Houstonian John L Nat<, 1lI the Presidents Award for his leadership and commitment to historic preservation. Although best known as president and CEO of Silver Eagle Distributors, the secondlargest distributor of Anheusa-Busch products in the United States, he is also chairman of both the Texas Historical Commission and the national Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, a pOSition to which he was appointed by President George W Bush.

In presenting the award, GHPA President Anita Garten said, "Houston is a difficult town for preservation, and much of what is accomplished is done behind the scenes. Time and time again, John has used his personal and political connections to help us get things done. There has scarcely been an important preservation project in Houston that has not benefited from his efforts."

In accepting the award, Nau noted, "PYl"Servation is a local business. It's not just about bricks and mortar, it's about economic development.

You can't understand your heritage without having a place to visit."

Frank Garvey and Jackson Hicks received their Good Brick Award for the renovation and adaptive reuse of the historic First National Bank Building at 201 Main and their creation of The Corinthian speciall'Vents facility This magnificent neoclassical building was built in 1904 and enlarged in 1909 and 1925. Harris County bought the property in the 1980s and considered demolishing it until GHPA intervened. When GarvlY acquired the building in 1999, he was committed to keeping the 30,000 square foot banking hall intact. With local caterer Jackson Hicks, he creakd The Corinthian to utilize the block-long space. Garvey also developed the Franklin Lofts on the upper floors of the building.

Stewart Title President Stewart Morris,Jr. and his wife Jan present the Stewart Title Award to members of Troop 12357 of the San Jacinto Council of the Girl SCOlltS of America for their a.ssistance to GHPA in historical research for Glenwood Cemetery. Instead of simply proViding a guided tow' of the cemetery, GHPA volunteers and the troop leaders decided to involve the Scouts in the project. Each girl selected a research topic from among 30 people or families buried at Gknwood who had made Significant contributions to Houston 's hiStory.

The Girl Scouts and adult volunteers toured Glenwood. As the subject of each Scout's research was located, the girl would address the group with the results.

For an in-depth look 'at the award-winning projects, visit www.ghpa.org and click on "Good Brick Awards. " Volunteer Jim Parsons has created online galleries displaying "before" and "after" images of the winning projects.

People in Preservation Greater Houston Preservation Alliance welcomes two new staff members. David Bush is GHPft:s new Director of Programs and Information. He will be responsible for keeping the organization in the public eye, promoting GHPA events and activities, and preparing grant requests. Bush holds a Master's degree in Historic Preservation from Middle Tennessee State University. He previously served as Public RelationslMarketing Director for

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Galveston Historical Foundation.

Thomas McWhorter has joined GHPA as Director of Historic Neighborhoods Council. He spearheaded the successful effort to establish Houston's Avondale East Historic District and is restoring his own 19th-century home. McWhorter holds a Bachelor's degree in AnthropolOgical Archaeology from the University of Texas at Austin and worked on the excavation of Houston's Quality Hill

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neighborhood, the present site of Minute Maid Park.

GHPA member Roy Hill salvaged the bricks presented during this year's Good Brick Awards from the Delman Theater, 4412 Main Street. The theater, which had been on GHPft:s Endangered Buildings List, was constructed in 1935. Although a local live theater company was interested in the facility, attempts to persuade the property's owner to restore and lease the building were unsuccessful. The Delman Theater was demolished in 2002.

In 1978, the same year Greater Houston Preservation Alliance was founded, pioneer entrepreneurs Jamie Mize and Dan Tidwell began selling Southern-style dishes at the original Treebeards on Preston Street near historic Market Square. Twenty-five years later, the partners operate six restaurants in Houston and Dallas,

Jaime Mize, left, and Dan Tidwell founded Treebeards Restaurant 25 years ago in downtown Houston ncar Market Square.

including locations in the ca. 1861 Baker-Travis Building, 315 Travis, overlooking Market Square Park, and The Cloister in historic Christ Church Cathedral, 1117 Texas.

They have also been partners in preservation, investing and participating in the restoration of the 1889 Foley Dry Goods Co. Building,

214-218 Travis, which received a Good Brick Award in 1996, and the 1880 Scholibol Shoemarket Building (where Treebeards headquarters are located), 912 Prairie, a Good Brick Award-winner in 1999. For more information on Treebeards silver anniversary, visit www.treebeards.com.

Architect/Preservationist Allan Green1erg to address GHPNs Preservation Celebrated architect and preservationist Allan Greenberg will be the keynote speaker for GHPAS Preservation 2003 Luncheon and Preservation Fair, Friday, May 9, at the Houston Club, 811 Rusk.

The event is held each year in conjunction with National Preservation Week. In keeping with the Preservation Week theme, "Cities, Suburbs &: Countryside," the Preservation Fair will showcase historic neighborhoods and heritage organizations from throughout the Houston metropolitan area. The Preservation Fair opens at 11:30 a.m.; the luncheon begins at noon. The event is sponsored, in part, by The Magnolia Hotel.

During the luncheon, Greenberg will discuss historic preservation as a means of enhancing quality of life. Born in Johannesburg, a city he describes as a South African

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version of Houston, Greenberg became familiar with the Bayou City when he designed Rice University's Humanities Building, shown below. Greenberg's widely admired design occupies the last building site on Rice's main academic court. The architectural team studied the other historic buildings on the Rice campus to ensure their addition would "speak the same architectural language" while establishing its own identity.

"Many of our [firm's] projects are located in historic settings.

Our buildings enhance existing architectural tradition while retaining their own character and beauty over time," said Greenberg, whom The New York Times describes as the leading proponent of classical architecture today.

Greenberg trained in classical and Gothic architecture at the University of Witwatersrand and

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"I don't think there's any architeet concerned with classicism as an idiom for building today who's better than Allan," said Robert A.M. Stem, dean of the Yale School of Architectu:e and

the 1824 Blair House, officially the President's Guest House; and directed the conservation and renovation of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the U.S. Department of State. An admirer of Thomas Jefferson's architecture, Greenberg also served as architectural consultant for the restoration of Jefferson's "Academical Village" at the University of Virginia.

"The goal is to stand on the shoulders of all the architects ofthe past and see further,"

the architect for Houstons Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. "I think he's the leader."

Greenberg'S projects range from the Embassy of Luxembourg in Washington, D.C. LO the Tommy Hilfiger Flagship Store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills.

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Tables of 10 for the Preservation 2003 Luncheon are available for $10,000, $5000, $2500, $1000 and $600.

Individual tickets are $60 each.

For reservations, please call GHPA at 713.216.5000.

Worth a Thousand Words This photo from the cover of GHPAS Preservation 2003 Luncheon invitation was made from an 8" x 10" glass negative preserved by native Houstonian Story Sloane, Jr. The negatives were being rendered for their silver content when Sloane rescued some 2500 historic images of the Houston/Galveston area. His son, Story Sloane , Ill, has generously allowed GHPA to use several of these photographs from the mid-1920s through late 1930s in the organization'S projects. This picture, taken in 1927

by Calvin Wheat's commercial studio, shows the view from the Warwick Hotel looking toward the Museum of Fine Arts, Montrose Boulevard and the Plaza Hotel.

In addition to drawing attention to GHPAS National Preservation Week event, the image on the invitation also elicited a sLOry that provides some inSight into Houston's

development. The photo shows the original configuration of Bissonnet Street, which runs behind the Museum of Fine Arts and dead-ends at Main Street.

According LO Thomas Anderson, the nephew of philanthropist M.D. Anderson and a Houston resident since 1928, Bissonnet took its present form with some subtle arm-twisting from Oscar F Holcombe, who served as Houston's mayor for a total of 22 years between 1921 and 1958.

During Thomas Anderson's tenure as president of the Museum of Fine Arts, the institution received a large paving assessment from the City for repairing Montrose Boulevard and Main Street. When Anderson contacted the mayor about the fees, Holcombe told Anderson the museum could settle the bill by donating a portion of its property LO eliminate a traffic bottleneck. The museum complied and the City curved Bissonnet into Binz

Street, remOving the dead end at Main . The new street plan later helped determine the distinctive shape of Mies van der Rohe's Brown Pavilion/Cullinan Hall additions to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, which the

American Institute of Architects Houston recently recognized with its Twenty-Five Year Award (see page 6).

Additional images from the Sloane Collection may be viewed online at www.sloanegallery.com

or by visiting Story Sloane's Gallery, 2616 Fondren Road.

For information or to order prints, call 713.782.5011.

Income from phoLO sales supports the archiving and public presentation of the collection.

The Cornerstone Dinner presenting February 27, 2003

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1. Good Brick Award-winners Randy Powers and William Caudell with Mary Beth Aspromonte and Steve Salch 2. Channel 11 anchor and Good Brick Awards emcee Deborah Duncan, center, with members oj Girl Scout Troop 12357 3. Beverly jacomini, Susi jacomini, joanie and LaJayette Herring 4. Danny Ward, Good Brick Awards co-chairs Nancy Ames and Eilene Hricik, George Hricik 5. joe and Peggy DrSola, GHPA volunteer jim Parsons

6. jack Laurent, Lynda Calloway, GHPA Board member Al Calloway 7. Channel 13 anchor Shara Fryer, Good Brick Awards emcee Ron Stone, Good Brick Awards co-chair Nancy Ames

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Budweiser/Silver Eagle Distributors, LP Bowne The CorinthianlJackson and Company

Anita and David Garten Frank Garvey John P McGovern, M.D. NL Industries Stewart Title Company Cornerstone

Nancy Ames and Danny Ward Lynne Bentsen and Beth Madison Annie and Bob Graham Eileen and George Hricik Astrid and Gene

Landry's Restaurants , Inc. North Houston Bank Mary Ann and Steve Saleh Spire RealtylWilliam Franks Van Dyke

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Tony Abyad Mary Beth Aspromonte Gracie and Bob Cavnar Frank Hevrdejs Terrie Hogan Scott Hunsaker Gigi Huang

Cora Sue and Harry Mach Karen and Mike Mayell Valerie Sherlock and Austin OToole SiSSY and Jim Twining, M.D. Mike Turner Mary and Terry Williams, M.D Union Pacific Railroad Company Mortar

AlA Houston Susan and Roy Hill Aztec Party and Tent Rentals Houston Hispanic Forum Minnette Boesel Beverly and Tommy Jacomini and Katny and Harry Masterson Ann and Peter Brown FKP Architects Karen and Mark Johnson Glassman Shoemake Kaldis Development Interests Maldonado Architects Joan Schnitzer Levy Gensler The Mid-Continent Halliburton Companies, Ltd. Nancy Haskins Puddie and Doug Pitcock Haynes Whaley Associates, Inc. Ray + Hollington Architects Sherry Tseng Hill Paula and David Steakley Joanne Seale Wilson Above list contains table and individual ticket purchasers at each level

Maurice Aresty Joan and John Bishop Tina and Gary Blanton Laura Bodenheimer Betty and Billy Chapman Case & Assoc., General Contractors Barbara and Larry Catuzzi Jesse W Couch The Deal Company Denton Cooley Foundation Sharon and George Cunningham Peggy and Joe DeSola Clayton and Shel Erikson Ed Eubanks Russ Fabiani Mary Margaret Farabee Sylvia and Aubrey Farb Suzi Feickert Wayne Fisher Steve Flippo Barbara K. Friedman Jim Furr Diane and Harry Gendel Lori and Mitch Glassman Kay and Greg Gregg Mark Gregg Ann Hamilton

Madeleine McDermott Hamm Sallie Ann and Bob Hart Wynonne and Jerry Hart Nancy and Jim Haskins Sibley and Milton Havelick Punkin and Walter Hecht Gloria Herman Julie Hodges and Asa Beach Paul Homeyer Mr. and Mrs. Mike Howard Paula Jarrett Dick Jones Nina and Jake Kamin Rita and. Roy Knowles, M.D. Leonard G. Lane, Jr. Patricia and Jack Laurent, M. D. Chandra and Emmanuel Livingston MacDonald-Peterson Foundation in honor of Holy Rosary Church renovation Cora Sue and Harry Mach Sally and Charles McCollum , M.D. Laura and Brad McWilliams Ginni Mithoff Beth and Bryan Muecke Lisa and Tim Murray Lin Eckert Neese Anne Dale Owen

Janie and Wayne Patterson Phil Peterson Bill and Patty Porter Randall Powers Carol Relihan Mel Reyna Sally and Norman Reynolds Anne and Joe Romano Susan and Robert Ross Daphne Scarbrough Patricia Sheldon and Victor Morris, M.D. Elsa Simon Margaret and Louis Skidmore, Jr. Jane and Story Sloane, III Kelly Fawcett Somoza Joann Sowell Kirk Speck, M.D. Paul Stanley Hill Swift June Terry Emily Todd Ernest Torres Bart Truxillo Betty and Jess Tutor Jane Wichlys Sandra Wolf

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5necial Thanks Gloria Acker Janice Ashton Pete BaatzlFormula One Photography Business Extension Bureau (BEB) Bowne/George Hricik Janet Christian Linda Collins Richard Flowers Bill Franks

Kevin George Kirksey Gregg Madeleine McDermott Hamm Jackson Hicks Roy Hill Susan Hill Katie McGovern/Sam Houston Hotel Margo Metzger Gerald Moorhead Jim Parsons

Martha Peterson Karen Schulte Story Sloane Johnny SOlO Dean Swanson Courtney Key Tardy Connie Taylor Danny Ward John Wilbanks A. Thomas Wolf / 806 Main Building

the 2003 Good Bricl~ Awards

Photography by Pete Baatz/Formula One Photography.

1. GHPA Board member Beth Madison, Kelly Somoza, Mike Wheeler, Gayton Erikson 2. Story Sloane III, Jane Sloane, GHPA Board member Diane Gendel and Harry Gende!

3. Peter Ellis, Margaret Skidmore, GHPA Executive Director

Ramona Davis, GHPA Board member Louis Skidmore,Jr., ALA 4. Charlotte and Stratton Hill, Charles and Sally McCollum 5. Harry Mach and GHPA Board member Cora Sue Mach, Carmen

Nadolney, Sister Lauren Beck 6. Bob Cavnar, GHPA Board member Gracie Cavnar, Mike Turner,

Terrie Hogan 7. GHPA member and volunteer Judy Meyer, Ann Hamilton,

GHPA Board member Patricia Laurent 8. GHPA Board member DavidJones and Pat Jones

2003 Good Brick Awards Project Teams Spire Realty Group

Hugo's Restaurant

2010 Kane Street

Howard Keck Hall

Sam Houston Hotel

Kaldis Development Interests

Sherry Hill (architect)

FKP Architects, Inc.

Mitchell Carlson Stone, Inc. (architects)

Colby DesignlRudy Colby (architect)

Case &: Associates (general contractor)

the loft design studiolFerenc Dreef (designer)

North Houston Bank (lender)

Apollo Construction (general contractor)

The Alidade Group (general contractor)

David Hoffman &: Co. (restoration architect) Linbeck Construction Corp . (project manager)

2421 Brentwood Drive

Bayou LoJts and The Topek Building

Weldon Cafeteria Building

Monical DesignlBruce Monical (architect)

gpr Planners Collaborative, Inc. (laboratory planner)

]. Randall Powers Design (interior decoration)

Burns, Delatte &: McCoy, Inc. (mechanical, electrical, plumbing engineer)

JoMic Builders, Inc. (supervising contractor)

Walter P. Moore &: Associates, Inc. (structural and civil engineer)

Arthur Rameriz Tile Constructor

McDugald Steele (landscape architect)

Ray + Hollington Architects Gabriel Architects, Inc. Mesa Southwest Construction, Inc. (general contractor)

Mesa Southwest Construction, Inc. (general contractor)

3843 North Braeswood Boulevard

The Great Jones Building

The Precision Builders General Contracting

Gingrich Associates Architects Gensler &: Associates (architects)

Gregory Henry Landscape Design Ulrich Diederich Graphic Design

Parker Project Management (general contractor)

Independence Plumbing

2337 Blue Bonnet Boulevard

]. Armando Puente (carpentry and cabinetry)

509 Main Street and The McCrory Building

Glassman Shoemake Maldonado Architects

House of Power Electric (electrical contractor)

Gabriel Architects, Inc.

Crain Construction (general contractor)

Spire Realty Group (general contractor)

Spire Realty Group (general contractor)

S.L. Anderson Co. (tree consultant)

The Corinthian Kurt Aichler (architect) Garvey Builders, Inc. (general contractor)

Founded in 1978, Greater Houston Preservation Alliance is a non-proJit 501 (c) (3) corporation that promotes the preservation and appreciation oj Houston's architectural and cultural historic resources through education, advocacy and committed action, thereby creating economic value and developing a stronger sense oj community. Funding Jor GHPA programs and activities is provided through memberships, grants, and individual and corporate giJts. For Preservation is published through the generous support oj Houston House &: Home magazine. Š Copyright 2003.

Greater Houston Preservation Alliance.

All rights reserved.

GHPA Coordinates Clean-up For years, it was easy to drive past College work without impacting the graves.

GHPA also publicized the event, which Park Cemetery in the 3500 block of West resulted in coverage of the clean-up in Dallas without realizing that the centurythe Houston Chronicle and on Channels old burial ground even existed. Apartment complexes and office buildings surround 11 and 24. what appeared to be a large vacant lot on College Park Cemetery was established the doorstep of River Oaks. Weeds hid the in 1896. It was named for the Houston tombstones, and poison ivy discouraged Central College for Negroes that was located across West Dallas from the exploration. cemetery at the tum of the 20th century.

Conditions improved after Bethel Baptist Church assumed responsibility for Jack Yates 0828-1897\ one of Houston's most prominent black leaders, is among maintaining the cemetery: In March, GHPA helped further those efforts by coorthose buried in the cemetery. A former slave and ordained Baptist minister, dinating a week-long clean-up by students Students Jrom Second Baptist School took part in a week-long clean-up oj Yates was the first pastor of Antioch from Second Baptist School.

Houstoni5 hi5toric College Park Cemetery. GHPA coordinated the effort Missionary Baptist Church and later GHPA has had a long relationship with with Bethel Baptist Church.

Bethel's pastor, Robert Robertson, through founded Bethel Baptist Church. Houstons Jack Yates High School was named in his his efforts to preserve his congregation's From March 10 through 14, seventeen Second Baptist freshmen and sophomores National Register-listed church building in the honor in 1926.

Fourth Ward. When representatives from spent their interim term at the historic cemetery GHPA can facilitate contact between Second Baptist School contacted GHPA performing a variety of tasks, including pulling organizations with heritage-related community projects that need volunteers and school weeds, raking leaves and restoring borders.

Executive Director Ramona Davis seeking a GHPA staff member Thomas McWhorter, groups or scout troops that seek heritagecommunity service project for their students, a de greed anthropological archaeologist, she put them in contact with Pastor related projects. Contact GHPA at instructed the students on conducting their 713.216.5000 or e-mail inJo@ghpa.org.

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Gr e ater Houston Preservation Alliance 2002-2003 Board oj Directors Anita W Garten

Louis H. Skidmore, Jr. , AlA

Eileen Hricik

David B. Jones

Hill Swift, AlA

President

Past President

Vice President

Treasurer

Secretary

Voting Directors Tony Abyad Nancy Ames Lynne Bentsen Monique Bossett Alfred]. Calloway Gracie Cavnar

Charles Foster Diane Gendel L Susan Hill Paul Homeyer, AlA Kym Hricik Gigi Huang

Corporate Members

Non-Voting Ex-OfficiO R. George Cunningham Parliamentarian Larissa Lindsay Robert Litke

Patricia Laurent Cora Sue Mach Beth Madison Patty Porter Mary Ann Reynolds Rick Walton

Kirksey

American Institute of Architects, Houston Chapter

Kendall Heaton Associates

Associated General Contractors, Houston Chapter

Lancaster Hotels &: Resorts METRO Transit Authority

Bellweather Exploration Company

The Mid-Continent Companies, Ltd.

Bowne of Houston Charles D. Maynard, Jr.

JPMorgan Chase Bank

Tony Abyad / 917 Franklin Land, Ltd.

Minnette Boesel Properties

Budweiser/Silver Eagle Distributors, LP

Mission Constructors, Inc.

Case &: Associates, General Contractors

Preservation Progress Work is almost complete on the $70 million redevelopment of the former Humble Oil headquarters at 1212 Main Street.

The project includes the 1921 Humble Building designed by New York architects Clinton &: Russell, Humble Towe,; 1936 the adjacent 1936 Humble Tower designed by John F Staub and Kenneth Franzheim, and the Travis wing completed in 1940.

The complex, which is listed on the National Register of HistOJic Places, includes a 191-room Courtyard by Marriott in the original Humble Building, 82 luxury apartments in the 17-story Tower, and a l7l-room Residence Inn by Marriott in the Travis wing. Plans also include 6000 square feet of commercial space and a 252car garage.

GHPA has been involved with the project from the start, providing the developer with tax credit information. The project is a certified historic rehabilitation in accordance with preservation guidelines established by the u.s. Secretary of the Interior. The redevelopment is a partnership between Housing Horizons, LLC, a wholly-

owned company of Kimberly-Clark Corp. of Dallas, and Leddy Ventures Ltd. of San Antonio.

Meanwhile, at 1100 Texas Avenue, another historic building associated with Humble Oil founder Ross Sterling has also been reborn as a hotel. A $50 million renovation has transformed the 1926 Post-Dispatch Building into The Magnolia. When fully operational, the 314-room hotel and its associated operations are expected to generate 175 new jobs in downtown Houston.

After future Texas governor Ross Sterling sold his interest in Humble Oil to the Standard Oil Co., he used the proceeds to purchase the Post-Dispatch newspaper, later renamed The Houston Post.

Sanguinet, Staats, Hedrick &: Gottlieb designed the 22-story skyscraper to house the newpapers editorial offices and the original studios of KPRC radio. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The redevelop- The Post-Di5patch Building, 1926 ment is a project

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NL Industries

El Paso Energy Corporation

North Houston Bank

Fretz Construction Company Bart Truxillo

of Steve Holtze Hotels of Denver, which owns and operates Magnolia Hotels in restored historic buildings in Denver and Dallas. For additional information, visit www.themagnoliahotel.com.

GHPA Board Members are nominated by the Nominating Committee, approved by the Board, and elected by the membership.

PaineWebber Investment Banking

Gensler

Spire Realty Group, Inc.

George H. Lewis & Sons!

Forest Park Lawndale

Stewart Title of Houston

Greenwood King Properties

Union Pacific Railroad Company

Haynes Whaley Associates, Inc.

WS. Bellows Construction Corp

Hines

Walter P. Moore

Houston Hispanic Forum

Watkins Hamilton Ross Architects Webb Architects

American Institute of Architects (AlA) Houston honored Cullinan HalllBrown Pavilion, above, of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston with the AlA Twenty-Five Year Award for distinguished architecture of lasting value. The museum addition, designed in two phases by Ludwig Mip..s van der Rohe and completed in 1974, is the only example of his work in Houston. To qualify for the award, a building must not only be a fine piece of architecture, it must be at least 25 years old, in use for its original purpose, and be substantially unaltered. The Twenty-Five Year Award was presented during GHPAS Cornerstone Dinner and Good Brick Awards program.

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