Houston Deco: Houston's Modernistic Architecture
921 Main St. (at McKinney)
restored
Historic name: City National Bank Building
Current name: 1001 McKinney Building
Completed: 1947
Architect: Alfred C. Finn
City of Houston Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places


The building's profile bears a striking resemblance to that of the Mellie Esperson Building.

above | façade, late 1940s
detail (top) | 900 block of Main Street, 1947
detail (center) |
central tower, 2006
detail (bottom)
|
parapet detail, 2006

Photo courtesy Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library
 
 
 
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