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Scanlan Building
Photo: Ed Uthman, Houston, Texas, USA, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons · tap to enlarge
National Register of Historic Places

Scanlan Building

On the National Register since 198046 years
Commercial StyleListed 1980Houston
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About Scanlan Building

Scanlan Building, at 405 Main St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 23, 1980. The Register lists it for its industry, economics, politics and architecture, at the state level. It describes its style as Commercial Style, as it does for 39 other Texas listings. 20 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isBuilding in Houston, Harris County, Texas. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 47 MB · National Archives↗
Through the years

1909 to today

  1. 1909Built, designed by Daniel Burnham
  2. 1980Added to the National Register of Historic Places
  3. 2026On the Register for 46 years
Visit

Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes

405 Main St., Houston · about 0.2 miles on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Scanlan BuildingStart here
  2. 2State National Bank BuildingNeo-Classical Skyscraper · next door
  3. 3Paul BuildingChicago School Commercial · next door
  4. 4Christ ChurchGothic Revival · next door
  5. 5Houston Post-Dispatch BuildingClassical Revival · Built 1926 · next door
Around it

38 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BRice HotelBuilding0.1 miBHarris County Courthouse of 1910Greek Revival · Built 19070.1 miBSam Houston Hotel2-Part Vertical Block · Built 19240.1 miBSweeney, Coombs & Fredericks BuildingVictorian Commercial Structure0.1 miBSouth Texas National BankNeo-Classical Style0.1 miBOld Houston National BankNeo-Classical Doric Style0.1 miBKennedy BakeryBuilding0.1 miDMain Street/Market Square Historic DistrictDistrict0.1 miDMain Street/Market Square Historic District (Boundary Increase)District0.1 miBW. L. Foley BuildingBuilding0.1 miBTexas State HotelSkyscraper0.2 miBHouston Bar Center BuildingBuilding0.2 miBSouthwestern Bell Capitol Main OfficeBuilding0.2 miBKress BuildingRenaissance Revival0.2 miBHogg BuildingBuilt 19210.2 miB1884 Houston Cotton Exchange BuildingVictorian Commercial Structure0.2 miBMelrose BuildingBuilding0.3 miBU.S. CustomhouseSecond Renaissance Revival0.3 mi
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BStowers BuildingBuilding0.3 miBPetroleum BuildingBuilding0.3 miBBattelstein'sBuilding0.3 miBCity National Bank BuildingModerne0.3 miBPalace HotelRomanesque Revival0.3 miStSan Jacinto Street Bridge over Buffalo BayouOpen Spandrel Concrete Arch Bridge · Built 19140.3 miBAntioch Missionary Baptist ChurchT-Shaped0.4 miBFirst City National BankBuilding0.4 miBAnnunciation ChurchRomanesque0.4 miBUnion StationNeo-Classical Revival0.4 miBDowntown Houston Post Office, Processing and Distribution CenterBuilding0.4 miBMerchants and Manufacturers BuildingArt Deco0.4 miBArthur B. Cohn HouseBuilt 19050.5 miBHumble Oil BuildingItalian Renaissance0.5 miBJulia Ideson BuildingSpanish Renaissance0.5 miBHouston City HallModernistic · Built 19390.5 miBNational Biscuit Company BuildingChicago Style · Built 19100.5 miSt1879 Houston WaterworksArtesian Well0.5 miDWillow Street Pump StationRomanesque Revival0.5 miBGulf BuildingGothic Revival · Built 19290.5 mi
More like it

Commercial Style style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Commercial Style.

Bute, James, Company Warehouse0.6 mi away
Myers-Spalti Manufacturing Plant0.9 mi away

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Questions about Scanlan Building

Is Scanlan Building on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on May 23, 1980 (Register number 80004132).

Is Scanlan Building a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Texas has 42 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is U.s.s. Texas, 16.3 miles away.

Can you visit Scanlan Building?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Scanlan Building?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 47 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 40972410 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.