One City Centre

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Office in Houston, Texas

One City Centre

General information
Type| Office
Location| 1021 Main Street, Houston, Texas
Coordinates| 29°45′22″N 95°21′53″W﻿ / ﻿29.75624°N 95.36471°W﻿ / 29.75624; -95.36471
Construction started| 1959
Completed| 1960
Height
Roof| 410 ft (120 m)
Technical details
Floor count| 32
Floor area| 70,139 m2 (754,970 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)| Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

One City Centre is a 410 ft (125 m) tall skyscraper in Houston, Texas, United States, made from glass, steel, and concrete It was completed in 1960. It has 32 floors and is the 46th tallest building in the city. Originally called the First City National Bank Building, One City Centre is the first high modern office building built in downtown Houston. Along the parking garage a message sign made of hundreds of lights flashes animations to coordinate with the evening shows of water and light along the Main Street Square fountain and light rail area.

## See also[edit]

* List of tallest buildings in Houston

## References[edit]

* Emporis
* Skyscraperpage

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Downtown Houston

Areas|

* Houston Skyline District
* Houston Theater District
* Main Street/Market Square Historic District

Education|

| Primary and
secondary schools|

* Houston ISD
* Kinder HSPVA
* Incarnate Word Academy

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Colleges and
universities|

* University of Houston–Downtown (Template)
* South Texas College of Law
* Houston Community College (closest campus is Midtown)

Libraries|

* Houston Public Library (Jones Building, Julia Ideson Building, and HPL Express Discovery Green)

Skyscrapers and
complexes|

* 609 Main at Texas
* 919 Milam
* 1000 Main
* 1200 Travis
* 1500 Louisiana Street
* 1600 Smith Street
* Allen Center
* Devon Energy Tower
* 1400 Smith Street
* Bank of America Center
* Bayou Place
* BG Group Place
* Calpine Center
* CenterPoint Energy Plaza
* Club Quarters Hotel
* Cullen Center
* 1600 Smith Street
* KBR Tower
* El Paso Energy Building
* Enterprise Plaza
* Esperson Buildings
* ExxonMobil Building
* First City Tower
* GreenStreet (Houston Pavilions)
* Heritage Plaza
* Hess Tower
* Houston Center
* Four Seasons Hotel Houston
* Houston House Apartments
* Houston Post-Dispatch Building
* Hyatt Regency Houston
* JW Marriott Downtown Houston
* Bob Lanier Public Works Building
* JPMorgan Chase Building
* JPMorgan Chase Tower
* Magnolia Hotel
* One City Centre
* One Park Place
* One Shell Plaza
* Pennzoil Place
* Total Plaza
* Wedge International Tower
* Wells Fargo Plaza

Parks and
public plazas|

* Allen's Landing
* Discovery Green
* Market Square Park
* Sam Houston Park
* Sesquicentennial Park
* Tranquillity Park

National Register of
Historic Places|

* Houston Cotton Exchange Building
* Annunciation Church
* Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
* Battelstein's
* Beaconsfield
* James Bute Company Warehouse
* Christ Church
* City National Bank Building
* W. L. Foley Building
* Gulf Building
* Hogg Building
* Houston City Hall
* Houston Post-Dispatch Building
* Humble Oil Building
* Julia Ideson Building
* Kennedy Bakery
* Kress Building
* Main Street/Market Square Historic District
* McKee Street Bridge
* Merchants and Manufacturers Building
* National Biscuit Company Building
* Palace Hotel
* Paul Building
* Rice Lofts
* The Sam Houston Hotel
* San Jacinto Street Bridge
* Scanlan Building
* South Texas National Bank
* State National Bank Building
* Stowers Building
* Sweeney, Coombs, and Fredericks Building
* Texas Company Building
* Texas State Hotel
* US Customhouse
* Union Station (Houston)
* Willow Street Pump Station

Other landmarks|

* 1910 Harris County Courthouse
* Alley Theatre
* Bayou Place
* George R. Brown Convention Center
* Capitol Lofts
* Downtown Aquarium
* Federal Detention Center, Houston
* Franklin Lofts
* Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
* Great Jones Building
* Harris County jails
* Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
* Houston Club
* Hotel Icon
* Houston tunnel system
* Jones Hall
* Joe Kegans State Jail
* Kiam Building
* Minute Maid Park
* Petroleum Club of Houston
* Pillot Building
* Texas Company Annex
* Toyota Center
* Wortham Theater Center

METRORail lines|

* Red
* Green
* Purple

METRORail stations|

* Bell
* Central Station
* Convention District
* Downtown Transit Center
* Main Street Square
* Preston
* Theater District
* UH–Downtown

History|

* 1928 Democratic National Convention
* Gulf Hotel fire

This list is incomplete.
Sam Houston Math, Science, and Technology Center was in Downtown until 1955

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Skyscrapers in Houston

Completed|

* 1000 Main
* 1200 Travis
* 1400 Smith Street
* 1500 Louisiana Street
* 1600 Smith Street (Continental Center I)
* 2727 Kirby
* One Allen Center
* Three Allen Center
* America Tower
* Bank of America Center
* BG Group Place
* Bob Lanier Public Works Building
* Calpine Center
* CenterPoint Energy Plaza
* Devon Energy Tower
* El Paso Energy Building
* Enterprise Plaza
* Niels Esperson Building
* ExxonMobil Building
* First City Tower
* Four Leaf Towers I
* Four Leaf Towers II
* 1330 Post Oak Boulevard
* Great Southwest Building
* Eleven Greenway Plaza
* Five Greenway Plaza
* Nine Greenway Plaza
* Heritage Plaza
* Hess Tower
* Fulbright Tower
* One Houston Center
* Two Houston Center
* Houston Tower
* Hyatt Regency Houston
* JPMorgan Chase Building
* JPMorgan Chase Tower
* KBR Tower
* Marathon Oil Tower
* Memorial by Windsor
* Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza
* One City Centre
* One Park Place
* One Shell Plaza
* Pennzoil Place
* Phoenix Tower
* San Felipe Plaza
* The Huntingdon
* The Mercer West Tower
* The Spires
* Total Plaza
* Wedge International Tower
* Wells Fargo Plaza
* Williams Tower

Proposed|

* Houstonian Texas Medical Center

Unbuilt|

* Bank of the Southwest Tower

See also: List of tallest buildings in Houston
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