Box 216
Container
Contains 22 Collections and/or Records:
The Fair Building and Garage, Oil and Gas Building Sale, Insurance, 1953-1963
File — Box: 216, 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: 1953-1963
Block 7- Hirshfield Addition: J.W. French Affidavit (John S. Hirshfield Son-in-Law) , 1908
File — Box: 216, 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: 1908
Block 7- Hirshfield Addition: Oil and Gas Building, 1950-1959
File — Box: 216, 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: 1950-1959
Oil and Gas Building, 1951-1953
File — Box: 216, 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: 1951-1953
Oil and Gas Building: Various Documents, 1951-1959
File — Box: 216, 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: 1951-1959
Oil and Gas Building: Elevators, 1961
File — Box: 216, 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: 1961
Oil and Gas Building Property: Fair Garage Property (Hirshfield Addition Block 7) (1st Methodist Church Property), 1928-1951
File — Box: 216, 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: 1928-1951
Oil and Gas Buildings: Bond Stores, Inc., 1951-1964
File — Box: 216, 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: 1951-1964
Oil and Gas Building: Western Savings and Loan Association, Ground Floor, 1953-1964
File — Box: 216, 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: 1953-1964
Oil and Gas Building: Pan American Oil (Formerly Stanolid), 1950-1952
File — Box: 216, 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: 1950-1952