From FortBendNow ~

Architectural plans have been laid, and the New Year will see the rebuilding of Richmond’s landmark Lone Start Saloon - gutted by fire Nov. 19 - into a “gorgeous” new nightclub.

Bill Lindquist, who owns the Lone Star along with his wife, Beverly, said Friday he is in the process of planning for the demolition of the brick shell of the historic building whose insides were all but destroyed in the fire.

The popular Richmond bar and music venue, run for decades in a historic 120-year-old building at
102 and 106 S. Third St., was heavily damaged in the fire. Fire fighters from Richmond, Rosenberg, Pecan Grove, Missouri City and Sugar Land fought the blaze early that morning.

While no one was hurt, damage to the saloon’s buildings, which are joined by an interior brick wall, was extensive, and estimated at close to a half-million dollars.

Investigators from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Fort Bend County Fire Marshal’s office joined the Richmond Fire Department’s probe of the cause of the fire.