The Magnolia Hotel Houston is a hotel located at 1100 Texas Avenue, in
downtown Houston
Downtown is the largest central business district in the city of Houston and the largest in the state of Texas, located near the geographic center of the metropolitan area at the confluence of Interstate 10, Interstate 45, and Interstate 69. The ...
,
Texas
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. It was the tallest building in Houston from 1926 to 1927. The building once served as headquarters for the
Shell Oil Company
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, and later home to ''
The Houston Post-Dispatch''.
See also
*
Houston Post-Dispatch Building
References
External links
Magnolia Hotel Website
{{Buildings in Houston timeline
Skyscraper hotels in Houston
Hotel buildings completed in 1926