Sir Knight Bellows is a member of the Knights Of The Order Of San Jacinto. Knighted in 1967 by The Sons of the Republic of Texas. General Sam Houston, leader of the victorious Texans at the Battle of San Jacinto, established the Order in 1843.
Warren S. Bellows was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Dr George K. Bellows and Stella Ferris Bellows. He was married in April 1914, to Anna Williams. They had one daughter, Elizabeth Bellows Williams, and three sons: Warren S., Jr., Frank Williams and George Ferris.
A civil engineering graduate of the University of Kansas, Bellows was president of W. W. Bellows Construction Corporation. He came to Houston in 1923, where be built the Auditorium Hotel and the Criminal Court Building. Known as the Builder most responsible for Huston's fast-changing skyline, Bellows also had to his credit the City National Bank Building. Perhaps his most famous project was the San Jacinto Memorial Shaft, under construction from 1936 to 1939, in observance of the Texas Centennial. Outside Houston, he built edifices on the campuses of the University of Texas, Texas A&M, and Southern Methodist University. He was a partner in the construction of the corpus Christi Naval Air Station.
Bellows devoted considerable time to the civic affairs of his community; He was director and president of the Houston Chamber of Commerce in the 1940's and instrumental in developing the Texas Medical Center. He was named chairman of the Houston Port Commission in 1950. He served during World War II as industry member of the War Labor Board and, soon after the war, as president of the Associated General Contractors of America.
Warren S. Bellows was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Dr George K. Bellows and Stella Ferris Bellows. He was married in April 1914, to Anna Williams. They had one daughter, Elizabeth Bellows Williams, and three sons: Warren S., Jr., Frank Williams and George Ferris.
A civil engineering graduate of the University of Kansas, Bellows was president of W. W. Bellows Construction Corporation. He came to Houston in 1923, where be built the Auditorium Hotel and the Criminal Court Building. Known as the Builder most responsible for Huston's fast-changing skyline, Bellows also had to his credit the City National Bank Building. Perhaps his most famous project was the San Jacinto Memorial Shaft, under construction from 1936 to 1939, in observance of the Texas Centennial. Outside Houston, he built edifices on the campuses of the University of Texas, Texas A&M, and Southern Methodist University. He was a partner in the construction of the corpus Christi Naval Air Station.
Bellows devoted considerable time to the civic affairs of his community; He was director and president of the Houston Chamber of Commerce in the 1940's and instrumental in developing the Texas Medical Center. He was named chairman of the Houston Port Commission in 1950. He served during World War II as industry member of the War Labor Board and, soon after the war, as president of the Associated General Contractors of America.
Sir Knight Bellows is a member of the Knights Of The Order Of San Jacinto. Knighted in 1967 by The Sons of the Republic of Texas. General Sam Houston, leader of the victorious Texans at the Battle of San Jacinto, established the Order in 1843.
Warren S. Bellows was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Dr George K. Bellows and Stella Ferris Bellows. He was married in April 1914, to Anna Williams. They had one daughter, Elizabeth Bellows Williams, and three sons: Warren S., Jr., Frank Williams and George Ferris.
A civil engineering graduate of the University of Kansas, Bellows was president of W. W. Bellows Construction Corporation. He came to Houston in 1923, where be built the Auditorium Hotel and the Criminal Court Building. Known as the Builder most responsible for Huston's fast-changing skyline, Bellows also had to his credit the City National Bank Building. Perhaps his most famous project was the San Jacinto Memorial Shaft, under construction from 1936 to 1939, in observance of the Texas Centennial. Outside Houston, he built edifices on the campuses of the University of Texas, Texas A&M, and Southern Methodist University. He was a partner in the construction of the corpus Christi Naval Air Station.
Bellows devoted considerable time to the civic affairs of his community; He was director and president of the Houston Chamber of Commerce in the 1940's and instrumental in developing the Texas Medical Center. He was named chairman of the Houston Port Commission in 1950. He served during World War II as industry member of the War Labor Board and, soon after the war, as president of the Associated General Contractors of America.
Warren S. Bellows was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Dr George K. Bellows and Stella Ferris Bellows. He was married in April 1914, to Anna Williams. They had one daughter, Elizabeth Bellows Williams, and three sons: Warren S., Jr., Frank Williams and George Ferris.
A civil engineering graduate of the University of Kansas, Bellows was president of W. W. Bellows Construction Corporation. He came to Houston in 1923, where be built the Auditorium Hotel and the Criminal Court Building. Known as the Builder most responsible for Huston's fast-changing skyline, Bellows also had to his credit the City National Bank Building. Perhaps his most famous project was the San Jacinto Memorial Shaft, under construction from 1936 to 1939, in observance of the Texas Centennial. Outside Houston, he built edifices on the campuses of the University of Texas, Texas A&M, and Southern Methodist University. He was a partner in the construction of the corpus Christi Naval Air Station.
Bellows devoted considerable time to the civic affairs of his community; He was director and president of the Houston Chamber of Commerce in the 1940's and instrumental in developing the Texas Medical Center. He was named chairman of the Houston Port Commission in 1950. He served during World War II as industry member of the War Labor Board and, soon after the war, as president of the Associated General Contractors of America.
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