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The War Apartments and Midcentury · 1943–1965

Offered for sale

1965

In October and November 1965 the whole complex was offered for sale: a three-story building of 3,842 square feet per floor, over a one-story shop row of nearly 6,000 square feet, “presently leased.” The ads suggested “possible conversion to apartments,” a use the upper floors had in fact been serving since 1943.

The listing closed the building’s mid-century chapter and opened its quietest one. The measurements in the ad remain useful to researchers today.

The source

Source image: Houston Chronicle classifieds, Oct.–Nov. 1965
Source: Houston Chronicle classifieds, Oct.–Nov. 1965. Tap the image to view full size.