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Tom's son, Howard Tellepsen, became president of the Tellepsen Construction Company in 1940. In the 1940s and 1950s the Tellepsen Construction Company was awarded many projects that have become Houston landmarks, such as Ellington Field, Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Texas Children's Hospital, [6] St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, the Falcon Dam, and the Melrose Building.
The Williams Tower, completed in 1982 and rising 901 feet (275 m), is the third-tallest building in Houston. [6] Seven of the ten tallest buildings in Texas are located in Houston. [7] The history of skyscrapers in the city began with the construction of the original Binz Building in 1895.
CenterPoint Energy Tower (formerly Houston Industries Plaza) is a 741 feet (226 m) tall building in downtown Houston. The original building, finished in 1974, stood at 651 feet (198 m), but a 90-foot (27 m) extension was added as part of a 1996 renovation.
The Fulbright Tower is a 52-story office skyscraper originally known as 3 Houston Center. [1] A part of the downtown Houston Center complex, Texas, United States, the tower has 1,247,061 square feet (115,855.8 m 2) of Class A office space. [2] The bottom seven levels were designed for four trading floors for commodities like electricity and ...
Arch-Con Corporation was founded in 2000 in Houston, Texas by Michael Scheurich. [10] Arch-Con began in the Houston area, working on commercial projects near metropolitan areas. Its first project was an entrance for Continental Manufacturing in Houston in 2000, following by a hotel project for Americas Best Value Inn in 2001. [4] [11]
The Senior Road Tower is a guyed mast for FM and TV broadcasting, measuring 1,971 feet (601 m) tall, located in unincorporated northeastern Fort Bend County near Missouri City, Texas, United States. The present mast was built in 1983. It replaced a previous tower that collapsed in a construction accident in December 1982, killing five workers.
East of Beltway 8, south of Clay Road, west of Campbell Road, and north of Hammerly Boulevard 85 Spring Branch Central Northwest Between Blalock Road and Bingle Road north of Interstate 10 and south of Clay Road 86 Spring Branch East Northwest Enclosed by Blalock Road, Highway 290, Interstate 610, and Interstate 10 87 Greenway / Upper Kirby
Highland Village is in the 77027 ZIP code. The first homes in Highland Village were built in the early 1950s; some of the older homes were torn down and replaced with larger homes in the 2000s. Nearby Houston neighborhoods include Afton Oaks, Upper Kirby, Lynn Park, Oak Estates, River Oaks, and Weslayan Plaza.