Downtown Houston in Harris County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
El Barrio del Alacrán
Photographed by James Hulse, November 7, 2023
1. El Barrio del Alacrán Marker
Inscription.
El Barrio del Alacrán. . Between 1910 and 1920, Houston attracted a large number of Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans to the Second Ward where the Old Frost Town and Schrimpf's Field neighborhoods offered inexpensive housing for industrial workers. In the 1930s, the Spanish-speaking residents gave the area a new name- El Alacrán, The Scorpion. Churches, the Rusk Settlement House, Rusk School and sports leagues provided social and educational services for the community. Urban renewal and highway construction in the 1950s demolished El Alacrán. Once a notoriously impoverished neighborhood, El Alacrán gave many residents a working start toward full integration into American society.
Between 1910 and 1920, Houston attracted a large number of Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans to the Second Ward where the Old Frost Town and Schrimpf's Field neighborhoods offered inexpensive housing for industrial workers. In the 1930s, the Spanish-speaking residents gave the area a new name- El Alacrán, The Scorpion. Churches, the Rusk Settlement House, Rusk School and sports leagues provided social and educational services for the community. Urban renewal and highway construction in the 1950s demolished El Alacrán. Once a notoriously impoverished neighborhood, El Alacrán gave many residents a working start toward full integration into American society.
Erected 2013 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 17509.)
Location. 29° 45.79′ N, 95° 21.069′ W. Marker is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County. It is in Downtown Houston. It is at the intersection of Runners Street and Elysian Street, on the right when traveling north on Runners Street. The marker is located along the northeast corner of the. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Houston TX 77003, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American South and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Republic of Texas, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Frost Town (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line);
3. The view of the El Barrio del Alacrán Marker along the freeway service road
Credits. This page was last revised on November 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 8, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 2,163 times since then and 221 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on November 9, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.
