The Huntingdon
{{Short description|Residential high-rise building in Houston Texas}}
{{for|the research and botanical institution |Huntington Library}}
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|name = The Huntingdon
|image = TheHuntingdonHoustonTX.JPG
|image_size = 200px
|caption = The Huntingdon
|location = 2121 Kirby Drive, Houston, Texas
|coordinates = {{coord|29.7469|-95.4180|region:US-TX|display=inline,title}}
|status = completed
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|completion_date = 1984
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|building_type = Residential
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|roof = {{convert|503|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|top_floor =
|floor_count = 34
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|architect = Talbott Wilson
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The Huntingdon is a {{convert|503|ft|m}} tall skyscraper in Houston, Texas. The 34-floor structure was completed in 1984 by the developer James E. Lyon. It is the 27th tallest building in the city. It is also the tallest entirely residential building in Houston and was the tallest residential building in Texas until the Mercantile Building was converted into residences. The Mercantile, with baroque gate piers, is twenty feet taller than The Huntingdon.
Zoned schools
The Huntington is within the Houston Independent School District.{{cite web|last=Guillen|first=Darla|url=https://www.chron.com/z-archived-homes/article/Impressive-River-Oaks-Upper-Kirby-high-rise-6464336.php|title=Impressive River Oaks/Upper Kirby high-rise listed at $3.9M|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=2015-08-25|accessdate=2022-10-22|quote=2121 Kirby}} - The address of The Huntington, to compare with school boundary maps.
Residents are zoned to River Oaks Elementary School,"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/River_Oaks_ES.pdf River Oaks Elementary School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on March 16, 2016. Lanier Middle School,"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Lanier_MS.pdf Lanier Middle School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on March 17, 2016. and Lamar High School."[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Lamar_HS.pdf Lamar High School Attendance Zone]." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on January 29, 2018.
Notable residents
- Ken Lay{{cite web|last=Feldman|first=Claudia|url=https://www.chron.com/business/energy/article/Ken-and-Linda-Lay-s-condo-for-sale-for-12-8-1734593.php|title=Ken and Linda Lay's condo for sale for $12.8 million|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=2009-09-22|accessdate=2022-10-22}}Frey, Jennifer and Hanna Rosin. "[http://bodurtha.georgetown.edu/enron/Enron%27s%20Green%20Acres.htm Enron's Green Acres] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917051642/http://bodurtha.georgetown.edu/enron/Enron%27s%20Green%20Acres.htm |date=2009-09-17 }}." The Washington Post. Monday February 5, 2002. C01. Retrieved on August 25, 2009.
- William J. Hill
- Joanne King Herring
See also
{{Portal|Texas|Architecture}}
References
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External links
- {{Official|https://www.houstonproperties.com/houston-condos/inner-loop/huntingdon}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930041838/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=streethuntingdon-houston-tx-usa Emporis]}}
- [http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1908 Skyscraperpage]
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Category:Residential skyscrapers in Houston