Capitol Lofts
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The Capitol Lofts is a building located at 711 Main Street in downtown Houston, Texas
. Constructed in 1908, the building was originally used for office space and was converted to residential lofts in the 1990s. The building was the tallest building in Houston and Texas until being surpassed by the Praetorian Building in Dallas, Texas
as the tallest building in Texas in 1909. It remained the tallest in Houston until 1915 when surpassed by the Texas Company Annex
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Designed by architect Alfred C. Finn
, the building's original facade was covered with granite and glass in the 1980s.
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Residents are zoned to Bruce Elementary School, E. O. Smith Education Center
(for middle school), and Davis High School
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Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. Constructed in 1908, the building was originally used for office space and was converted to residential lofts in the 1990s. The building was the tallest building in Houston and Texas until being surpassed by the Praetorian Building in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
as the tallest building in Texas in 1909. It remained the tallest in Houston until 1915 when surpassed by the Texas Company Annex
Texas Company Annex
The Texas Company Annex is a building in downtown Houston. It was a building for Texas Company, better known as Texaco....
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Designed by architect Alfred C. Finn
Alfred C. Finn
Alfred Charles Finn , a notable Texan architect, was born in Bellville, Texas, on July 2, 1883. Finn grew up in Hempstead, and moved to Houston in 1900 to work for Southern Pacific Railroad as a carpenter and draftsman. Finn was an architect for the Capitol Lofts, the Ezekiel W...
, the building's original facade was covered with granite and glass in the 1980s.
Zoned schools
Franklin Lofts is within the Houston Independent School DistrictHouston Independent School District
The Houston Independent School District is the largest public school system in Texas and the seventh-largest in the United States. Houston ISD serves as a community school district for most of the city of Houston and several nearby and insular municipalities...
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Residents are zoned to Bruce Elementary School, E. O. Smith Education Center
E. O. Smith Education Center
Edward O. Smith Education Center was a combined primary and secondary school located at 1701 Bringhurst in the Fifth Ward, Houston, Texas, United States. Smith serves grades 1 through 8 and is a part of the Houston Independent School District....
(for middle school), and Davis High School
Davis High School (Houston)
Jefferson Davis High School is a secondary school located at 1101 Quitman in the Near Northside neighborhood of Northside, Houston, Texas with a ZIP code of 77009. It was named after Jefferson Davis, the only president of the Confederate States of America....
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