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Location DB > United States > Texas > Houston > Savoy Houston  Name Savoy Houston  Viewing Options Log in to activate viewing options  Database Info created by Secretsquirrel on 2/8/2009 8:53 PM last modified by Emperor Wang on 11/27/2023 5:41 PM  Viewability Publically Viewable This location has been labeled by its creator as Public, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.  Overview  Description It is now a Holiday Inn, with a Burger Theory on the ground floor...  Basic Information Type: Building Status: Repurposed Accessibility: Easy - rent a room, eat a burger Recommendation: not very exciting  Physical Information Address 1616 Main St. Houston, Texas United States Owner: Nassif Michael & Sada ?  Hazards  Interesting Features In the Savoy Flats building all the floors collapsed on one side into the Lobby. Only way to the roof is by climbing the stairs next to all the debris from the collapse, stairs no longer have a side wall. Very scary !! And I can't forget the bouncy room in the newer building. A squatter kid lived there and filled a room with mattresses.  Security Measures  Historical Dates Built: 1906 Closed: 1988  Required Equipment  Recommended Equipment  History The Savoy is actually two separate buildings. The smaller building was originally The Savoy Flats. The SF was built in 1906, opened in 1909, 7 stories, 19 housekeeping apartments, 4 bachelor's apts., had a steel & conduit system for refrigeration resulting in an ice making plant in each apartment. The SF was Houston's first residential high rise and first public building to be electrified. When it was built it featured electricity, steam heat and dumbwaiters to the basement in each apartment. It went downhill over time and in the 1950s it became a boarding house. In the 1960s it was purchased by Allen Field as part of a planned office / hotel / apartment complex called the Savoy-Field. The offices were never built, but the new hotel wing was opened in 1966. The apartments in the original building closed in 1976, and the newer hotel wing closed for good in about 1988 after being used as a Best Western for a short time and then for the South Texas College of Law Students (hence the Barrister Club on the ground floor). I read that Lee Harvey Oswald is said to have stayed there in October 1963. He was in Houston to apply for a job at Continental Oil Services. I also read that JFK was in Houston before Dallas, and that he stayed at the Rice Hotel Nov. 21st '63. Very interesting !!  Media Coverage  Future Plans Being renovated. Went by it on 11/1  Stories Add your own story  Photo Galleries Savoy Exterior Thu, Feb 12th, 2009 posted by Secretsquirrel 24 pictures Savoy Flats Interior Sun, Feb 15th, 2009 posted by Secretsquirrel 25 pictures Savoy Basement Mon, Feb 23rd, 2009 posted by Secretsquirrel 16 pictures Savoy Interior Sat, Feb 28th, 2009 posted by Secretsquirrel 25 pictures Google Street images Mon, Nov 27th, 2023 posted by fr00tCake 6 pictures   Add your own photos Mark all galleries as Seen  Web Links http://www.jfk-online.com/alicelho.html  Contribute Edit this Location  Moderator Rating The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location. This location has not yet been rated by a moderator.  Validation This location's validation is current. It was last validated by Emperor Wang on 11/27/2023 5:41 PM.  Latest Changes on Nov 27 23 at 17:41, Emperor Wang validated this location on Nov 27 23 at 17:41, Emperor Wang changed the following: History, Accessibility, Description on Nov 27 23 at 16:56, fr00tCake added some pictures to a gallery on Nov 27 23 at 16:49, fr00tCake created a new gallery on May 21 21 at 23:05, Emperor Wang validated this location on May 21 21 at 23:05, Emperor Wang made this location public on May 21 21 at 23:04, Emperor Wang changed the following: Status on May 21 21 at 23:01, Emperor Wang changed the following: History, Interesting Features, Web Links on May 21 21 at 17:26, fr00tCake changed the following: Status, Accessibility, Hazards, Recommendation, Security Measures, Required Equipment, Description on May 26 14 at 8:14, Steed validated this location  Forum Threads about this Location  Who's been looking? 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