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The Uptown District
Is
Home
To
Structures Designed
By
Architects Such
As
I
M
Pei
C�sar Pelli
And
Philip Johnson
Including Saint Martin's Episcopal Church (with Spires
And
Antennae Reaching 188 Feet (57 M) Into
The
Sky)
Which Was Designed
By
Jackson & Ryan Architects
And
Completed
In
2004
St
Martin's Was Featured
On
The
Covers Of Three National Magazines: Civil Engineering (April 2005)
Modern Steel Construction (May 2005)
And
Structure (December 2005)
The
San Jacinto Monument Is
A
570 Foot (173.7 M)-high Column Topped With
A
220-ton Star That Commemorates
The
Site Of
The
Battle Of San Jacinto
The
Decisive Battle Of
The
Texas Revolution
The
Monument
Dedicated
On
April 21
1939
Is
The World's Tallest Monument Tower
And
Masonry Tower
And
Is
Located Along
The
Houston Ship Channel
The
Column Is
An
Octagonal Shaft Faced With Cordova Shellstone
It
Is
The Second Tallest Monument
In
The
United States
The
Monument Was Designated
A
National Historic Landmark
On
December 19
1960
And
Listed
On
The
National Register Of Historic Places
It
Was Also Designated
An
Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
In
1992
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the
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After
the
war
Houston's economy reverted
to
being primarily port-driven
in
1948
the
city annexed several unincorporated areas
more than doubling its size
Houston proper began
to
spread across
the
region. Total 100
George Tyler Wood
second governor of Texas
settled near Point Blank
in
Liberty County
and
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