Historic businesses
Mary Jane Studios 1939
The academy announced its move to “spacious new quarters at East Eleventh and Harvard.”
Houston Chronicle, Aug. 27, 1939: “Mary Jane to Open Studio in New Location,” at East Eleventh and Harvard (a low-resolution copy carrying the database’s search highlights). Tap the image to view it full size.
← Back to the historic businesses
This site contains AI-assisted prose; every dated fact is cited to its source, and corrections to the first edition are listed under Research .
1100 Harvard is a personal historical research project by a resident of the building. It is not an official publication of Reagan Lodge No. 1037 A.F.&A.M. (active today at 1606 Heights Blvd.) or of the Harvard House Condominium Association. Sources: Houston Post , Houston Chronicle , and other Texas newspapers; Grand Lodge of Texas Proceedings ; Houston city directories; the 1964 Wirtz, Calhoun, Tungate & Jackson drawings; Houston History Research Center (HHRC), Houston Public Library; Portal to Texas History. Source images are shown as scanned (cropped or levelled at most); the few digitally restored or re-typeset copies are labelled as such in their captions.
Timeline · Chapters · Research · Corrections
