Houston Deco: Houston's Modernistic Architecture
3518-3522 Polk Ave.
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Historic names: Dahlgren's Cabinet Shop, Dahlgren's Furniture Studio
Current name: Latino Learning Center
Completed: 1930, expanded 1940
Architect: Lamar Q. Cato (1940)

The one-story section housed Karl Dahlgren's original cabinet shop. By the time the two-story addition was completed, he had already renamed the business Dahlgren's Furniture Studio.

above | façade, 2007
detail (top) | signage detail, 2007
detail (bottom) | ornamental detail, 2007

Photo by David Bush
 
 
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