America Tower Designed by: Lloyd Jones Brewer and Associates Construction Completed: 1983 Area: Montrose Post Code: 77019 City: Houston, Texas
Incorrectly called the "American Tower" and the "American General Building" by local television anchors, even the ones who work next door at KHOU (channels 11 and 31), this building's proper name...read more >>
Bethel Baptist Church Construction Completed: 1923 Area: Montrose Post Code: 77019 City: Houston, Texas
Located in one of Houston’s rougher, but rapidly improving neighborhoods still in the shadow of downtown, most people never saw this building because of the weeds that grew up around it. The church wa...read more >>
Campanile, The Designed by: William Ward Watkin Construction Completed: 1940 Area: Montrose Post Code: 77006 City: Houston, Texas
Libraries are considered temples of knowledge. In this case, it's absolutely true. The complex that now houses the Freed-Montrose branch of the Houston Public Library used to be the Central Churc...read more >>
Chapel of Saint Basil Designed by: Philip Johnson Construction Completed: 1997 Area: Montrose Post Code: 77006 City: Houston, Texas
Throughout Houston there are a number of buildings topped with large gold domes. Some are banks. Some are abandoned. All look like they should be religious facilities, and this one actually is. The Ch...read more >>
Christopher Columbus Statue Designed by: Joe Incrapera Construction Completed: 1991 Area: Montrose Post Code: 77006 City: Houston, Texas
It has been more than half a millennium since Christopher Columbus sailed from Europe to the New World. That journey thousands of miles in a rickety wooden boat is starting to seem easy compared to th...read more >>
Wortham Fountain Designed by: William Cannady Construction Completed: 1978 Area: Montrose Post Code: 77019 City: Houston, Texas
A favorite spot for joggers, dog walkers, and passersby to cool down in the Houston heat, the Wortham Fountain isn't merely ornamental -- it is functional. Water from the fountain is pushed throu...read more >>