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Unoccupied Historic Armory May Become Hispanic Center

HOUSTON-The Houston Hispanic Forum has plans for a 1925 historic structure that once housed the Houston Light Guard. City council is considering a 30-year, $1 lease so the building can be put to good use.

By Jack Burney | Updated on December 22, 2000

HOUSTON-The Houston Light Guard, a local militia organized in 1873, proudly constructed the fortress-like building in 1925, but the historic structure has stood empty since 1991. Now, city council is about to lease the 19,000-sf, four-story edifice to a Hispanic group for $1 a year, to preserve it and make use of it for community affairs.

If council approves the deal, the Houston Hispanic Forum will lease the building, located on Caroline Street south of downtown, for the next 30 years and be responsible for an estimated $2.6 million needed to renovate it. The work will probably take a year to complete.

“The community doesn’t want to lose it,” says Rey Gonzales, vice president of the Forum.”The building needs someone to take care of it and put it to use.”

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