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Marker No: 14042
Aluminum 18 x 28 subject Marker
Texas Historic Landmark 
National Register of Historic Places
Geographic: 29.759199, -95.364487
Marker Text: ​Prominent real estate developer, publisher, statesman and banker Jesse H. Jones opened the Gulf Building in 1929 with Gulf Oil, National Bank of Commerce, and  Sakowitz Brothers as primary tenants. Alfred C. Finn designed the 430-foot high Art Deco edifice with a six-story base topped by a tall tower that diminishes in size as it rises. The 37-floor, steel-frame structure remained Houston’s tallest skyscraper for 34 years. In 1986, the building, then owned by a successor bank, underwent a $50 million restoration. It was renamed the JPMorgan Chase Building in 2000 and continues to be a monument to the city’s growth, modernity and financial prosperity. (2007)
Location: ​711 Travis Street, Houston