Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Cohn House in Folsom will get a plaque and monument to honor Simon Cohn and former Mayor Glenn Fait.
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) It s moving day for the little blue house near Minute Maid Park in downtown Houston.
ABC13 s helicopter SkyEye was overhead Friday morning as the structure, which is actually named Cohn House, was loaded onto the back of a truck as crews worked around it.
Astros fans, or anyone who has taken a trip to the ball park, have likely seen this two-story house.
It s located on Avenida de Las Americas, just south of Minute Maid, though, that s clearly soon to be its former location.
Eyewitness News did a profile about the house in 2017 and learned it was built just after the turn of the 20th century by Arthur Cohn on Rusk Street. Cohn was a businessman who eventually became one of Rice University s earliest treasurers.
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On Tuesday’s Houston Matters: As state lawmakers take up Gov. Greg Abbott s emergency item on ERCOT reform in hearings this week, lawyers across the state try to sue the nonprofit corporation that manages the state s electric grid for deaths and damages caused by last week s power outages. But can they?
Also this hour: Houston City Councilman Edward Pollard, who represents District J, answers listener questions.
Then, with the recent news that the historic Cohn House would be moved (again) from its location near Minute Maid Park, we revisit our 2017 conversation about Quality Hill, the forgotten upscale neighborhood that used to occupy that area.
Historic home in Minute Maid Park s shadow on the move - again
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The Arthur Cohn house, a remnant of downtown s once stylish residential community, was moved once to make way for street expansion near the convention center and will be moved again to make way for a parking lot near Minute Maid. Photographed here in 2003.John Everett, staff / Houston ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Crews work to move the Southern Pacific 982 steam engine, located downtown between the George R. Brown Convention Center and Minute Maid Park, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, in Houston. The steam engine was hoisted by two 250-ton cranes and placed nearby in a temporary space to allow crews to level the tracks. The engine is scheduled to be moved back onto the tracks on Thursday. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )Melissa Phillip, Staff / Houston ChronicleShow MoreShow Less