The old Shamrock Hotel, gone over 30 years, ... Mrs. Phillip M. Pappas, first lady of Texas poetry, was honored with a reception at the Shamrock Hilton Hotel. She is seated at right.

McCarthy plans to serve the steers in steaks at the opening of his new Shamrock Hotel in Houston on March 17. 12/09/1981 - aerial of Texas Medical Center taken on board Goodyear blimp America ...

It was eventually sold to the Hilton Hotels Corporation and later the Texas Medical Center, ... Houston’s Shamrock Hotel in the process of being demolished in 1987.

During the 1950s Houston’s Shamrock Hotel was the place to be. It was one of the most extravagant and over-the-top social centers for many Houstonians and visitors from around the country.

June 1, 1987 - The landmark Shamrock Hotel is demolished. The hotel opened in 1949 and was one of the most extravagantly mythologized symbols of Texas in the 1950's.

An appreciative audience claps during a perfomance at the opening gala of the Shamrock Hotel, Houston, Texas, March 17, 1949. Joseph Scherschel/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images ...

The Shamrock Hotel opening at night with spotlights, Houston, Texas, March 1949. Click through to see more photos of the hotel in its heyday... Exterior view of the Shamrock Hotel (left) and it's ...

March 17, 1986: Save the Shamrock. By J.R. Gonzales, Staff Writer Updated March 16, 2021 11:43 p.m. ... The hotel had been sold to the Texas Medical Center with plans to demolish the building.