In Search of Houston's History : SHAMROCK HOTEL 

Here in Houston we tear down anything over 20 years old..sad.

An Icon long lost and gone... Keep Posting so some day someone will build another one...

we use to sneak in and use the Huge Pool on weekends...saw so many stars there..what a great roof too

I stayed in the Penthouse Suite on the 18th floor, on my honeymoon in 1981. There were only 3 rooms on the floor. A, B and C. We had room B. It took uo over half of the windows on the right side looking at the building. We had the private balcony on the right side. The suite had a beautiful entry hall with a closet. To the right of the hall was the Guest Room with a bathroom and a dressing room. To the left of the entry hall was a large livingroom with a black onyx fireplace. There was a formal dinning room and kitchen. A large dressing room and the Master bedroom with a King sized bed. The Master bath had a walk in shower and a separate tub. It was all very luxurious. And a very special memory. I chose that hotel as my Senior Prom was held there in the Emerald Room. Sad it was torn down.

Best interior shots of the Shamrock that I have been able to find. Thanks PBS

I remember as a kid leaving the Shamrock theater and looking back from the parking lot and seeing the hotel just lit up. Always wondered what it was like there

That hotel had the best swimming pool ever! What a shame they let it go.

And many thanks to the Houston Metropolitan Resource Center for maintaining such a rich and bountiful archival collection and to the Friends of the Texas Room for making this documentary possible.

We lived right behind the Shamrock on Dorrington Street as kids. We would sneak into the Olympic size pool during the warm months. Never could afford to stay in a room there.

my dad worked at this hotel, working the lighting equipment for performers. too bad they tore it down!

That is the main difference between Europe and The USA 🇺🇸, in Europe we keep all the cool and old buildings, and some cities loke Houston turn them down for more parking lots..... shame!

The only reason Frank Lloyd Wright made a jab at the Shamrock was because he had been overstepped by huge Texas oil money, leaving Frank and his ideas in the dust.

Victor J Vitanza was a jazz drummer here

Of course we need more parking lots :(

Great hotel-- they don't build them like that anymore. I performed there many times.

HOUSTON, PARKING LOT CAPITAL OF TEXAS !

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Houston destroys everything.