Houston Deco: Houston's Modernistic Architecture  
No. 179: 2101 Washington Ave.
No. 157: 740 Telephone Road (at Dumble)
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Historic name: Humble Oil & Refining Co. Filling Station Nos. 179 and 157
Current name (No. 179): Look Automotive
Current name (No. 157): Lucano Autobus
Completed: 1930
Architect: John F. Staub


Staub designed the prototype for all new Humble Oil stations in the late 1920s.

above | Station No. 179, 2006
detail (top) | detail, Station No. 179, 2006
detail (middle) | detail, Station No. 179, 2006
detail (bottom) | Station No. 157, 2006

Photo by David Bush
 
 
 
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