Box 221
Container
Contains 28 Collections and/or Records:
Electric Building and Hollywood Theatre to Texas Weslayan College, 1968
File — Box: 221, 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: 1968
Block 105: Electric Properties, Inc., 1953
File — Box: 221, 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: 1953
Block 105: Hollywood Theatre, 1928-1956
File — Box: 221, 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: 1928-1956
Hollywood Theatre, 1929-1931
File — Box: 221, 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: 1929-1931
Block 105: Sanguinet Purchase, 1927-1929
File — Box: 221, 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: 1927-1929
Block 105: Sanguinet Purchase, 1930-1934
File — Box: 221, 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: 1930-1934
Block 105: Sanguinet Purchase, 1935-1937
File — Box: 221, 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: 1935-1937
Block 105: Sanguinet Purchase, 1945-1958
File — Box: 221, 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: 1945-1958
Block 106: Deeds and Documents, 1919-1964
File — Box: 221, 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: 1919-1964
Block 106: YWCA Purchase (Worth Hotel), 1920-1928
File — Box: 221, 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: 1920-1928