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Status
  
Complete

Roof
  
32 m (105 ft)

Opened
  
1904

Floor count
  
8

Completed
  
1904

Height
  
32 m

Phone
  
+1 866-473-2573

Lifts/elevators
  
3

Franklin Lofts

Former names
  
Lomas & Nettleton Building First National Bank Building

Type
  
Residential condominiums

Location
  
201 Main Street Houston, Texas

Address
  
201 Main St, Houston, TX 77002, USA

Architectural style
  
Renaissance Revival architecture

Similar
  
Capitol Lofts, One Park Place, Bob Lanier Public Works Bu, Calpine Center, Texas Company Annex

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Franklin Lofts, originally known as the Lomas & Nettleton Building, is an 8-story, 32 m (105 ft) building in downtown Houston, Texas. The building is generally regarded as the first skyscraper in the city. The Lomas & Nettleton Building was completed in 1904, and rises 8 floors in height. A new addition was completed in 1925. It was also the tallest steel-framed building west of the Mississippi River at the time of its completion.

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The Lomas & Nettleton Company was originally housed in the building, but it was converted to residential lofts and renamed in 1999.

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.

Residents were previously zoned to Bruce Elementary School, and E. O. Smith Education Center (for middle school).

References

Franklin Lofts Wikipedia