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The structure was a two-story building when it was built in 1924. It grew to ten stories by 1950. It functioned as a high-end department store from 1924 to the 1980s.

For Shell’s Deer Park refinery, it was the eighth self-reported violation of pollution permits since 2022—one of 513 such events in the last 20 years, according to TCEQ data.