Rice Lofts in Houston, Texas
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Rice Lofts
Official name:Post Rice Lofts
Formerly:Rice Hotel
909 Texas Avenue, Houston, Texas, Downtown 77002 United StatesPrint this page   •   Share this page   •   Map This

Quick Facts
  • Construction finish: 1913
  • Cost: Mauran, Russell, and Crowell
  • Renovated: 1998 by Page Southerland Page
  • Type: Residential
  • Stories: 17
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  A final note: Kennedy's ungiven speech for the luncheon in Dallas on Nov 22, 1963 was written that morning on the Rice Hotel stationary and is currently in a display at the Kennedy Library in Boston.

Sivlerlake Tx - Thursday, March 8th, 2007 @ 1:46am  

  Formerly the home of Houston's flagship radio station KTRH which got its call sign letters from it's address. The penthouse was for a while the address of the esentric Howard Hughes and was the place that President Kennedy spent the night before his assasination in Nov. 1963.

Silverlake Tx - Thursday, March 8th, 2007 @ 1:44am  

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