Sweeney, Coombs, and Fredericks Building

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Sweeney, Coombs and Fredericks Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Texas State Antiquities Landmark

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Location	301 Main Street @ Congress Houston, Texas United States
Coordinates	29°45′43″N 95°21′38″W / 29.7620°N 95.3606°W / 29.7620; -95.3606
Built	1889
Architect	George E. Dickey
Architectural style	Victorian
NRHP reference No.	74002074
RTHL No.	10786
TSAL No.	335
Added to NRHP	June 23, 1978
Designated RTHL	1974
Designated TSAL	5/28/1981

The Sweeney, Coombs, and Fredericks Building is a late Victorian commercial building with a 3-story corner turret and Eastlake decorative elements that was designed by George E. Dickey in 1889.^[1] The building is located at 301 Main Street in Houston, Texas and occupies the corner of Main Street and Congress Street in Downtown Houston.^[1] The building is one of the few Victorian-style architectural structures that remains in the city.^[2] The building received a "City of Houston Landmark" designation in 2009. The building is included in the National Register of Historic Places by virtue of being a conforming structure in the Main Street/Market Square Historic District.^[3]

Location

The Sweeney, Coombs and Fredericks Building shares a 75-year ground lease from Harris County and adjacent to the historic Pillot Building.^[4] The building lies within the boundaries of Houston's Main Street/Market Square Historic District. Market Square, the namesake for the historic district, is just one block away on Congress Street.^[2]

Purchase, Development, and Construction

Purchase

In 1882, John Jasper Sweeney and Edward L. Coombs commissioned the purchase of an 1861 building built by William A. Van Alstyne, the W.A. Van Alstyne Building.^[1]

Construction

Historical records indicate that the W. A. Van Alstyne Building was set to be demolished and replaced by the Sweeney and Coombs structure.^[1] Speculation remains as to whether the demolition of the W. A. Van Alstyne Building was ever completed; some theorists believe that the W. A. Van Alstyne Building was incorporated by renovation into the structure built by Sweeney and Coombs.^[1]

Construction of the building was completed in 1887.^[1]

Design

The building was designed by George E. Dickey and the style of the building reflects the Victorian Era of architecture.^[1] Design elements included a 3-story corner turret and Eastlake decorative elements.^[1] The decorative angled doors of the building are set facing the intersection of 220 Main Street.^[4]

Renovations

The building underwent a modest renovation in 1968, which preserved the exposed brick walls and original hardwood floors.^[4]

Ownership

Gus Fredericks joined the Sweeney and Coombs Jewelry firm before 1889.^[1] The jewelry firm is still in business.^[1]

In 1974, Harris County acquired the building through condemnation.^[5]

The Environmental Practice Group of the Harris County Attorney’s Office occupies the 2nd floor and a portion of the County Auditor’s Office occupies the third.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Sweeney, Coombs and Fredericks Building". Houston Architecture. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Historic Preservation Manual". City of Houston. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
^ "Law Offices of Scott Arnold, P.C." www.scottarnoldpc.com. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cook, Lynn (September 21, 1998). "Downtown's Sweeney, Combs building sells to Houston group". Houston Business Journal. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
^ "Sweeney Building 1974 Deed" (PDF).

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