Humble Oil Building
The Humble Oil Building, is a historic office building, designed in the Italian Renaissance architecture style, located at 1212 Main Street in Houston, Texas and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was constructed by Humble Oil and Refining Company in 1921. The tower section was added on to the building in 1936. The building complex served as the company headquarters for Humble Oil and Refining Company from 1921 until 1963, when the company moved into what is now the ExxonMobil Building at 800 Bell Street. In 2003, the building complex was renovated for use as a combination hotel and apartments, the apartment section was converted to additional hotel rooms in 2015.
Humble Oil Building | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
The Humble Oil Building at the corner of Main Street and Dallas Street | |
| Location | 1212 Main St., Houston, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 29°45′19″N 95°22′1″W |
| Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
| Built | Original: 1921 Expansions: 1936, 1940, 1947 |
| Architect | Clinton and Russell, John F. Staub, Kenneth Franzheim |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, 3-part vertical block |
| NRHP reference No. | 99000068 |
| Added to NRHP | January 27, 1999 |
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