Houston Bar Center Building

Houston Bar Center Building
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General information
LocationHouston, Texas, United States
Coordinates29°45′30.5″N 95°21′48″W / 29.758472°N 95.36333°W / 29.758472; -95.36333
Houston Bar Center Building
NRHP reference No.100001254[1]
Added to NRHPJune 26, 2017

The Houston Bar Center Building is an office building at 723 Main Street in downtown Houston, Texas.[2] The building began as two separate skyscrapers, the Rusk Building and the Gulf Building, which were built in 1913 and 1915 respectively by Houston businessman Jesse H. Jones. In 1966, architect Eugene William Slater completely remodeled both buildings into a single tower. The redesigned ten-story building has a New Formalist design, a variation of Modernism which abstracted elements of classical architecture. It incorporates traditional building materials such as granite and marble and uses a first-floor canopy and belt course along with marble pilasters and a plain marble cornice to suggest a classical column. The building is both one of Houston's most prominent New Formalist works and an example of the mid-twentieth century trend of redesigning and reengineering older buildings.[3]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 26, 2017.[1]

In 2019 the AC Hotels opened their first Houston location in the building.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "2017 Weekly Lists - National Register of Historic Places" (PDF). National Park Service. p. 114. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  2. ^ Sarnoff, Nancy (June 16, 2016). "Downtown's Main Street to see more upscale changes". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  3. ^ Mod, Anna; Harris-Fitch, Delaney; Curry-Shearouse, Hannah; Steely, James (January 2017). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Houston Bar Center Building". National Park Service. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  4. ^ Gillespie, Lane (July 24, 2019). "Photos: Houston's first AC Hotel opens July 30". Houston Business Journal. Retrieved August 29, 2025.

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