Historical Markers in Bellaire, Texas

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Historical Markers in Bellaire, Texas

1 ► Texas, Harris County, Bellaire, Southwest Houston — 10614 — Bellaire —

William Wright Baldwin, president of the South End Land Company, founded Bellaire in 1908 on part of the 9,449-acre ranch once owned by William Marsh Rice, benefactor of Rice Institute (now Rice University). Baldwin surveyed the eastern 1,000 acres . . . — — Map (db m63838) HM

2 ► Texas, Harris County, Bellaire, Southwest Houston — 10615 — Bellaire Presbyterian Church —

Bellaire residents founded the non-denominational Bellaire Union Congregational Church and Sunday School in 1911. Services and classes were held in the local school building and the town's streetcar terminal known as the “Pavilion.” . . . — — Map (db m63828) HM

3 ► Texas, Harris County, Bellaire, Southwest Houston — 10616 — Bellaire Streetcar Line —

In 1909 the Westmoreland Railroad Company, directed by Bellaire developer William Wright Baldwin, began construction of a streetcar line between this site and Houston's Main Street (4 mi. E) to improve transportation between Bellaire and Houston. . . . — — Map (db m63827) HM

4 ► Texas, Harris County, Bellaire, Southwest Houston — 10788 — Teas Nursery Company —

Teas Nursery Company traces its history to 1843, when John C. Teas (1827-1907) began selling apples out of his back yard in Indiana. After moving the business to Missouri in 1868, Teas became a nationally prominent horticulturist. In 1908 his . . . — — Map (db m125890) HM

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