“Better see the Telephone Museum while you can,” a tipster tells Swamplot. “Word is it’s sold.” But our tipster doesn’t know who the buyer of the Heights’ AT&T building is. The 3-story, 77,456-sq.-ft. structure at 1714 Ashland St.— it’s got a basement too — was put up for sale earlier this year for $3.1 million. It comes with 113 parking spaces on the 1.65 acre-lot, plus 55 spaces on a half-acre spot across the street. The museum is on the building’s second floor; the structure was built in 1957.
Update: The museum will be out of there by December 1st, Charlotte Aguilar reports.
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- 1714 Ashland in the Heights [Commgate]
- The Doc Porter Museum of Telephone History Desperately Needs Your Help! [Houston Telephone Museum]
Photos: Swamplot inbox
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Let me know when the telephone building at 8th & Harvard is for sale. That’s the coolest building in the Heights!
Another old folks home maybe ? LOL
Any idea who repped AT&T in the purchase?
Everything you wanted to know can be found here:
http://www.theleadernews.com/?p=1342
CBRE repped AT&T
Any updates on who purchased the building? or what their planning on doing with it? I hope the tear it down and build some more custom homes.
I hear the deal fell through. Any updates on this?
Yes, it closed.
It appears a builder has put up some signs to build on the property parking lot. Anyone know what is going on with the actual building? I’ve heard rummors that the building is going to be converted to loft appartments/condos.