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Houston, Texas, United States · Autograph Collection · Core Luxury
Jesse H. Jones hired St. Louis firm Mauran, Russell & Crowell to raise this twelve-story Union National Bank Building in 1912, its Main Street facade carved with Mercury heads and set on a two-story limestone base. After decades of vacancy on the upper floors, a $35 million conversion by Candra Scott & Anderson reopened it as Hotel ICON, a 135-room Autograph Collection boutique with nine signature suites. Early bank tenants had included architects Harrie Lindeberg and John Staub.
- 135 rooms
- Opened 2004
- Neighborhood: Theater District
- Architect: Mauran, Russell & Crowell
- Interiors: Candra Scott & Anderson
About Hotel Icon
- First bank president Jonas Shearn Rice was the nephew of Rice University founder William Marsh Rice.
- The bank building's upper floors sat vacant from the mid-1970s until 2000.
The setting
On Main Street in Houston's Theater District, in Jesse Jones's 1912 bank.
Restaurants and bars
- Line & Lariat — Restaurant · New American
Amenities
- Spa
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- AAA Four Diamond (2026)
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