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The 1948 Cook Paint Building Gets New Lifeas Architect and Artisan StudiosCisneros Design Studio2500 Summer St.www.cisnerosdesignstudio.com713-520-7745Photo by Anthony Rathbun

GET A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT CURRENT AND PAST GOOD BRICK WINNERS ON MAY 3 AND 4, 2014

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LOCATION SPONSORS:

CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS:

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Photo by G. Lyon Photography Inc.

FRIENDS OF PRESERVATION HOUSTON:

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Dear Friends,

For the past 35 years, PreservationHouston has presented the Good BrickAwards to recognize excellence in historicpreservation. Many of you have wanted tovisit these award-winning restorations andnow you have the chance. We are proud topresent the first-ever Good Brick Tour onMay 3rd and 4th – and showcase an out-standing selection of restored, reused andrenovated award-winning projects – rang-ing from a log cabin, lovingly restored by agroup of passionate volunteers – to a mid-century industrial space, which patron-levelticket buyers will have the chance to expe-rience at the Kick-Off Party on May 2nd.

We want to thank our many dedicatedvolunteers, led by our spectacular GoodBrick Tour co-chairs Penny Jones and BillStubbs, as well as the multiple dedicatedcommittee chairs and Board members,who helped to make this event possible.

We are grateful for our Good BrickTour sponsors, who gave their generoussupport to Preservation Houston, which

helps further our mission of educating thecommunity about the advantages of his-toric preservation in Houston and theimportance of celebrating our shared historyin progress. We are especially thankful tohave Houston House & Home feature ourvery first Good Brick Tour in this Aprilissue of their magazine. They are a specialpartner to us, indeed!

Most of all, we would like to thankyou for attending the first Good BrickTour and for supporting PreservationHouston with your membership in ourorganization and for your interest andinvolvement in our many exciting effortsto share the important work being doneon behalf of architecture, history and cul-ture in Houston.

All of us at Preservation Houstonbelieve that showcasing these exceptionalGood Brick Award-winning projects is oneof the best ways we have to foster a preser-vation ethic for Houston, but you are ulti-mately our best advocates. After the tour,tell your friends and neighbors about theprojects you’ve seen; nominate projects for

future Good Brick Awards; talk about theimportance of local landmarks and historicdistricts in your neighborhoods; and letyour elected officials know that you careabout preserving Houston’s history.

And as always, to stay connected withall that’s happening to preserve Houston’sarchitecture and history, visit our websiteat preservationhouston.org or call us at:713.510.3990.

With our warmest regards,

Jane-Page Crump, Board President

Stephanie Ann Jones, Executive Director

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� NuSmile3315 West 12th St.Houston, TX 77055Location sponsored byNuSmile

The 1960s were a decadeof development for theCity of Houston, whichsaw the construction ofGreenway Plaza, The Galleria and the Astrodome. It was during this construction boomthat the office and warehouse at 3315 West 12th St. was built.

In 2011, NuSmile purchased the mid-century modern gem to renovateas an office space. The company worked with AMB Architects to main-tain the structure’s historic value while reducing its carbon footprintand expanding to meet the company’s needs.

The 8,584-square-foot structure was expanded by 6,140 square feet tomake room for offices and laboratory operations. Energy efficient win-dows were installed in the expansion and energy efficient light fixturesthroughout. The redesign of the interior incorporated high-end finishes,open-concept offices and is staged with modern furniture by Knoll.

The NuSmile Building will be open only during the Good Brick TourKick-off Party on Friday evening, May 2 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m..Admission to the Kick-off Party is included with the $50 Patron tickets.

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1. The Edith L. Moore Log Cabin at Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary440 Wilchester Blvd.Houston, TX 77079

Edith Moore and her husband Jesse hand-built a log cabin in 1932on the west bank of Rummel Creek, using native pines from thesurrounding forest. As the years passed and the City of Houstonexpanded, Moore guarded her piece of nature and her way of life.She bequeathed the log cabin and 17.5 acres of land to HoustonAudubon Society, which has managed and protected the propertysince 1975.

In 2012, 23 years since the its last major renovation, the time cameto address structural issues that plagued 80-year-old cabin. Thisincluded installing a cedar shingle roof, restoring cabinetry andoriginal flooring, enhancing electrical wiring and lighting, improv-ing plumbing and restroom design for accessibility, repairing andreglazing the split-pane windows and, perhaps the most challengingtask, replacing five supporting logs.

Photos by Bao Loi.

Photos courtesy of Houston Audubon.

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409 St. Francis, Gonzales, Texas 78629 • 830-672-2428www.discoverys.net • swk@discoverys.net • Open Tues. - Sat., 9-5

An Eclectic Inventory of Architectural Elements

Antique Beams l Large Inventory of Antique DoorsAntique Door Hardware l Flooring l Beaded Wood

Quality Stained Glass l Clawfoot Tubs l Sinks Lighting l Ceiling Tin and more

Proud to Support Preservation in Houston and Across Texas

Preservation matters. It’s our history.

The 1904 Burnett House is on the NationalRegister of Historic Places.

Recipient of the Spirit of the Heights Award presented by the Houston Heights Association

Don Broman

“Don Broman, our general contractor, assisted in the final design of the kitchen,master suite and sleeping porch to ensure the final results were historically sensitive to the original interior and exterior of the home. He and his staff haveworked together for over 25 years and have mastered the art of Victorian custom millwork and finishes, so that only a very discerning eye can see the subtle distinction between ‘old’ and ‘new’. ”

—3rd Generation homeowner, Arlen Ferguson

Renovations Restorations

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2. Burnett House219 West 11th St.Houston, TX 77008

Soon after losing his family in the1900 Storm, George Henry Burnettmoved to the Houston Heights. In1904, he purchased the Craftsman home at 219 West 11th St.,which was constructed on eight-foot brick piers on one of the high-est lots in the neighborhood.

The one-story cottage was precut in East Texas and shipped by railand wagon to Houston. It features a pyramidal hipped roof, lateraland front gables and a wrap-around porch.

The house was converted from a single family residence to a smalloffice in 2003. Original long leaf pine flooring was repaired, sanded,and stained and the basement exterior was restored to its pre-1914appearance. In 2009, it was enlarged and reverted back to a singlefamily dwelling. The owners installed a gourmet kitchen and mastersuite at the rear of the house on piers matching the height of theoriginal structure.

3. Meacham-Faraguna Residence3008 Morrison St.Houston, TX 77009Location sponsored by Heritage Texas Properties

William Wilson began developing Woodland Heights in 1907 with thepurchase of 136 acres just northwest of downtown Houston. Thedevelopment included the house at 3008 Morrison St., which Wilsontouted as "one of the finest specimens of the true bungalow type inWoodland Heights."

When the Meacham-Faraguna family purchased the 1910 bungalow, itlacked modern functionality.

The kitchen was remodeled to create better flow and more storage, butthe biggest change was an addition containing a family room andscreened-in porch.

The team at Newberry Campa Architects reviewed the original detailsof the house, aiming to keep the charm that Wilson intended whileupdating the structure to suit the family’s needs. The architects alsotook care to ensure the addition and existing structure felt unified.

Photos at right by Sandra P. Ray. Photo above courtesy of Preservation Houston.

Photos by Trey Hunter.

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2014 GOOD BRICK AWARD –Summer Street Studios

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2011 GOOD BRICK AWARD – City View Lofts

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4. Cook Paint and Varnish Company Building2500 Summer St.Houston, TX 77007

Founded in 1913 by native Texan Charles Cook, Cook Paint andVarnish distinguished itself in the industry as a supplier to the Navyduring both World Wars.

The company opened its Houston office in 1927 and by 1948 hadexpanded into a 48,000-square-foot, three-story manufacturing facility.In 1965, Houston architects Kotter, Thorpe and Cowell designed atwo-story, 25,000-square-foot structure to house the Southwest salesforce.

The facility closed in the late 1970s and was vacant until 1993 whenartist David Adickes bought it to use as a studio for sculpting andpainting his well-known oversized works.

In 2011, Phil Arnett and Lawrence Chapman purchased the propertyand embarked on a major exterior renovation. Cisneros Design Studiodesigned and built a concrete boardwalk and porch with a retainingwall along the buildings’ front. The interiors have been left as is exceptfor the third floor of the 1948 building, which was gutted to be usedas an event space.

5. Four Square Design Studio1810 Summer St.Houston, TX 77007

Otto Pech, a carpenter for the Houston and Texas CentralRailroad, owned several houses in central Houston includingthe Queen Anne at 1810 Summer St., which he used as arental property.

The house features a hip roof and a partial front porch withFolk Victorian detailing and square turned columns.

After the Pechs sold the house, the property underwent aseries of reparations that robbed it of its character and beganto creep toward decay. In 2009, the owners of Four Square DesignStudio rescued the crumbling structure to restore as office space.

Though the floor plan remained essentially intact, all original trim anddoors had been removed and filthy carpet masked the original pinefloors. The new owners made it their mission to research and incorpo-rate era-appropriate finishes into the restoration. Inspection of localhouses of the same era allowed the owners to infer the original trimdetailing, which they had milled to their specifications.

Top photo by Anthony Rathbun. Right: photo by Anne Marie D’Arcy Photography.

Photos by Miro Dvorscak.

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6. Wilson Stationery & Printing Company Building500 Fannin St.Houston, TX 77002

In 1932, the Wilson Stationery and Printing Company opened itsoffice at 500 Fannin St., designed by William Ward Watkin in a “mod-erne” style. The significant openings on the east and north faces wereglazed industrial steel sash windows, many of them operable. Theupper floors rested on a plinth of stone and plate glass windows, eachframing a storefront display of products.

Construction began in the fall of 2011 to restore the dilapidated build-ing to full use. Ziegler Cooper Architects used Watkin’s original draw-ings as the basis for their design. Fretz Construction Co. carried outthe project; Fretz was the contractor when the building was originallyconstructed in 1932 and the building has been repurposed as the Fretzcompany headquarters.

The project required a full restoration of the facades on Fannin andPrairie, windows to be replaced with products from St. Cloud’s historiccommercial line, and the carful removal of paint layers to discover thebuilding’s original green color, which was then analyzed to provide aperfect match.

7. Bethel Park801 Andrews StreetHouston, TX 77019

Founded in the late 19th century by Reverend Jack Yates, BethelMissionary Baptist Church has had three sanctuaries on the same site.The most recent was designed by James M. Thomas, a prominentarchitect of African American churches, and was in service from 1950until a devastating fire in 2005.

The City of Houston purchased the property in 2009 and installedtemporary bracing. At that time, all that remained of the building wasits concrete floor, support columns and four walls without a roof toconnect them.

The scope of the work included construction of permanent bracing,restoration of the brick walls and window openings and installation ofan interior courtyard, fountains, seat walls, benches, lighting, fencing,and landscaping.

The south wall was removed allowing visitors to sit on pew-like bench-es inside the former sanctuary with access to the garden. While it is nolonger the main entrance, the front facade's classical architecture hasbeen preserved and restored. Bethel Park is a project of the HoustonParks and Recreation Department and the Fourth WardRedevelopment Authority-TIRZ #14.

Photos by John C. Lindy

Top photo by Jim Parsons. Below:Photo by G. Lyon Photography, Inc.

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8. Trinity Episcopal Church1015 Holman StreetHouston, TX 77004

Trinity Episcopal Church is fortunate to house a significantcollection of stained-glass windows in its 1917-1921 historicchurch building. The five chapel windows over the altar weredesigned and installed by Jacoby Art Glass Company of St.Louis, Missouri, and date from 1936-1951. Most of theremaining windows are from J. Wippell & Company of Exeter,England, and were installed in the 1960s and 1970s in thenave, clerestory and on the west wall. Of note are twoclerestory windows featuring Cloisters’ Unicorn Tapestries,one clerestory window featuring the Texas heart Institute, andwest wall windows telling the history of the Diocese of Texasand the State of Texas.

Early in 2013, the parish undertook a stained-glass windowrestoration project resulting in a greatly improved exterior andmore vivid detail from the interior.

One panel of a chancel window (1949) and the only rosewindow (1935) were removed for complete restoration andreinstallation.

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