Status Complete Roof 40.8 m (134 ft) Opened 1908 Phone +1 713-224-2777 | Completed 1908 Height 41 m Floors 10 Architectural style Modern architecture | |
Former names M.E. Foster BuildingSouthern Standard Building Type Residential apartmentss Similar Franklin Lofts, Texas Company Annex, Bob Lanier Public Works Bu, Sweeney - Coombs - and Fred, One Park Place | ||
711 main street houston tx 77002 in capitol lofts
The Capitol Lofts is a building located at 711 Main Street in downtown Houston, Texas. Constructed in 1908, the building was originally used for office space and was converted to residential lofts in the 1990s. The building was the tallest building in Houston and Texas until being surpassed by the Praetorian Building in Dallas, Texas as the tallest building in Texas in 1909. It remained the tallest in Houston until 1915 when surpassed by the Texas Company Annex.
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Designed by architect Alfred C. Finn, the building's original facade was covered with granite and glass in the 1980s.
Zoned schools
Franklin Lofts is within the Houston Independent School District. As of 2015 the building is assigned to Gregory Lincoln Education Center (Grades K-8), and Davis High School.
The building was previously zoned to Bruce Elementary School, and E. O. Smith Education Center (for middle school).