La Colombe d'Or

La Colombe d'Or is a hotel and residential complex in Neartown, Houston.

It includes an original building in a Beaux-Arts style, a skyscraper with 34 stories, and a bungalow property.

[3] Zimmerman wanted a small hotel to match the then down-to-earth character of Montrose, in contrast to larger, more new money designs popular at the time.

[4] Zimmerman also acquired the ballroom of Comtesse Elisabeth Greffulhe, shipped it from France to Texas, and reconstructed it on the property of Colombe d'Or.

[3] In 2021 Tony Perrottet of Smithsonian Magazine labeled the La Colombe d'Or one of five "invincible hotels" in the United States.

Tower and original building
Closeup of the original building, formerly the Fondren Mansion