2021 Strand - Trolley Station Event Center and Hubcap Grill

17,824 square foot Event Center, Ballroom, Restaurant, Patio, and Balcony

J.D. Rogers ordered this large building constructed as an investment that housed a wholesale feed company and liquor distributor in 1894. Mr. Rogers was in both the banking and cotton businesses. As such, he was a Director and President of the Merchants’ Fire Insurance Company, and was the senior member of the John D. Rogers & Co. firm. The Rogers building has a 1,500 square foot exterior balcony on the second floor that opens to the second floor ballroom of 9,000 square feet, both of which serve many special events including Mardi Gras and many weddings throughout the year. This property, as well as the adjacent Nichols Building, was renovated in the early 1980s by a prominent Austin, Texas architect, and later owned by influential Houston international businessman Ross Dinyari.