Palace Hotel | |
 The building's exterior in 2012 | |
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| Location | 216 La Branch, Houston, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 29°45′44″N95°21′24″W / 29.76222°N 95.35667°W Coordinates: 29°45′44″N95°21′24″W / 29.76222°N 95.35667°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1903 |
| Architect | Olle Lorehn |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| NRHP reference # | 06000825 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 13, 2006 |
The Palace Hotel, located at 216 La Branch in Houston, Texas, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 13, 2006. [2]
Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas, fourth most populous city in the United States, as well as the sixth most populous in North America, with an estimated 2018 population of 2,325,502. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat of Harris County and the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, which is the fifth most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second most populous in Texas after the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, with a population of 6,997,384 in 2018.
Texas is the second largest state in the United States by area and population. Located in the South Central region, Texas shares borders with the states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the southwest, and has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast.
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property.
