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Box 214

 Container

Contains 24 Results:

Block 7: Hirshfield Addition, Tillar Property, 1927-1935

 File — Box: 214, Folder: 11
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

Block 7: Hirshfield Addition, Wyatt C. Hedrick, The Fair Building, 1928-1935

 File — Box: 214, Folder: 12
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: 1928-1935

Block 7: Hirshfield Addition, Fair Dept. Store Agreement, 1929

 File — Box: 214, Folder: 13
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

The Fair Building, 1929

 File — Box: 214, Folder: 14
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

The Fair Building, 1929

 File — Box: 214, Folder: 15
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

The Fair Building: Construction, 1929-1930

 File — Box: 214, Folder: 16
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: 1929-1930

The Fair Building: Financing, 1929-1931

 File — Box: 214, Folder: 17
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 7: Hirshfield Addition, The Fair Building, Financing, 1929-1935

 File — Box: 214, Folder: 18
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: 1929-1935

Block 7: Hirshfield Addition, L.W. Bevans- The Fair Department Store, 1929-1950

 File — Box: 214, Folder: 19
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: 1929-1950

Block 7: Hirshfield Addition, The Fair Building, 1930

 File — Box: 214, Folder: 20
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