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HOUSTON FEDERAL
POST OFFICE AND COURTHOUSE, 1888
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dated 1908 |
Post
office on the bottom, courthouse on top. Public reaction to this building
was mixed. Critics said it was too Oriental to be a federal building.
Employees entered on Fannin Street, the public on Franklin.
Date of razing unknown.
See Houston
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GALVESTON CITY
HALL, 1888
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dated 1911 |
A
French Renaissance Revival building. Alfred Muller architect. At one
time the Galveston Market occupied the bottom. Damaged in the great
storm of 1900, the staircase, tower and entire third floor were removed.
After a new city hall was built in 1916, the building was used as
both a fire and police station.
Razed in 1966.
See Galveston,
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