Box 214
Container
Contains 24 Collections and/or Records:
Hirshfield Addition: Block 3- Sanguinet and Masonic Property Sale, 1927-1961
File — Box: 214, Folder: 1
Original Introduction and Arrangement
From the Collection:
INTRODUCTION
In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates:
Other: 1927-1961
Hirshfield Addition: Block 3 Lots 2 and 3 (Masonic Lodge Purchase), 1928-1950
File — Box: 214, Folder: 2
Original Introduction and Arrangement
From the Collection:
INTRODUCTION
In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates:
Other: 1928-1950
Hirshfield Addition: Block 6 Lots 1 and 2, 1929-1931
File — Box: 214, Folder: 3
Original Introduction and Arrangement
From the Collection:
INTRODUCTION
In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates:
Other: 1929-1931
Hirshfield Addition: Block 7; Tidballs Subdivision; Block 7 (Epstein Purchase), 1906-1931
File — Box: 214, Folder: 4
Original Introduction and Arrangement
From the Collection:
INTRODUCTION
In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates:
Other: 1906-1931
Block 1 Lot 4 Jennings West Addition, Sale to Beard and Stone El. Co. (Levy Purchase), 1925-1951
File — Box: 214, Folder: 5
Original Introduction and Arrangement
From the Collection:
INTRODUCTION
In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates:
Other: 1925-1951
Block 1 Lot 4 Jennings West Addition, Sale to Beard and Stone El. Co. (Levy Purchase), 1925-1951
File — Box: 214, Folder: 6
Original Introduction and Arrangement
From the Collection:
INTRODUCTION
In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates:
Other: 1925-1951
Block 7: Hirshfield Addition, The Fair Building, 1926-1929
File — Box: 214, Folder: 7
Original Introduction and Arrangement
From the Collection:
INTRODUCTION
In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates:
Other: 1926-1929
Block 1: Hirshfield Addition, Amon Carter- The Fair Building, 1926-1931
File — Box: 214, Folder: 8
Original Introduction and Arrangement
From the Collection:
INTRODUCTION
In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates:
Other: 1926-1931
The Fair Building: Financing, 1926-1946
File — Box: 214, Folder: 9
Original Introduction and Arrangement
From the Collection:
INTRODUCTION
In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates:
Other: 1926-1946
The Fair Building: Financing, 1927-1935
File — Box: 214, Folder: 10
Original Introduction and Arrangement
From the Collection:
INTRODUCTION
In mid-December, 1992, architectural historian Barrie Scardino and I met with Houston Endowment President, Joe Nelson, on the fifth floor of the Bankers Mortgage Building, in what was once Jesse Jones's office. At that time, Ms. Scardino and I were assigned the job of creating an archive from a maze of documents and photographs that had been retrieved from the building's faded green file cabinets, old painted safes and walk-in vaults. Little did we know that the stacks of plain,...
Dates:
Other: 1927-1935