Houston Downtown Walking Tours

We offer 4 different walking tours. Each of them covers a different area and has a specialty or theme. Each one spends time pointing out the architectural features, architects, history, usage of buildings, and history of Houston. Each of these tours has 6 options in terms of the length of 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, and 4.5 hours.

The tunnels on Tour D are only open Monday through Friday from approximately 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM. We can conduct outdoor walking tours on weekends, but without access to the tunnels.

These tours have the letters D, E, and F to distinguish them from Tunnel Tours A, B, and C.  Please go to our Tunnel Tour page to read more about these other great options.

Tours D2, D3, D4, D5, and D6 are combination tours that spend time both in tunnels and outside. Because the tunnels are closed on weekends, and holidays, they are only available on Monday through Friday and not on:

  • New Year’s Day,
  • Memorial Day,
  • Independence Day,
  • Thanksgiving and the following Friday, and
  • Christmas.

Tours D1, and any of the E, F, and G tours are outside and can be conducted on any day.

 

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Select the tour that sounds best to you.

Introductions:

Tours D, E, and F have about a 30-minute introduction to collect any remaining balance, sign in, use bathrooms, and describe the architecture, features, and architect of the 1939 City Hall.

Tour G has a 30-minute introduction to collect any remaining balance, sign in, use bathrooms, and describe the architecture and features of the 1901 former Southern Pacific Building, today’s Craft Beer Cellar Houston.


 

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Days of the Week for These Tours:
Tour D can only be conducted on Monday through Friday as the buildings, tunnels, and observation decks are closed on weekends.  Tour D can only be conducted from October through March.

Tours E and F can be conducted everyday from October through March.

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Time of Year for These Tours:
Because of the extreme heat and humidity that Houston enjoys/endures, these walking tours are only conducted from October through March. We used to conduct these tours in April through 2017, but due to the increase in the temperatures, we have reduced the window for these tours to 6 months of the year. When you are sweating profusely, your eyes are stinging from perspiration, you’re squinting, your hair is matted, and your clothes are clinging to you, being outside may not be comfortable. These tours will not be conducted during inclement weather, also.

For exclusive walking tunnel and or skywalk tours that are conducted throughout the year, please read about the three (3) options that are identified on the Tunnel Tours page and the three (3) options on the Texas Medical Center Walking Tours page.

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Beginning and Ending Location for Tours D, E, and F:
Tours D, E, and F begin and end in the rotunda of City Hall, located at 901 Bagby Street, Houston Texas 77002. If an event is taking place, the tour will begin either outside of City Hall on the east side of the building where the reflecting pool is located or outside the Jesse H. Jones Central Library at 500 McKinney Street, Houston, Texas 77002, across the street from City Hall. Confirm the starting location before you venture to downtown. City Hall may be closed on holidays, for special events, and on Sundays. Then, we typically start at a table on the east side of the building. Confirm the starting location before you venture to downtown.

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Entering City Hall for Tours D, E, and F:
One can enter City Hall from either the west side Bagby Street entrance and go through a security check or from the east side by the reflecting pool and avoid security. One can also enter City Hall from the basement through a tunnel from a parking lot and go through security, possibly twice  

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Parking for Tours D, E, and F:

Metered street parking for up to 3 hours is available on Walker Street on the north side of City Hall and on McKinney Street on the south side of City Hall.

Underground parking is available beneath Tranquility Park via Rusk Street between Bagby Street and Smith Street on the north side of City Hall. Use a fictitious address of 510 Rusk Street in a GPS to find the entrance.

One can also park in the parking garage behind the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (HCFPA) that is diagonally located at 800 Bagby Street, Houston, Texas 77002. The closest parking entrance is between Bagby Street and I-45. Use a fictitious address of roughly 620 Walker Street in a GPS to find this entrance.

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Beginning and Ending Location for Tour G:

Tour G begins at the Craft Beer Cellar Houston (CBCH) at 907 Franklin Street, Houston, Texas 77002 at the intersection with Travis Street on the northeast corner. It has a bar and food for a meal or snack and bathrooms. It normally opens at 12:00 PM on Sunday and Monday and at 11:00 AM on Tuesday through Saturday.

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Parking for Tour G:

Paid metered parking for up to 3 hours is available on Travis Street by the abandoned former Spaghetti Warehouse that is 1 block north of the CBCH. Metered parking is also available in the 900 block of Commerce Street. Meters are free on Sunday and after 6:00 PM on Monday through Saturday. A paid parking lot is to the east or right side of the former Spaghetti Warehouse. The Islamic Da’wah Center, that is across the street from the CBCH, sometimes opens its parking lot for a fee to the general public.

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Starting Times:
Tours D, E, and F normally start at 10:00 AM. Tour G normally starts at 12:30 PM. The Craft Beer Cellar Houston opens at 12:00 PM on Sunday and Monday and at 11:00 AM on Tuesday through Saturday. We can be flexible on the start time.

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Walking:
The walking is leisurely. We will cover approximately:

Hours

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0, 3.5, and 4.5

Approximate # of Miles/Kilometers

0.75 mile/
1.2 kilometers

1.25 miles/
2.0 kilometers

1.75 miles/
2.8 kilometers

2.25 miles/
3.6 kilometers

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Lunch:

We always have a stop for lunch on 3.5 and 4.5 hour tours. If you would like to have a lunch stop on a shorter tour, just tell us and we will customize the tour for you by deleting some of the walking and sites.

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Bathrooms:

Since these are outdoor walking tours, public bathrooms are generally unavailable. Use a bathroom before beginning the tour. Public bathrooms are available in City Hall’s basement and in the libraries on McKinney Street, across from City Hall. The libraries normally open at 10:00 AM and are not open everyday. The libraries serve as de fact half-way homes for the homeless. Thus, do not have a high expectation for cleanliness in bathrooms in the libraries.

If you patronize the Craft Beer Cellar Houston, you will be able to use its bathrooms.

Remember that on weekends, most buildings are closed, all but eliminating any bathroom opportunities.

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Clothing:
Wear comfortable shoes. Bring a sweater if you easily become cold.

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Bathrooms:

Bathrooms in the tunnels are generally NOT open to the public. Use a bathroom before beginning the tour. We may walk 1.0 to 1.5 hours before a bathroom will be available. Public bathrooms are available in City Hall’s basement and in the libraries on McKinney Street, across from City Hall. The libraries serve as de fact half-way homes for the homeless. Thus, do not have a high expectation for cleanliness in bathrooms in the libraries.

If you patronize the Craft Beer Cellar Houston, you will be able to use the bathrooms.

Remember that on weekends, most buildings are closed. Thus, available bathrooms may be far and few.

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Clothing:
Wear comfortable shoes. Bring a sweater if you become cold easily.

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Photography:
Bring a camera if you like to take photos. I can point out good photo opportunities. Banks prohibit photography inside their institutions.

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Notes for School and Camp Groups:
For school groups, the ratio of chaperones to students should be at least 1:10. Ideally, the ratio should be 1:5. At least one week in advance, the school should provide Houston Historical Tours, via email or fax, a written list of all of the chaperones and the cellular telephone numbers where they can be reached on the day of the tour. We only conduct tours for schools when they provide sufficient and trained supervision for the safety of the children with minimal disruptions in the buildings and public areas that we occupy. If a school does not provide chaperone names and telephone numbers and or sufficient chaperones, the tour may not take place and the school will forfeit the deposit.

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Chaperones and Teachers:
Chaperones and teachers are supposed to serve the function of supervision, guidance, and discipline of students. To that extent, they should be trained and knowledgeable of their responsibilities. They are to be spread out amongst every 5 to 10 students to keep the students in columns. With the exception of the caboose, their cellular telephones should be turned off. On Tour D, one chaperone or teacher should be in every elevator with students. Chaperones and teacher should check the bathrooms when used. They should know the names and have a list of the specific students for whom they are responsible. As a courtesy from Houston Historical Tours, chaperones and teachers are FREE. They do not have to pay. As such, they also do not count toward the total number of students in a school group. For example, if a school has 18 students + 3 chaperones = 21, the school is paying at the rate for 18 people.

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Group Sizes:
The ideal group has less than 10 people. A walking tour only moves as fast as the slowest person. The larger the group, the less ground that can be covered, or the tour needs to be extended. More time is spent waiting for people to use bathrooms, asking questions, and waiting for the slowpokes to catch up. Please be understanding. The maximum number of people on a walking tour should be 25 per tour guide. Talking to a large group outside will result in problems for people who cannot hear what is being said with other distractions.

If you have 20 or more people in your group and you want to have the full tour, you will need to plan for 3.5 hours or 4.5 if you include a stop for lunch

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Decorum/Behavior When Walking in Tunnels on Tour D

The ideal group has less than 10 people. A walking tour only moves as fast as the slowest person. The larger the group, the less ground that can be covered, or the tour needs to be extended. More time is spent waiting for people to use bathrooms, asking questions, and waiting for the slowpokes to catch up. Please be understanding. The maximum number of people on a walking tour should be 25 per tour guide. Talking to a large group outside will result in problems for people who cannot hear what is being said with other distractions.

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Escalators and Elevators on Tour D:<

Tour D has both escalators and elevators.  If you have a fear or phobia of either of these, do not go on this tour.

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Physical Condition and Warning:

Not all tunnels are American with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessible. Buildings from before 1990, when the ADA was passed, were grandfathered. Some minor climbing on staircases of about one dozen steps is included on all tours. If one uses a cane, wheelchair, or walker, these tours are not appropriate. Be prepared to not see all the sites that are described in the tour due to the slower pace. Not all intersections have ramps. Furthermore, if a person with a disability ignores this information and cannot complete the tour and or slows the tour for everyone else in a group, his or her lack of consideration will have made this an unpleasant event for the other participants who may feel cheated of getting the full tour.

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Detailed Descriptions of Tours D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, and D6

 


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Tour

Hours

Theme – Historic Buildings from the 1800s and Possibly the Red Loop Tunnel and the Dark Blue West Walker Tunnel

1

D1

1.5

17-floor City Hall to Dallas Street.
It goes through the 1899 Sam Houston Park, the oldest public park in Houston. You will see from the outside the:

  • 1823 cabin.
  • 1847 Kellum-Noble plantation style house.
  • 1850 Nichols-Rice-Cherry home. William Marsh Rice, the benefactor for Rice University, lived here.
  • 1866 circa Fourth Ward cottage.
  • 1868 Pillot home.
  • 1868 San Felipe Cottage. A Creole influence can be seen in this house.
  • 1870 Victorian home of Jack Yates, the most important civil rights leader in Houston in the 1800s.
  • 1891 St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran church.
  • 1893 circa children’s playhouse from the Baker family.
  • 1905 Staiti house.
  • A gazebo.
  • An outhouse.
  • A monument that glorifies the Confederacy “The Spirit of the Confederacy” by Louis Amateis from 1908.
  • A monument dedicated to the veterans who died in service to the United States in the World War, before we had to start numbering them.
  • Statue of former Governor, Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of the Treasury, and 1980 Republican primary presidential candidate John Connally (1917 – 1993).

Narratives are provided.

You will walk by the following downtown buildings:

  • 6-floor Jesse H. Jones Central Library from 1975.
  • 53-floor Heritage Plaza from 1987, formerly Texaco Heritage Plaza and Chevron Heritage Plaza.

You will also see Claes Oldenburg’s steel sculpture Geometric Mouse, Scale X from 1968, the first modern work of public art in downtown.

2

D2

2.0

All of the above plus a walk through about two blocks of the Red Tunnel Loop and also the Dark Blue West Walker Tunnel. The tunnels are allegedly color coded.

You will also walk past the:

  • 4-floor former Federal Land Bank Building from 1929. This is also known as the Farm Credit Building.
  • 4-floor Julia B. Ideson Library from 1924.
  • A multi-level parking garage with a Pappas Barbecue cafeteria on the first floor.

3

D3

2.5

Most of the above plus an alternative additional four blocks of the Red Tunnel Loop.

4

D4

3.0

All of the above plus EITHER enter the Heritage Society’s Museum Gallery to see:

  • A 1911 Model T Ford.
  • An old gas pump when one actually pumped gas.
  • The reconstructed 1878 Duncan General Store from Egypt, Texas.
  • An old nickelodeon.
  • 1800s toys for boys and girls.
  • Historical maps and photographs.
  • Gift shop.
  • Bathrooms.

The Heritage Society charges a fee for this of between $5.00 and $10.00 per adult and $2.00 for children. You will pay this directly to the Heritage Society.

OR have lunch at a Pappas Barbecue cafeteria or in a restaurant in the tunnels. Everyone pays for his/her own lunch.

5

D5

3.5

All of the above.

6

D6

4.5

For groups of 10 or more people.

As written in the introduction above, this tour can only be conducted Monday through Friday as the tunnels and observation deck are closed on weekends.

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Detailed Descriptions of Tours E1, E2, E3, E4, E5, and E6

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Tour

Hours

Theme – Buffalo Bayou, Parks, Plazas, Statues, Governmental Buildings, and the Theater District

1

E1

1.5

17-floor City Hall to Texas Avenue.
It goes through the following parks and plazas:

  • Buffalo Bayou Park (an ongoing project, 2015).
  • Tranquility Park from 1979.

It goes by the following structures:

  • The 5-floor tall City Hall Annex from the 1980s.
  • The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts from 2002.
  • Bayou Place at the Albert Thomas Convention Center from 1967.
  • The Bob Casey Federal Courthouse Building from 1962 where all 800 windows were installed backwards.

One will see the statues, replicas, or reliefs of:

  • “In Minds” by Tony Cragg (1949 – present) from 2003.
  • Five Saturn V rockets.
  • Craters on the moon.
  • An astronaut on the moon.

You will also see:

  • The old Sweeney Jewelers Clock from 1908.
  • The 400 year Old Hanging Oak Tree. Legend states that at least 11 people were hung from this tree during the days of the Republic (1836 – 1845).
  • A replica of US Representative Albert Thomas’s (1898 – 1966) office.
  • The live music venue and the only downtown movie theater in downtown, both in Bayou Place, the former Albert Thomas Convention Center.

2

E2

2.0

17-floor City Hall to Preston Street.
All of the above plus:
It goes through the following parks and plazas:

  • Sesquicentennial Park from 1989.
  • Ray C. Fish Plaza from 1987.
  • Jones Plaza from 1966.

It goes by the following structures:

  • The Downtown Aquarium, opened in 2003.
  • Wortham Theater Center from 1987.
  • The Lyric Center from 1983.
  • The Alley Theatre from 1969.
  • Jones Hall from 1966.

One will see the statues of:

  • The Seven Wonders from 1998 by local artist Melvin Chin (1951 – present).
  • Virtuoso from 1983, the 36-foot tall cello player by David Adickes (1927 – present). This is the second most popular statue in Houston.
  • The Dancer, a ballerina donated in 1955 and created by Marcello Mascherini (1906 – 1983).

You will also see The Bubble (if it is working) from 1998 by Dean Ruck (1962 – present).

3

E3

2.5

City Hall to Washington Avenue and Congress Street.
All of the above plus the:

  • George Herbert Walker Bush (1924 – 2018) statue by Chas Fagan (1966 – present), with reliefs by Wei-li “Willy” Wang (c. 1940 – present) and dedicated on December 2, 2004.
  • James Baker, III (1930 – present) statue also by Chas Fagan and dedicated on October 26, 2010.

You will also go by the Houston Ballet Center for Dance from 2011.

4

E4

3.0

All of the above plus EITHER visit the City Council Chambers by appointment only

OR lunch at a restaurant in Bayou Place or some other close area.

The City Council has open meetings on Tuesdays beginning at 1:30 PM and on Wednesdays at 9:00 AM. Otherwise, visiting the Chambers is by appointment, only.

5

E5

3.5

All of the above.

6

E6

4.5

For groups of 10 or more people.

 

 

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Detailed Descriptions of Tours F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, and F6

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Tour

Hours

Theme – Historical and Contemporary Buildings from 1893 through the present.

1

F1

1.5

City Hall and McKinney Street to Main Street to Walker Street.
It goes by the following parks:

  • Martha Hermann Square Park and reflecting pond.
  • Tranquility Park from 1979.

You will walk by the:

  • 6-floor Jesse H. Jones Central Library from 1975.
  • 4-floor Julia B. Ideson Library from 1924.
  • 50 floor former One Shell Plaza from 1971.
  • 71-floor Wells Fargo Plaza from 1983, formerly the Allied Bank Plaza.
  • 33-floor Kinder Morgan Building from 1963 and rehabilitated on the first three floors in 2011, formerly the Tenneco Building.
  • 24-floor 919 Milam from 1956, formerly the Bank of the Southwest and Bank One Building.
  • 36-floor Reliant Energy Plaza from 2003.
  • Red Line METRORail tracks from 2004.
  • 24-floor International Bank of Commerce (IBC) from 1947, formerly City National Bank.
  • 11-floor Kirby Lofts from 2005.
  • 5-floor Holy Cross Chapel found in 1982, the building was from 1929, formerly The Smart Shop.
  • 25-floor Commerce Towers from 1929.
  • 19-floor Mellie Esperson Building from 1942.
  • 26-floor 777 Walker Avenue from 1972, formerly the Two Shell Plaza.
  • 27-floor Bob Lanier Public Works Building from 1968, formerly the Electric Tower.

You will see from a distance the:

  • 55-floor Enterprise Plaza from 1980, formerly the First International Plaza and 1100 Louisiana Building,
  • 50-floor Chevron 1 building from 1983, formerly the Enron 1 Building and Four Allen Center,
  • 40-floor Chevron 2 building from 2002, formerly the Enron 2 Building,
  • 31-floor Hyatt Regency Hotel with Spindletop from 1972,
  • 50-floor Heritage Plaza from 1987, formerly Texaco Heritage Plaza, and Chevron Heritage Plaza,
  • 43-floor abandoned ExxonMobil Building from 1963, formerly the Exxon Building and the Humble Oil Building,
  • 47-floor CenterPoint Energy Plaza from 1973, formerly the Reliant Building and 1100 Milam,
  • 35-floor Total Plaza from 1972, formerly the United Gas Building,

2

F2

2.0

City Hall and McKinney Street to Main Street to Rusk Street.
All of the above plus the:

  • 10-floor 812 Main Street from 1950. This was the prominent department store Battelstein’s until 1980. It is covered with pop art and has several broken windows high above.
  • 46-floor BG Group Place from 2011, formerly MainPlace.
  • 16-floor JW Marriott Hotel since 2014, from 1910, formerly the Samuel F. Carter Building and Second National Bank Building. This was Houston’s tallest building for 16 years. See the griffin. In 1925, 9 additional floors were built.
  • 36-floor J. P. Morgan Chase Building from 1929, formerly the Gulf Oil Building, home of Sakowitz Brothers, formerly Texas Commerce Bank Building, and the site where Charlotte Allen lived in the mid-1800s. This was Houston’s tallest building for 34 years.
  • 32-floor Niels Esperson Building from 1927. This was Houston’s tallest building for 2 years.
  • 36-floor Pennzoil Place from 1975, formerly the Pennzoil – Zapata Towers.
  • 56-floor Bank of America from 1983, formerly Nations Bank and RepublicBank Center.
  • 13-floor Bob Casey Federal Building from 1962, formerly the Federal Office Building and U. S. Courthouse.,

3

F3

2.5

City Hall and McKinney Street to Main Street to Capitol and back.
All of the above plus:

  • The 10-floor Capitol Lofts from 1908.
  • The 8-floor St. Germain Lofts from 1911. Its first floor has the Flying Saucer Draught Emporium that claims to have the most beers in Houston.
  • The 75-floor J. P. Morgan Chase Tower from 1982, formerly the Texas Commerce Tower. This has been the tallest building in Texas since it was built.
  • Joan Miro’s (1893 – 1983) Personage and Birds statue from 1970. It was installed in 1982.
  • Jones Hall from 1966. It is the home of the symphony. It formerly was the home for the ballet, opera, and musicals.
  • Jones Plaza from 1966.The Dancer, a ballerina donated in 1955 and created by Marcello Mascherini (1906 – 1983).

4

F4

3.0

City Hall and McKinney Street to Main Street to Texas Avenue to San Jacinto Street and back along Capitol Street.
All of the above plus EITHER:

  • The 48-floor 609 Main from 2017. This is nicknamed the Batman Building or the Winged Building.
  • Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral from 1893. It has a Tiffany stained-glass window and a Cajun cafeteria called Treebeard’s in the Cloister.
  • The 22-floor Magnolia Hotel Houston from 1926, formerly the Post-Dispatch Building. This was the tallest building in Houston for 1 year.
  • The 10-floor Keystone Lofts from 1920.

OR lunch at a restaurant along the path.

5

F5

3.5

All of the above.

6

F6

4.5

For groups of 10 or more people.

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Detailed Descriptions of Tours G1, G2, G3, G4, G5, and G6

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Tour

Hours

Theme – Houston’s founding in 1836 through 1913, the oldest part of the original Houston.

1

G1

1.5

Buffalo Bayou to Congress Street, and Louisiana Street to Main Street.
See the following parks:

  • Allen’s Landing where the Allen family landed on August 30, 1836. This is where Houston was created. It was redeveloped in the 1980s.
  • Market Square Park – It was redeveloped in 2008. The first four city hall buildings were located here from 1841 to 1939. It has a Greek restaurant, works of art, a 9/11 memorial, and a dog park.

Buildings on this tour include the:

  • 9-floor Beer Cellar from 1901, formerly the Southern Pacific Building and the site of the former Floyd Hotel.
  • 3-floor Islamic Da’wah Center since 2002, from 1928, formerly the Houston National Bank Building.
  • 5-floor Public Services since 2015 and formerly the Houston Cotton Exchange Building from 1885 and another floor was added in 1907. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • 2-floor former Brewery Tap (1987 – 2017), Magnolia Ballroom AlJ jazz bar, rave bar, and the Magnolia Brewery from 1912. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • 2-floor former Spaghetti Warehouse and Desel-Boettcher Warehouse from 1903. It is said to be haunted.
  • 2-floor La Carafe since approximately 1955, from 1860 and formerly the Kennedy Bakery, a trading post, and possibly a pony express station. A brothel used to be on this property before the current structure was erected.
  • 3-floor Hearsay Gastro Lounge from 1889, formerly the Kennedy Corner Building and the Twelve Spot Bar. It used to extend to the vacant corner lot.
  • 3-story former W. L. Foley Dry Goods Company Building from 1889.
  • 12-floor Hotel Icon by Marriott from 1912, formerly Union National Bank Building.
  • 8-floor Franklin Lofts and The Corinthian from 1905, 1909, and 1925, formerly First National Bank Building.
  • 6-floor former Commercial National Bank Building from 1904.

From a distance, see the:

  • University of Houston (UH) Downtown campus.
  • Harris County Jail, opened on January 23, 2003..

Other sites include the:

  • Buffalo Bayou.
  • White Oak Bayou.
  • Donnellan Crypt from between 1849 to 1867. The four bodies were exhumed and relocated in 1901.
  • Remnants of an old 1890s bridge under the current bridge.

2

G2

2.0

Buffalo Bayou to Preston Street, and Louisiana Street to Fannin Street.
All of the above plus:

  • The old fire bell from 1876 and City Hall clock from 1904.
  • The Char Bar and Hollywood Tailors was built circa 1890.
  • Warren’s Inn was built circa 1880.
  • 2-floor Treebeard’s Cajun restaurant since 1980; the building was erected in 1861, formerly known as the Baker-Travis Building.
  • Houston is Inspired mural by Mario Figueroa, Jr. AKA Gonzo247 from 2013. This is a good photo opportunity.
  • 2-floor Majestic Metro rehabilitated in 1990, the building was erected in 1926. It was formerly the Ritz Theater.
  • 5-floor Kiam Building from 1893, former home to Mia Bella Trattoria.
  • Harris County Civil Courthouse from 1910.
  • Pillot Building from circa 1860. The former 3-floor building fell apart and was reconstructed in 1990.
  • 3-floor former Sweeney, Coombs & Fredericks Building from 1889. It also was Nit Noi, a Thai restaurant for several years. It looks like a cave inside.
  • Several other bars.

See from a distance the 40-floor Market Square Tower Apartments from April 2017.

3

G3

2.5

Buffalo Bayou to Prairie Street, and Louisiana Street to Fannin Street.
All of the above plus:

  • 12-floor former State National Bank Building from 1924.
  • 9-floor former Citizens Bank Building and Public National Bank Building from 1925.
  • 11-floor Scanlon Building from 1909. This was previously the site of the Texas White House in the 1830s.

4

G4

3.0

Buffalo Bayou to Texas Street, and Louisiana Street to Fannin Street.
All of the above plus EITHER

  • Aris Market Square Apartments from 2015.
  • New outdoor area of Frank’s Pizza since 2017.
  • Frank’s Pizza, remodeled in 1983, built in 1896.
  • El Big Bad, opened in the 2010s, remodeled in 2000, and built in 1896
  • 17-floor The Rice, formerly the Post Rice Lofts, the Rice Rittenhouse Hotel, and the Rice Hotel from 1913. This was the site the capitol of the Republic of Texas. It is said to be haunted.
  • 3-floor Molly’s Pub, formerly Slante’s. It was built in 1920. It is said to be haunted.

OR lunch at a restaurant along the path.

5

G5

3.5

All of the above.

6

G6

4.5

For groups of 10 or more people.

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