Morton Brothers Grocery

The Morton Brothers Grocery, located at 401 West Ninth in Houston, Texas, is a historic building located in the Houston Heights neighborhood.

Morton Brothers Grocery
The building's exterior in 2010
Morton Brothers Grocery is located in Texas
Morton Brothers Grocery
Morton Brothers Grocery is located in the United States
Morton Brothers Grocery
Location401 W. Ninth, Houston, Texas
Coordinates29°47′13″N 95°24′4″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1929 (1929)
MPSHouston Heights MRA
NRHP reference No.87002255[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 15, 1988

Built in 1929, it was a neighborhood grocery store run by Curtis Ira Morton (born 22 Jan 1866 in Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA) and his brother, William J. Morton until 1949. During a break-in and robbery, Curtis Morton was mortally wounded and died in 1949. His three daughters, Sue Morton Jenkins, Catherine Morton, and Bonnie Morton Gillis, survived him. His wife, Zora Price Chissom Morton predeceased him.

It is a one-story brick veneer commercial building, one of the few such remaining in the Heights.[2] Its most recent use has been as a private home.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 15, 1988.[4]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Historic and Architectural Resources of Houston Heights". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  3. "Restocking a Converted Grocery Store in the Houston Heights". Swamplot - Houston's Real Estate Landscape. Swamplot Industries LLC. July 6, 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  4. "National Register Listings" (PDF). Texas Historical Commission. p. 49. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
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