The Club Quarters Hotel is a 16-story, 61.6Â m (202Â ft) Beaux-Arts high-rise at 710 Fannin Street in downtown Houston, Texas, USA. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places under its former name, the Texas State Hotel. originally planned for the 1928 Democratic National Convention, but due to construction and finance difficulties, was not completed until 1929 (with the help of Jesse Holman Jones).
At one point in the 1980s, The University of Texas owned the property and a hotel-management group ran the hotel, but it proved unprofitable and closed.
The Hotel eventually went up for auction in 1987, at which a subsidiary of Texaco had the winning bid of $1.39 million for the property, which was located across the street of their, at the time headquarters at 1111 Rusk. It was left unused until Fannin & Rusk, LP took over the property for redevelopment.
The renovation of the Texas State Hotel won the 2006 Good Brick Awards, given by the Greater Houston Preservation Alliance to honor exceptional preservation projects and the people behind them. Since it has opened, it has featured a restaurant, Table 7 Bistro, on the bottom floor.
Residences
Beautiful Hotels in Houston - http://www.robhotels.com/beautiful-hotels-in-houston/ They had a good price and great room.Great location.This hotel was pure pleasure. Would stay here again.Days Inn and Suites Houston Hobby...
The hotel building includes several residences, which have the same amenities as the regular guests
The residences are zoned to the Houston Independent School District (HISD). Residents are zoned to the Gregory-Lincoln Education Center (for grades K-8), and Northside High School (formerly Davis High School). Residents were previously zoned to Bruce Elementary School, and E.O. Smith Education Center (for middle school).
References
External links
- Club Quarters Houston
- Residences Atop Club Quarters
