Title

Carter Building, Houston, Texas, USA, 1914. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Carter Building, Houston, Texas, USA, 1914. Vintage postcard showing the exterior of the building and the surrounding streets. Built by businessman SF Carter, the 16-storey Carter Building was Houston's tallest building when it opened in 1910. It was known as 'Carter's Folly' because Houstonians believed no building that tall could be safe. In fact Carter went on to add another 6 storeys to the top of his building perfectly safely. It was later renamed the Second National Bank Building.
Curt Teich Postcard Archives

Date

Nov 30, 1999

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Curt Teich Postcard Archives

Reference

HRM19D83_365

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,0Mb (3,9Mb) / 9,8in x 15,8in / 2952 x 4737 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior city road building buildings architecture street skyscraper country bank finance color colour lane Houston Texas avenue cityscape office block location century outside United States of America United States 1910s 20th century American America USA TGN postcard Curt Teich Postcard Archives Unknown Carter SF Carter Building Second National Bank SF Carter SF Carter postcard