# Historic Kirby Mansion demolished as plans point to Houston convenience store

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/700m-gas-station-tycoon-linked-to-9-3m-purchase-of-100-year-old-houston-mansion-now-flattened-to-make-way-for-convenience-store/
- Published: 2026-11-03T18:15:16+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T18:34:32+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16262549/gas-tycoon-houston-mansion-flattened-store.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Houston’s historic Kirby Mansion has been demolished.
- Plans point to a convenience store on the site.
- Preservation advocates say options to save or document it were missed.

## Summary

The 130-year-old Kirby Mansion in Houston was demolished in late October, prompting anger from local preservation advocates. Plans and property records link the site to Brake Time Corner Market, which appears set to build a convenience store and possibly a fuel station there; the case has renewed concern about the loss of historic buildings.

Built in 1894 and later rebuilt by lumber businessman John Henry Kirby, the 36-room Tudor Revival house covered 13,254 square feet. Plans filed with Texas regulators describe a one-storey, 6,143-square-foot convenience store costing about $2 million, with completion projected by October 2028. The property was bought for $9.3 million by an LLC linked to Brake Time co-owner Omair Bashir, although his representatives had suggested the mansion site might be leased for offices.

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