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James L. Autry House (Courtlandt Place, Houston)

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58: 388: 243:, where the front of the double-gallery is defined by four large, fluted Doric columns. The front of the hipped roof includes two wide dormers with multiple-paned sash, and the sides of the main part of the house are graced by two exposed brick chimneys. Also flanking the main part of the house are a porte-cochere and a sun room, both capped with balustrades, and preserving the overall symmetry of the structure. Autry had requested that the design emulate a house he had seen in 400: 376: 283:
to work for the Texas Fuel Company, where Cullinan tapped him to serve as general counsel. A year later, Cullinan reorganized his firm, which became the Texas Company, for which Autry served as a founding director and general counsel. Once again, Autry followed Cullinan when the Texas Company moved
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all resigned in 1913 to form their own partnership, which established several new companies, just a year after Autry established his residence at 5 Courtlandt Place. In 1915, he suffered a debilitating stroke. He died in 1920, survived by his wife, a daughter, and a son, who all remained in the
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The James L. Autry House was designed by Alfred C. Finn working under the commission of Sanguinet & Staats in 1912. The house is located at 5
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before his admission to the bar in 1880. After forming a law firm with W.J. McKie, Autry began a long business relationship with
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The house is named for its first owner, James Lockhart Autry, who was general counsel for the Texas Company, now better known as
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structure to be supported with a wood frame. This cubic area defines the main part of the house, fronted by a half-moon Doric
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on November 4, 1859, and first moved to Texas in order to manage a ranch in
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house, which remained in family hands until its sale in 1938.
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its headquarters to Houston in 1908. Cullinan, Autry, and
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James L. Autry House (disambiguation)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Houston, Texas
United States
29°44′35″N 95°22′55″W / 29.743°N 95.382°W / 29.743; -95.382
Sanguinet & Staats
Alfred C. Finn
79002953
Houston, Texas
National Register of Historic Places
Alfred C. Finn
Fort Worth
Sanguinet & Staats
Texaco
Courtlandt Place
private street
Houston
Neoclassical Revival
portico
balustrades
Corsicana, Texas
Texaco
Holly Springs, Mississippi
Navarro County
Corsicana, Texas
Joseph S. Cullinan
Spindletop
Beaumont, Texas
Will C. Hogg

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