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American General Building: AIA 25 Year Award The Humble Building, former headquarters of the oil company 1200-1206 Nance, a preserved Victorian streetscape 1919 Decatur, the former Tabernacle Baptist Church 2012 Kane, a restored Folk Victorian cottage in the Old Sixth Ward 4610 Oak Ridge, a 1930s bungalow in Norhill 2508 Pelham, a Spanish-style house in River Oaks Trinity Episcopal Church in Midtown Villa Serena, the former DePelchin Faith Home at 2700 Albany Holy Cross Chapel, a restoration of the 905 Main building The Magnolia, an adaptive reuse of the former Post-Dispatch Building Al Davis for leadership in preservation in Harris County Historic Documents Preservation Project of Harris County Houston Chronicle and Jack Sweeney: Preservation Partner in Print Award George Strake for commitment to preservation and GHPA JPMorgan Chase for its stewardship of the former Gulf Building |
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The 1928 facade of 905 Main St. was restored to its original appearance after having been covered for more than 30 years. (Photo by Janice E. Ashton) Photo gallery from this project > After the savings and loan closed, the basement was rented to Holy Cross Chapel, a ministry of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston that serves downtown office workers. In 1999, Randalls Supermarkets founder Bob Onstead bought the property and began removing the 1960s mosaic. Unfortunately, the historic detailing was so heavily damaged that restoration was impossible. In 2001, Onstead sold the building to the Diocese at cost to ensure a permanent home for Holy Cross Chapel, which took up the challenge of recreating the original façade. Paul Homeyer and Greg LaCour of Gensler Architects collected historic photographs, archival materials and surviving remnants to create a design as close to the original as possible. J.E. Dunn Construction carried out the work, which included recasting design elements from surviving original pieces. A grant from Houston Endowment helped make the reconstruction possible. As Holy Cross Chapel pursues ambitious plans for a new sanctuary on the building's ground floor, the project's supporters can look with great satisfaction on what has been achieved so far: the careful reconstruction of a Houston landmark and its contribution to a revitalized Main Street. |
