JPMorgan Chase Building
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Identification
Name
JPMorgan Chase Building
Alternative name
Gulf Building, Texas Commerce Bank Building, Chase Bank Building
Emporis Building Number
117712
Location
| Main address |
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| 710-720 Main Street |
| Virtual address |
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| 915-919 Rusk Street |
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Neighborhood
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Map and Surrounding Area
Technical Data
Height (tip)
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Height (architectural)
130.46 m
Height (roof)
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Floors (above ground)
36
Construction end
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Structure in General
Construction type
skyscraper
Current status
existing [completed]Facade material
brick
Facade system
applied masonry
Architectural style
art deco / art moderne
Usages
Main usages
commercial officeFeatures and Amenities
One of the city's famous buildings
Facts
The Gulf Building (as it was then known) was the tallest skyscraper in Houston from 1929 until 1963. In 1963 it was surpassed by the ExxonMobil Building (then known as the Humble Building). |
The profile of the tower, which rises in stages to an attentuated vertical crown, and its prolific crypto-Gothic ornament, were obviously inspired by Eliel Saarinen's never-built but much-copied Chicago Tribune Building design of 1922. |
Companies involved in this building
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Architect: Kenneth Franzheim, Alfred Charles Finn, J.E.R. Carpenter |