Before it became a live music venue, the Fitzgerald's building in the Heights served as Houston's first "Poliski Dom" -- or Polish Home, a social club and dance hall.

The historic building recently sold to a developer, renewing interest in the historic structure at White Oak and Studemont.

The property was developed in 1918 when a group Houston Poles raised $1,200 to build the two-story wooden building, according to a 2015 article by Gregory L. Witul in Polish American Journal. The first floor of the building was left open to stable horses and as a garage for carriages and later cars.

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According to the article:

"On July 28, 1974 the new Polish Home was opened with a grand celebration including a Polish Mass, proclamations read from Governor Briscoe and Mayor Hofheinz, and a banquet of Polish food and Texas BBQ."

In 1974, a new Polish Home opened at 103 Cooper Road off Airline and Parker in north Houston.

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But as interest in social clubs waned, that hall closed and in 2007 a Pentecostal congregation purchased the building.

The original property in the Heights was sold to Sara Fitzgerald who turned it into a music venue in 1977.