Image credits
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Photographs from Wikimedia Commons (121)
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- Rice HotelSource: The Rice (Houston) on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Julia Ideson BuildingSource: Julia Ideson Building on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Niels Esperson BuildingSource: Esperson Buildings on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Sam Houston HotelSource: Sam Houston Hotel (front) (HDR), photo by Ed Uthman, CC BY 3.0 on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Christ Church CathedralSource: Christ Church Cathedral (Houston) on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Houston City HallSource: Houston City Hall on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Kellum-Noble HouseSource: Kellum-Noble House on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Antioch Missionary Baptist ChurchSource: Antioch Missionary Baptist Church on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Magnolia Brewery BuildingSource: List of breweries in Texas on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Houston Cotton ExchangeSource: Houston Cotton Exchange Building on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Gulf Building (JPMorgan Chase Building)Source: JPMorgan Chase Building (Houston) on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Heights Fire Station No. 14Source: Houston Heights Fire Station on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Milroy House on Heights BoulevardSource: Heights Neighborhood Library on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- The Menil CollectionSource: Menil Collection on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- MFAH: Caroline Wiess Law BuildingSource: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Rothko ChapelSource: Rothko Chapel on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Lovett Hall, Rice UniversitySource: Lovett Hall, Rice University on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- 1940 Air Terminal MuseumSource: 1940 Air Terminal Museum on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Beer Can HouseSource: Beer Can House on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- The Orange Show MonumentSource: The Orange Show on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Harris County 1910 CourthouseSource: 1910 Harris County Courthouse on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Sweeney, Coombs & Fredericks BuildingSource: Sweeney, Coombs, and Fredericks Building on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Fire Station No. 7Source: Houston Fire Station No. 7 on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Annunciation Catholic ChurchSource: Annunciation Church (Houston) on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Cotton Exchange AnnexSource: Old Cotton Exchange Building, Houston (Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress) on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Houston Heights City Hall and Fire StationSource: Houston Heights Fire Station (HDR) on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Project Row HousesSource: Project Row Houses on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Freedmen's Town Historic DistrictSource: Fourth Ward, Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Waldo MansionSource: The Waldo Mansion, Houston, Texas on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Bayou Bend Collection and GardensSource: Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- RienziSource: Rienzi, MFAH house museum (MFAHRienzi.jpg) on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- River Oaks TheatreSource: River Oaks Theatre on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Alabama TheaterSource: Alabama Theatre (Houston) on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Wortham Tower (American General Building)Source: Wortham Tower at the American General Center (detail of AmericanGeneralComplex4Towers.JPG) on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Market Square Historic DistrictSource: Market Square Park on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- La CarafeSource: Kennedy Bakery on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Pillot BuildingSource: Pillot Building on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- The Heights TheaterSource: Heights Theater, Houston TX on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Donnellan Crypt at Founders Memorial CemeterySource: Founders Memorial Cemetery on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Glenwood CemeterySource: Glenwood Cemetery (Houston, Texas) on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Buffalo Bayou Park CisternSource: Buffalo Bayou on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Hogg Palace Lofts (Armor Building)Source: Hogg Building on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Autry HouseSource: Autry House, photo by Jujutacular on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Houston Negro Hospital (Riverside General)Source: Riverside General Hospital on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Boulevard Oaks Historic DistrictSource: Boulevard Oaks, Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Old Sixth Ward Historic DistrictSource: Sixth Ward, Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- San Jacinto MonumentSource: San Jacinto Monument on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- USS Texas Berth Historic SettingSource: USS Texas (BB-35) on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Houston Ship Channel Turning Basin WarehousesSource: Cotton on the Ship Channel, Houston, Texas (1914), public domain on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- St. Anne Catholic ChurchSource: St Anne Church Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Temple Beth Israel (Original)Source: Congregation Beth Israel (Houston) on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- AstrodomeSource: Reliant Astrodome in January 2014 on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Scanlan BuildingSource: Scanlan Building, Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Link-Lee HouseSource: Link-Lee House (HDR) on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Union StationSource: Union Station, Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Isabella CourtSource: Isabella Court (HDR) on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Trinity Episcopal ChurchSource: Trinity Episcopal Church, Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic ChurchSource: Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Emancipation ParkSource: Emancipation Park, Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Houston Light Guard ArmorySource: Houston Light Guard Armory, home of the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Magnolia Hotel (Houston Post-Dispatch Building)Source: Magnolia Hotel (former Houston Post-Dispatch Building), Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Hotel Icon (Union National Bank Building)Source: Hotel Icon (former Union National Bank), Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- S. H. Kress & Co. BuildingSource: Kress Building, downtown Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- St. Paul's United Methodist ChurchSource: St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Melrose BuildingSource: Melrose Building, Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Texas State HotelSource: Texas State Hotel, Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Holy Rosary Catholic ChurchSource: Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Midtown Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Stowers BuildingSource: Stowers Building, Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Texas Company Building (Texaco)Source: Texas Company Building (Texaco), Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Fondren Mansion (La Colombe d'Or)Source: Fondren Mansion (La Colombe d'Or), Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Humble Oil BuildingSource: Humble Oil Building, Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Jefferson Davis Hospital (Elder Street Artist Lofts)Source: Jefferson Davis Hospital (HDR) on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- DePelchin Faith HomeSource: DePelchin Faith Home, Houston, Texas on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Old Houston National Bank Building (Islamic Da'wah Center)Source: Old Houston National Bank Building on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Cheek-Neal Coffee Company BuildingSource: Cheek Neal Coffee Company Building, Houston, Texas on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Incarnate Word AcademySource: Incarnate Word Academy, 609 Crawford St., Houston, Texas on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Palace HotelSource: Palace Hotel, Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Capitol Lofts (Former Southwestern Bell Capitol Exchange)Source: Capitol Lofts on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- W. L. Foley BuildingSource: W. L. Foley Building (HDR) on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Auditorium Hotel (The Lancaster Hotel)Source: Originally the Auditorium Hotel, Now the Lancaster Hotel, Downtown Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- U.S. CustomhouseSource: Exterior, U.S. Custom House, Houston, Texas (Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress) on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Merchants and Manufacturers Building (One Main Building)Source: Merchants and Manufacturers Building (bayou view), Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Battelstein'sSource: Battelstein's, Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- National Biscuit Company Building (City View Lofts)Source: National Biscuit Company Building (Nabisco), Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Bethel Baptist Church (Bethel Church Park)Source: Bethel Baptist Church, Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- River Oaks Garden Club Forum of CivicsSource: Forum of Civics of River Oaks Garden Club, Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- First Evangelical Church (First Lutheran Church)Source: First Evangelical Church (HDR), Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- The BeaconsfieldSource: Beaconsfield Apartment Building, Houston, Texas on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- City National Bank BuildingSource: City National Bank Building, Houston, Texas on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- State National Bank BuildingSource: State National Bank Building (Houston, Texas) on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Imperial Sugar Char HouseSource: Imperial Sugar Char House, Sugar Land (Imperial Sugar Factory3.jpg) on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- 1823 Old PlaceSource: 1823 Old Place on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Nichols-Rice-Cherry HouseSource: Nichols-Rice-Cherry House on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- 1870 Rev. Jack Yates HouseSource: 1870 Rev. Jack Yates House on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- 1891 St. John ChurchSource: 1891 St. John Church on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- 1868 San Felipe CottageSource: 1868 San Felipe Cottage on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Houston Public Library, Heights BranchSource: Houston Public Library, Heights Branch on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Houston Heights Woman's ClubSource: Houston Heights Woman's Club on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- DeLuxe TheaterSource: DeLuxe Theater on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Hidalgo Park QuioscoSource: Hidalgo Park Quiosco on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Pioneer Memorial Log HouseSource: Pioneer Memorial Log House on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Gregory SchoolSource: Gregory School on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- St. Nicholas Catholic ChurchSource: St. Nicholas Catholic Church on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Trinity United Methodist ChurchSource: Trinity United Methodist Church on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing ArtsSource: Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Tenneco BuildingSource: Tenneco Building on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Petroleum Building (Great Southwest Building)Source: Petroleum Building (Great Southwest Building) on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Ezekiel W. Cullen BuildingSource: Ezekiel W. Cullen Building on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Sam Houston MonumentSource: Sam Houston Monument on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Julia C. Hester HouseSource: Julia C. Hester House on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Pioneer Memorial ObeliskSource: Pioneer Memorial Obelisk on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- William L. Clayton HouseSource: William L. Clayton House (Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research) on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- The Ion (former Midtown Sears)Source: The Ion in Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- POST Houston (Barbara Jordan Post Office)Source: Houston Main Post Office (Barbara Jordan Post Office) on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Miller Outdoor TheatreSource: Miller Outdoor Theatre on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Founders Memorial CemeterySource: Founders Memorial Cemetery entrance on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Pennzoil PlaceSource: Pennzoil Place in Houston on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Rice StadiumSource: Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas, 2024 on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Lamar High SchoolSource: Lamar High School (Houston) on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Fondren Library, Rice UniversitySource: Fondren Library, Rice University on Wikimedia Commons · original file
- Mecom FountainSource: Mecom Fountain on Wikimedia Commons · original file
AI-generated illustrations (3)
These landmarks currently lack a freely licensed photograph in our database. Each uses an archival-style illustration generated by an AI model as a visual placeholder and is labeled "AI illustration" wherever it appears. If you can contribute a properly licensed photograph, please open an issue.
- · Eldorado Ballroom
- · St. John's United Methodist Church
- · de Menil House