{"nrhp_refnum":"02000276","name":"Sam Houston Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1117 Prairie St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.76196946700003,"lon":-95.36046561199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-04-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A ten-story reinforced concrete hotel with brick veneer at 1119 Prairie Street, on the corner of Prairie and San Jacinto Streets in downtown Houston, Texas, built in 1924 and designed by Sanguinet, Staats, Hedrick & Gottlieb.","why_significant":"The hotel is argued to be a representative example of early twentieth-century high-rise construction and moderately priced 1920s hotel design for business travelers. It was designed by a notable Texas architectural firm and sits on Houston's \"Hotel Row\" between Union Station and downtown. Despite alterations, its form, materials and overall character remain.","narrative":"Built in 1924 at Prairie and San Jacinto Streets, the Sam Houston Hotel is a ten-story reinforced concrete building faced in variegated brown brick. Architects Sanguinet, Staats, Hedrick & Gottlieb designed it, and contractor Don Hall built it. It stands on what Houstonians called \"Hotel Row,\" the route from Union Station to the heart of downtown. The hotel offered 200 rooms, each with a bath, at modest rates aimed at business travelers, and relied on transoms, panelled doors and screens for ventilation. Its facades follow a tripartite scheme of base, shaft and cornice, with cast stone ornament including urns and an egg-and-dart cornice. Alterations include lost storefronts and aluminum replacement windows, yet the form, materials and character survive. The hotel closed in 1975 and has been empty since, leaving a damaged interior with original floor tile and plaster remnants. It is considered significant for its architecture as a representative 1920s high-rise hotel, and plans call for its rehabilitation as a hotel.","period_of_significance":"1924","architect_builder":"Sanguinet, Staats, Hedrick & Gottlieb (architects); Don Hall (contractor)","architectural_style":"Other: 2-part vertical block","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Closed in 1975 and unoccupied since; the ground floor interior is mostly demolished and storefronts are boarded. Rehabilitation as a hotel is planned.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.508051-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/60/9722/40972260/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/02000276.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000276/215625c50b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000276/215625c50b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"WhisperToMe","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AldenHoustonHotel.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">WhisperToMe</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AldenHoustonHotel.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"83004471","name":"Main Street/Market Square Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/main-street-market-square-historic-district-83004471/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972260","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sam_Houston_Hotel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4713551"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/sam-houston-hotel-02000276/"}