Texas Company Annex

Texas Company Annex

General information
Status	Complete
Type	Commercial offices
Architectural style	Neoclassical
Location	720 San Jacinto Street Houston, Texas
Coordinates	29°45′28″N 95°21′43″W / 29.7577°N 95.3619°W / 29.7577; -95.3619Coordinates: 29°45′28″N 95°21′43″W / 29.7577°N 95.3619°W / 29.7577; -95.3619
Construction started	June 1914
Completed	May 1915
Height
Roof	53.4 m (175 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	13
Design and construction
Architect	Warren & Wetmore
References
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The Texas Company Annex is a 13-story, 53.4 m (175 ft) skyscraper at 720 San Jacinto Street in downtown Houston, Texas. The building was completed in 1915 as the regional offices of The Texas Company, better known as Texaco.

References

↑ Texas Company Annex at Emporis
↑ "Texas Company Annex". SkyscraperPage.

External links

The Texas Company Annex 3D model

Downtown Houston

Areas

Education

Primary & Secondary Schools	Houston Independent School District Incarnate Word Academy

Colleges and universities	University of Houston–Downtown South Texas College of Law Houston Community College (closest campus is Midtown)

Libraries	Houston Public Library (Jones Building, Julia Ideson Building, and HPL Express Discovery Green)

Skyscrapers and complexes

Parks

Other landmarks

METRORail stations

This list is incomplete.

Timeline of the tallest buildings in Houston

Franklin Lofts (35 m) (1904) Capitol Lofts (41 m) (1908) Texas Company Annex (54 m) (1915) Club Quarters Hotel (62 m) (1925) Magnolia Hotel (99 m) (1926) Niels Esperson Building (125 m) (1927) JPMorgan Chase Building (130 m) (1929) ExxonMobil Building (185 m) (1963) One Shell Plaza (218 m) (1971) Enterprise Plaza (230 m) (1980) JPMorgan Chase Tower (305 m) (1982)

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