The Rice
The Rice, formerly the Rice Hotel, is a historical building at 909 Texas Avenue in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. The current building is the third to occupy the site.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Apartment building
- Description: building in Houston, Harris County, Texas
- Also known as: “Rice Hotel”, “Rice Hotel (Houston, Tex.)”, “Rice Hotel Lofts”, and “Rice Lofts”
- Address: 909 Texas Avenue, Houston, TX
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include JPMorgan Chase Tower and Jones Hall.
JPMorgan Chase Tower
Building
Photo: Dhanix, Public domain.
The JPMorgan Chase Tower, formerly Texas Commerce Tower, is a 305.4-meter, 2,243,013-square-foot, 75-story skyscraper at 600 Travis Street in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. JPMorgan Chase Tower is situated 370 feet west of The Rice.
Jones Hall
Theater building
The Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts is a performance venue in Houston, Texas, and the permanent home of the Houston Symphony Orchestra and Society for the Performing Arts. Jones Hall is situated 720 feet west of The Rice.
Preston station
Railway station
Photo: WhisperToMe, Public domain.
Preston is a station on the METRORail Red Line in Houston, Texas. The station is located on the 300 block of Main Street, between Preston and Congress avenues in Downtown Houston. Preston station is situated 590 feet northeast of The Rice.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Houston and Houston.
Downtown Houston
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Downtown is the central business district of Houston. It is bounded by the I-10, I-45, and I-69 freeways.
Houston
Photo: Ed Schipul, CC BY 2.0.
Houston is a sprawling port city in Southeastern Texas. An oil boom and continuing international immigration has brought explosive growth to the city, and it is now the fifth largest metropolitan area in the United States and the most diverse large city since 2021.
Fourth Ward
Suburb
Photo: WhisperToMe, Public domain.
Fourth Ward is one of the historic six wards of Houston, Texas, United States. The Fourth Ward is located inside the 610 Loop directly west of and adjacent to Downtown Houston.
The Rice
- Categories: hotel, building, and residential building
- Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.76048° or 29° 45′ 38″ northLongitude
-95.3628° or 95° 21′ 46″ westElevation
46 feet (14 metres)Levels
18Open location code
76X6QJ6P+5VOpenStreetMap ID
way 44130575OpenStreetMap feature
building=apartmentsGeoNames ID
4722563Wikidata ID
Q7233713
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“The Rice” goes by many names.
- French: “Post Rice Lofts”
- French: “Rice Hotel”
- French: “The Rice”
- Spanish: “Rice Hotel”
- Spanish: “Rice Lofts”
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