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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 00:52:00

Halloween night 1950 was opening night for the University of Houston's grand hall, the east wing of an Art Deco administration building designed to give the young university a front door worthy of a city. Cullen Performance Hall at 4800 Calhoun Road occupies the eastern half of the Ezekiel W. Cullen Building, designed by native Houston architect Alfred C. Finn - the man behind the San Jacinto Monument - with long classical wings and regularly spaced pilasters. The building was announced in March...