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HENRY BRASHEAR 910 PRARIE ST BUILDINGHOUSTON, TX

WADE GREENE, CCIM Vice President 713.270.3385 [email protected]

EVELYN WARD, CCIM Vice President 713.270.3352 [email protected] ABOUT

Houston is considered by many to be the Energy Capital of the world.

Houston has a highly diversified industry base and is a leader in numerous industries including oil and gas, healthcare, manufacturing and trade. It is a dynamic, international city offering a low cost of living and high quality of life for residents. The metro is attractive to new business with its highly skilled work force, growing sustainability efforts and thriving economy.

The metro is a beacon of economic strength with the Port of Houston, Medical Center and two major passenger/cargo airports located in the area.

In addition to a healthy business environment, Houston is home to multiple professional sports teams, world-class museums, year-round performance arts, a thriving restaurant scene and a variety of outdoor recreational opportunities.

4TH 5TH Most Populous City Largest Metro

7 300 Million People Living in Thousand New Residents Metro Gained 2017-2019 Elysian Viaduct Sterrett William Street 1318 Studios

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Champoinship Park

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Ruiz

Sunset Coffee Building Regalia at the HOUSTON Cityview Park (UC) Allen’s Lofts Landing Park

Commerce

Harris County Bayou Lofts Pretrial Eller ›› 2,658 SF of ground floor space available Marquette Post HTX University of Services Harris County 1301 Wagon Works Companies THAI CAFE Criminal Justice Commerce Houston Lomas (Planned) Magnolia Franklin 917 Center Garage Ballroom Garage Franklin Hamilton

Downtown Jackson Chenevert

Franklin ›› Designated historic building built in 1882 Islamic / Hermann Tennison Old Cotton Dawah The Corinthian Harris County Lofts Lofts Exchange Center Family Law Harris County Harris Sally’s Center Civil Courthouse County House HEARSAY Garage Foley Congress Plaza Harris County George Bush LA FISHERIA Building (Jury Assembly) Jury Plaza CHRISTIAN’S ›› Located near historic Monument BOOMTOWN TAILGATE BARNABY’S CAFE COFFEE Congress BATANGA Market 1414 Square Congress Houston HENKE & PILLOT THE PASTRY Garage Harris County Harris County ABM Parking Hamilton Ballet Market Sesquicentennial MOVING WAR 1910 Courthouse Juvenile Justice Services Texas Pardons Street Market Square Square SIDEWALKMajestic Center & Parols Division Residences ›› Bars and restaurants in the immediate area include: The Harris County Park Tower NIKO NIKO’S Metro Admin. Bldg Moonshiners, Bovine and Barley, OKRA Charity Saloon From Washington Avenue TREEBEARDS Preston FRANKS Lyric Planned D’George at Lyric BACKYARDAris ScanlanLIVE SPORTS Harris County Harris County Boomtown Coffee, Henke and Pillot, Local Foods and Centre Hotel Market Hogg The LOCAL FOODS Building Wortham Garage BURGER IM Market BAR & GRILL Information Justice of Peace Downtown Palace Preston Square Halliburton Theater BRAVERY BOVINEByrd’s & BARLEY Lyric Centre One Market HUBCAP GRILL Plaza Frank’s Pizza Aquarium CHEF HALL Lofts The Londale Center Louisiana Milam Square Garage Fannin Jacinto San Bagby

EL BIG BAD THE MOONSHINERS 500 Crawford Prairie BIRRA PORETTI’S LAWLESS PROHIBITION500 Christ Harris County Garage McCrory 717 Texas Post Rice Fannin Church Child Support › SAMBUCA Building › New residences in the area include Market Square Tower Lofts Christ Garage Catalyst Union To Memorial Dr Texas Tower CONSERVATORYChurch Cathedral PANCHINA Station (UC) Binz

Main Binz Urban BROCCA Building with 463 luxury units and Aris Market Square with 274 luxury Garage League

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FLYING SAUCER Capitol STARBUCKS PERBACCO SHAKE SHACK 708 Main St. Germain Lofts Capitol Tower Partnership Tranquility Bob Casey Bank of Understory U.S. Kinder High School Pennzoil Tower From Memorial Dr Federal America (UC) Customs for the Performing Place Park Courthouse Center FINN HALL712 Main BIRD DOG SAINTThe Star House and Visual Arts W Hotel The Jones on Main (Planned) Chartres Apartments Hamilton (UC) TABLE 7 CHICK-FIL-A Rusk MAIN KITCHEN KULTURE 801 Louisiana 811 Main B & B BUTCHERSRusk Hobby Center Lanier Garage Houston 801 Mainplace 803 6 Trammel for Performing Arts Public Center XOCHI Esperson Travis Fannin (Planned) Crow Tranquility Park Works 806 Garage Garage Building Garage (Planned) Building Two Shell Plaza Main One POPULATION 811 Louisiana Smith Louisiana Milam Fannin Jacinto San Caroline Austin La Branch Crawford Bagby BIGGIO’S To I-45 North JIMMY JOHN’S Walker 1 Mile 3 Miles 5 Miles

Commerce OXBOX 7 1221 McKinney Towers Lyondell Basell Kirby Lofts 2 Five Hess City Hall Hermann One Shell Fullbright 27,084 195,975 449,470 Center Houston Tower

Plaza Main Tower Center BUD’S BBQ Square 1001 McKinney City Hall McKinney MORTON’S LAKE HOUSE Annex Place Garage

Fro McALISTER’S DELI m I-45 North McKinney McKinney

1001 Louisiana PAPPAS BROS. GROTTO MKT BAR Wells Kinder Morgan One STEAKHOUSE 1331 Lamar One DAYTIME POPULATION Houston Julia 1001 Fannin Fargo Building City 4 Houston Center Park

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Interstate 45 Interstate PHOENCIA

Avenida de las Americas de las Avenida 158,501 346,073 822,714 1111 Louisiana 1010 Lamar 1111 Travis Garage First THE GROVE To Allen Parkway 1100 1110 Travis Heritage 1100 Garage City Heritage Smith Centerpoint Plaza Louisiana Tower Society Garage Energy 1111 1111 Main Garage

Museum Brazos Fannin Garage

HEARSAY From Allen Parkway Dallas QUATTRO

Total BAYOU & BOTTLE Plaza STARBUCKS One HPD 1201 Fannin PAPPADEAUX AVERAGE HH INCOME Headquarters Marlowe 1225 Louisiana NRG Tower THE RUSTIC 1 Mile 3 Miles 5 Miles Polk PAPPASITO’S Two CANTINA Allen Center 1300 Main Travis Tower 1301 Fannin South Texas $11,667 $97,069 $101,672 Three Travis Hilton Americas The Rustic Greenstreet College of Allen Center Tower Law Houston Houston Hotel Regency First United Garage 777 Clay Garage Houston Data Garage Garage Methodist Garage Center Church

Andrews Clay Jackson 1401 Chenevert Hamilton Shaw Smith 1415 AT&T Metropolitan Garage 1400 Wedge Fannin Building W.Dallas Garage Louisiana International Root Square Allen Garage Peacock Garage Tower Center Andrews Apartments TRAFFIC COUNTS Garage

1400 Bell Smith Prairie Street 9,875 CPD Salvation Army Houston Area Block 334 Camden Command 1500 Downtown Ruthven Louisiana Tundra Garage 800 Bell Southern Brown (UC) Travis Street 11,310 CPD 1600 Smith Book Garage Downtown Park Shop

Leeland Howe

Camden Chevron Office 1600 Smith Phase II Tower Skyhouse Houston (Planned) Houston House (Planned) 800 Bell Apartments Garage

Pease

Beaconsfield Archdiocese of AT&T Jefferson Towers Condos Cathedral Communications Garage Galveston-Houston 1711 Caroline Building Skyhouse Centre of America YMCA Main Union Hall

Jefferson

Houston’s First 500 Jefferson 1801 Smith Amegy Bank Baptist Church of Texas 1810 Main Sacred Heart Eighteen25 (UC) Co-Catherdral 600 Jefferson Garage Garage

St. Joseph Parkway

Lee P. Brown Metro Admin Bld The Hamilton Mickey Leland Metro HQ 801 Main Federal Fire St. Joseph Garage Shrine of the Building Station Sacred Medical Center #8 Heart Garage Sisters of Baldwin Bagby Brazos Charity Park Pierce FLOOR PLAN 2,658 SF OF GROUND FLOOR SPACE AVAILABLE PRAIRIE ST HISTORY OF 910 PRAIRIE

Staff Houston Business Journal. “Henry Brashear Building city survivor for 127 years.” Houston Business Journal. Web. 26 April 2009.

Few Houston buildings can claim a life spanning 127 tenant. When Brashear sold the building in 1890 to Charles years. In place where bulldozers prevail as they alter the Bente, club rooms occupied the upper floors. Following landscape, the Henry Brashear Building is a survivor, as the its sale to Joseph Meyer in 1905, the building was leased date carved into its facade proves to those hurrying by 910 to jewelers Gorman and McAughan, who occupied the Prairie Ave. space for 45 years.

Following the Civil War, Houston’s role as a regional center Subsequent tenants included a children’s clothing store, of trade and finance expanded to make it a leading Swift One Hour Dry Cleaning and Columbia Dry Goods community in Southeast Texas. Railroad construction Co. The upper floors were used primarily for storage, but continued, permitting merchants to broaden their sales sometimes they were rented as furnished rooms. More territory. Traffic increased on Buffalo Bayou as the city recentllym restaurants have occupied the space. When looked toward becoming a true port. Long overdue public Carter and Cooley Co. Deli leased the space in 1990, the improvements were undertaken. Wooden commercial building was fully restored with the restoration receiving buildings were replaced by more fireproof masonry preservation awards. structures. Henry Brashear joined in this route to progress by erecting his three-story building in the heart of the city’s Another aspect of the building’s historical authenticity is the thriving commerical district in 1882. role the Brashear family played in the city’s development. Henry was the sone of Isaac Wright Brashear and his wife, Brashear chose Eugene Heiner to design his building. Heiner Sarah. In 1891 widow Brashear sold 1,765 acres to the Omaha had settled in Houston four years earlier, intent on making a and South Texas Land Co., which used it develop Houston name for himself in architectural circles. Despite his limited Heights, the first planned industrial suburb of Houston. Henry training as an apprentice under architects in Chicago and was a judge of the District Criminal Court and later became Terrre Haute, Ind., he quickly developed a steady clientele. vice president of Texas National Bank. His brother, William, The young architect became especially known for his was a commander in the Texas Navy and presided over courthouses, desiging 14 of these for county commissioners the dismantling of the first navy of the Republic of Texas. all across Texas. Heiner’s signature also appreared on Another brother, Sam Brashear, as mayor of Houston from local buildings such as the Cotton Exchange Building, the 1898 to 1900, launced the city’s park system by purchasing Magnolia Brewery complex, the city’s first high school, a 16 acres on either side of Buffalo Bayou. Originally named grand opera house and elegant mansions. City Park, it is known today as - a green space in the shadows of the city’s skyscrapers, filled with Heiner’s design for Henry Brashear’s building incorporated our community’s rich history. exuberant Victorian styling. The stucco-faced exterior displays ornate decorative elements at the upper two To ensure that Henry Brashear’s building will be here for levels while iron detailing is present on both the cornice future generations of Houstonians, it has been designated and the ground-level entrance. Located at the rear of the as a City of Houston Protected Landmark. With this building is the original water closet tower, most likely the protection it should survive for another 127 years and far oldest and last remaining of its kind in Houston. beyond.

The building is housed in a variety of businesses over the years. Erwin Erlenmeyer, a druggist, was possibly the first HENRY BRASHEAR 910 PRARIE ST WADE GREENE, CCIM EVELYN WARD, CCIM BUILDING HOUSTON, TX Vice President Vice President 713.270.3385 713.270.3352 [email protected] [email protected]