Was doing some research on Hedrick buildings outside of Fort Worth and ran across this stunning building. Wow! Had never seen this.
https://thebakerhote...r-baker-hotels/
In 1926, plans were unveiled for a massive forty-story hotel in Houston, TX for Ross S. Sterling, founder of Humble Oil Company (which later became Exxon-Mobile).The building was tentatively called the “Sterling Hotel.” If it had been built, the building would have been “the largest hotel building in the South.”While the building was never built, Ross Sterling went on to become Governor of Texas for two years from 1931-1933.This design was rendered by prominent Fort Worth Architect Wyatt C. Hedrick, who also happened to be Ross Sterling’s son-in-law.
Hedrick and hotel man T.B. Baker worked together closely (Hedrick also designed the Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells and the Stephen F. Austin in Austin), and some information suggests that, if built, the Sterling would have been operated by the Baker Corporation.