The Rice

The Rice, formerly the Rice Hotel, is a historical building at 909 Texas Avenue in Houston, , United States. The current building is the third to occupy the site.
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  • Type: Apartment building
  • Description: building in Houston, Harris County, Texas
  • Also known as: “Rice Hotel”, “Rice Hotel (Houston, Texas)”, “Rice Hotel Lofts”, “Rice Lofts”, and “The Rice (Houston)”
  • Address: 909 Texas Avenue, Houston, TX

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include JPMorgan Chase Tower and Jones Hall.

Building
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The , formerly Texas Commerce Tower, is a 1,002-foot, 2,243,013-square-foot, 75-story skyscraper at 600 Travis Street in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. is situated 370 feet west of The Rice.

Theater building
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The Jesse H. for the Performing Arts is a performance venue in , , and the permanent home of the Houston Symphony Orchestra and Society for the Performing Arts. is situated 720 feet west of The Rice.

Railway station
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Preston is a station on the METRORail Red Line in Houston, . The station is located on the 300 block of Main Street, between Preston and Congress avenues in . is situated 590 feet northeast of The Rice.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Houston and Houston.

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Downtown is the central business district of . It is bounded by the I-10, I-45, and I-69 freeways.

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is a sprawling port city in Southeastern . 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 and the most diverse large city since 2021.

Suburb
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is one of the historic six wards of , , United States. The is located inside the 610 Loop directly west of and adjacent to .

The Rice

Latitude
29.76048° or 29° 45′ 38″ north
Longitude
-95.3628° or 95° 21′ 46″ west
Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)
Levels
18
Open location code
76X6QJ6P+5V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 44130575
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­apartments
Geo­Names ID
4722563
Wiki­data ID
Q7233713
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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“The Rice” goes by many names.

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