The Sears store at 4000 North Shepherd Drive in Garden Oaks was the retailer’s third location in Houston when it opened in 1950. Built at a cost of $2 million, the store was designed by prominent Dallas architect George Dahl with Cowell & Neuhaus of Houston.
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PH Watch List: 1933 and 1937 Dryden Road
In May 1936, Snedden & Young, architects and builders, announced the construction of two modernistic apartment houses at 1933 and 1937 Dryden Road in Southgate near Rice University. The buildings are among Houston’s few surviving examples of Streamline Moderne architecture, a style that was very popular in the years before World War II. Morningstar Construction & Development plans to demolish them and build a mid-rise residential complex on the site.
An update: March 2020
We hope you and your families are safe and healthy. In times like these, we learn to appreciate the value of continuity and the comforts of familiarity. Although our staff is working remotely, Preservation Houston is continuing its efforts to protect the historic buildings you care about and the neighborhoods that make Houston home.