In 1903, state evangelist Livingston T. Mays of the Baptist General Convention of Texas held a tent revival meeting at the corner of Tuam and Fannin, with 32 local Baptists, including many from existing congregations, forming a new church and . . . — — Map (db m235581) HM
Congregation Beth Israel is the oldest Jewish congregation in Texas. Early Jewish families that settled in the area formed the Hebrew Benevolent Society in 1844, under the leadership of Lewis Levy. By 1854, seventeen adults organized themselves into . . . — — Map (db m119855) HM
Organized as a Texas Militia unit on April 21, 1873, the Houston Light Guard originally participated in parades, ceremonies, and competitive drills, and served as guard of honor for visiting dignitaries. The first commander was Capt. Edwin Fairfax . . . — — Map (db m119858) HM
The Baylor University College of Medicine moved to Houston in 1943 from Dallas to launch the proposed Texas Medical Center. The building to house Baylor’s medical school was named after Hugh Roy and Lillie Cullen who moved to Houston in 1911 and . . . — — Map (db m196487) HM
This three-story apartment building was constructed in 1922 to help ease a housing shortage in Houston. It was built and owned by Robert C. Duff, a prominent Texas railroad man and banker before the Great Depression. The building features bracketed . . . — — Map (db m130824) HM
Established in 1893, Trinity Episcopal Church acquired this site in 1910. Construction of the sanctuary, designed by architect Ralph Adams Cram, began in 1917 and was completed in 1919. Features of the Gothic revival structure include a basilica . . . — — Map (db m119850) HM
Barbara Charline Jordan, one of the nation's preeminent African-Americans orators and politicians of the 20th century, was born in Houston to Benjamin Meredith and Arlyne Patten Jordan. Her close-knit family greatly influenced her religious and . . . — — Map (db m236006) HM
In the early 20th century, Houston's African American community wanted to provide recreational facilities for its youth and for African American troops stationed at Camp Logan. Various groups formed, including two interested in the welfare of young . . . — — Map (db m62915) HM
Dr. Benjamin Jesse Covington (c.1871-1961), his wife Jennie Belle Murphy (1881-1966), and the stately home they built here in 1911 represented a level of achievement, dignity, and civic service matched by few African Americans in Houston during . . . — — Map (db m171291) HM
Organized as Watts Chapel in 1877, Fourth Missionary Baptist Church was established by the Rev. Henry Watts, a native of South Carolina. Watts arrived in Houston that same year, and with the help of fellow Houston ministers and deacons, secured a . . . — — Map (db m171294) HM
Legislator and activist Mickey Leland fought passionately for the rights of the poor and disadvantaged. Born George Thomas Leland III on November 27, 1944, in Lubbock, Mickey was raised in Houston's Fifth Ward, where he attended segregated schools. . . . — — Map (db m236016) HM
Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church was established by the Rev. Samuel Grantham. The pastor first held services in his own backyard before members built a structure out of wooden boxes. Because of its appearance, this first building was called a . . . — — Map (db m236015) HM
African American fraternal benefit societies experienced a "Golden Age" from the 1870s to the 1930s as they were one of the few venues where members could exercise influence within their communities and attain needs, such as sick benefits and life . . . — — Map (db m171325) HM
Members of Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church have served residents of Houston’s Greater Third Ward since the late 1800s. Tradition holds that the Rev. Gilbert Green and several area residents organized the church, which first met under a . . . — — Map (db m171310) WM
As Houston's Third Ward neighborhood developed, the Rev. James Harvey Makey (1849-1915) called neighbors to his home in 1879 to form the Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church. Makey, a member of Antioch Baptist Church, found guidance from Antioch's . . . — — Map (db m171166) HM
John Thomas Biggers was born to Paul and Cora Biggers in Gastonia, North Carolina. His artistic creativity emerged at a young age when he and his brother, Joe, crawled under their home and used clay to model the entire town of Gastonia. In 1941, . . . — — Map (db m236071) HM
As residents of the Fourth Ward neighborhood known as "Freedmantown" began moving to Houston's Third Ward in the 1870s, the need arose for a church to serve the spiritual needs of African Americans in the area. According to oral tradition, an . . . — — Map (db m171169) HM
Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church was one of three African American churches founded in Houston in 1866, the year after the end of the Civil War and the emancipation of enslaved Texans. The congregation was organized by the Rev. Henry Stewart, . . . — — Map (db m171297) HM
The Reverend G.B.M. Turner and educator E.O. Smith organized Pilgrim Congregational Church, Houston's first African American Congregational Church, in the Freedmen's Town community in 1904. Early services were held in Turner's home. Permanent . . . — — Map (db m236077) HM
David Elias Dibble was born enslaved in Darien, Georgia and brought to Texas in 1837. He was self-educated and was a carpenter by trade. Dibble became a respected religious and community leader. In 1864, he became an anointed preacher. A year . . . — — Map (db m171242) HM
One of Houston's most respected and influential religious, civic and business leaders, Jack Yates was born enslaved in Virginia. He was enslaved when he came to Matagorda County, Texas in 1860. After emancipation he moved his family to Houston. He . . . — — Map (db m171244) HM
Born enslaved in Virginia and brought to Texas in 1837, Richard Allen emerged as an influential community and political leader in Houston after emancipation. He was a skilled carpenter, contractor, mechanic and bridge builder. Allen attended . . . — — Map (db m171240) HM
Richard Brock was born enslaved in Kentucky and brought to Texas around 1847. After emancipation, he became an early land owner, civic and political leader in Houston. He was a trustee of the Colored People of Harris County Festival Association . . . — — Map (db m171243) HM
African American Blues singer and guitarist Sam Hopkins was born in Centerville, Leon County, Texas in 1912, the youngest of five children of Abe and Frances (Washington) Hopkins. Sam learned to play guitar from John Henry and Joel Hopkins, two of . . . — — Map (db m171163) HM
Houston's first African-American Christian Science congregation was organized in 1914, when founding members Wesley and Patsy Gales, Aurelia and John Snell, Florence Frazier, Alice Jackson, Minerva Thomas, and W. E. Bartlett met in the Gales' . . . — — Map (db m171265) HM
In August 1899, the Rev. Hilliard R. Johnson led a small group of African Americans to establish St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Houston's Third Ward. During his years as pastor, 1899-1901 and 1904-1924, he pioneered the practice of two . . . — — Map (db m171271) HM
St. John Missionary Baptist Church, organized in 1899 by Reverends Gilbert Green and Hilliard R. Johnson, first met in a small building near Calhoun Avenue and Live Oak Street. In 1901, Rev. James B. Bouldin purchased property, later conveyed to . . . — — Map (db m235886) HM
Emancipation Park was acquired in 1872 by previously enslaved African Americans who were in unanimous support of purchasing their own land on which to celebrate Juneteenth and to use for community development and cultural enrichment. Rev. Jack . . . — — Map (db m171255) HM
The student murals of Hannah Hall located on the campus of Texas Southern University, embody the culminating experiences of a people as seen through the eyes of student artists. Almost from the beginning of the art department in 1950, it became a . . . — — Map (db m236064) HM
The congregation of Trinity East United Methodist Church has served Houston's Greater Third Ward since the early 20th century. It is an offspring of Trinity United Methodist Church, the oldest black Methodist Church in Houston. In the early 1900s, . . . — — Map (db m171320) HM
This congregation grew from a small mission organized in 1848 for the slave membership of the Houston Methodist Church (now first United Methodist Church). The Rev. Orceneth Fisher served as first pastor of the African mission, which was given a . . . — — Map (db m171171) HM
In 1917, during World War I, the Houston Chamber of Commerce lobbied the federal government to establish an air field here. Named for Lt. Eric Lamar Ellington, an Illinois aviator killed in a California plane crash in 1913, it opened in November . . . — — Map (db m58470) HM
In 1894, fourteen people met in the township of Genoa under the leadership of the Rev. J.R. Murray to organize the community's first Methodist congregation. On February 10, 1895, thirty-three people became charter members of the Genoa Methodist . . . — — Map (db m236090) HM
After the fall of the Alamo on March 6, 1836, Gen. Sam Houston led the Texan Army in retreat from Gonzales. The Mexican army under Gen. Santa Anna followed eastward from San Antonio. On April 14, while Houston's army was north of him, Santa Anna . . . — — Map (db m201933) HM
The Carl Wilhelm Rummel and Carl Siegismund Bauer families landed in Galveston in October, 1848, and made their way to this site by ox cart in December, 1848. Crossing Spring Branch Creek, they saw a beautiful grove of oak trees, and one said, . . . — — Map (db m169521) HM
Life was unimaginably difficult for Spring Branch settlers in the early years, as evidenced by cemetery burial records. Yellow fever, malaria, typhoid and cholera made all too frequent visits to the struggling new community.
"1849 was an . . . — — Map (db m169520) HM
St. Peter Church was begun in 1848 with the arrival of German immigrants in the area. In 1854 a log church was erected, followed by the present frame building in 1864. Land for a cemetery as well as a school play area was donated by August and . . . — — Map (db m195022) HM
Founded, 1848, by five German immigrant families. A log cabin erected in 1854 served as house of worship until 1864, when this building was dedicated. It is one of the oldest church buildings in continuous use in Harris County. Many of the . . . — — Map (db m169523) HM
Due to the efforts of businessman Jesse H. Jones, the Democratic National Committee chose Houston as the site of the 1928 Democratic National Convention. Located on this site, the 20,000-seat Sam Houston Hall was completed in 64 days at a cost of . . . — — Map (db m116847) HM
Baker Common The Baker Family history and Houston’s history are one and the same Few have contributed more to our city’s progress than the members of the James Addison Baker family. They pioneered Texas law, built the law firm Baker Botts, . . . — — Map (db m140419) HM
The Sam Houston Coliseum, now the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, was the site of the first National Women's Conference held on November 18th through 21st, 1977. It was the largest political conference of women in the United States since . . . — — Map (db m117295) HM
Bethany Baptist Church has played an important role as a spiritual and community leader in Houston. Though having strong connections with a separate Bethany Baptist Church founded in 1922, members organized this church as Houston Gardens Baptist . . . — — Map (db m247355) HM
First Masonic Lodge in Texas. Organized in March 1835 at Brazoria. Set to work Dec. 27, 1835, under dispensation of Grand Lodge of Louisiana, for whose 1835-37 Grand Master, John Henry Holland, this lodge was named. Labors were interrupted in Feb. . . . — — Map (db m59774) HM
In 1924, seven friends who lived near the newly constructed Museum of Fine Arts formed the Garden Club of Houston. They planned to study horticulture, experiment with new plants and further the beautification of the city of Houston. From this small . . . — — Map (db m125880) HM
Anson Jones was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He earned his M.D. degree in Philadelphia in 1827; by October 1833, Jones had moved to Texas, establishing a successful medical practice in Brazoria. In 1835, he helped organize Holland Lodge . . . — — Map (db m122935) HM
Archibald Wynns was born in Henry County, Tennessee to Thomas Henry and Winniford (Outlaw) Wynns. Archibald married Martha Elizabeth Edmunds in January 1836, and the couple soon set out for Texas. The Wynns constructed their first home on the corner . . . — — Map (db m123010) HM
The daughter of Texas Revolutionary War general Sidney Sherman and Catherine Isabell (Cox), Belle Sherman (1847-1919) was born in Harrisburg and married William E. Kendall in 1867. After making Houston her home in 1878, Belle S. Kendall became a . . . — — Map (db m123014) HM
Soon after the United States' entrance into World War I in 1917, the U.S. Army established 34 training camps to prepare troops for warfare. Named for General John A. Logan, Mexican War and Civil War veteran and senator from Illinois, Camp Logan . . . — — Map (db m201939) HM
A native of Germany, Caspar Braun was educated in Switzerland. A physician and teacher as well as a Lutheran clergyman, he was sent to Pennsylvania as a missionary in 1847. He arrived in Houston in 1850. The following year he organized the first . . . — — Map (db m123015) HM
Considered by many as the "Mother of Houston," Charlotte Marie Baldwin Allen was a leader in Houston during a time when women had few rights and fewer opportunities. She was born in Onondaga County, New York, and was the daughter of Elizabeth . . . — — Map (db m122984) HM
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Native of Kentucky. Came to Texas, 1831. Member Secession Convention. Commanded reinforcements of State troops sent to Rio Grande for the capture of Federal Army property at Fort Brown. Went to Virginia hoping to be in first battle . . . — — Map (db m122936) HM
This congregation traces its history to 1866, when the Rev. I. S. Campbell was sent by the National Baptist Convention to organize African American churches in Texas immediately after the Civil War. Assisted by Joseph Smalley, Campbell . . . — — Map (db m201893) HM
Born in Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Ky. Arrived in Texas, 1827. Received land grant in Austin's second colony, 1831. Fought (Oct.-Dec. 1835) in Siege of Bexar, including the Grass Fight (Nov. 26). Married Susan . . . — — Map (db m123022) HM
David Finney Stuart was born in Brooke County, Western Virginia, to William and Mary Cummins Stuart. Upon the death of his parents, Stuart moved to Texas to live with his sister Elizabeth, wife of the Rev. Dr. James Weston Miller. A brother-in-law, . . . — — Map (db m122989) HM
Ellis Benson (1813-1896), a veteran of the Texas Revolution and participant in the Battle of San Jacinto, was born in Vermont. Before immigrating to Texas, he fought in the Black Hawk War (1832) in Illinois. By 1835, Benson was in New Orleans, where . . . — — Map (db m122987) HM
Emily Clay Family Scramble You are currently standing about 21 feet above the old Memorial Drive roadbed. In 2022, concrete from the roadway was cut, stacked and reused to create the Emily Clay Family Scramble. The concrete blocks around you . . . — — Map (db m235834) HM
Born in New York City to German immigrants Nicholas and Margaretta Heiner, Eugene Thomas Heiner apprenticed himself to a Chicago architect when he was thirteen years old and later completed his training in Berlin, Germany. Heiner became a draftsman . . . — — Map (db m122983) HM
Gustav (Gustaf, Gustave) August Samuelson (1832-1919) was one of 13 children born to Johannes Samuelson and Anna Petersdotter of Forserum, Sweden. At the age of 16, he emigrated from Sweden, arriving in Houston with a group of other Scandinavians on . . . — — Map (db m122988) HM
The Houston Cemetery Company was one of several chartered and private associations promoted by Houston business leaders for the purpose of effecting civic, cultural and economic improvements following the Civil War. Houston Cemetery Company was . . . — — Map (db m122956) HM
South Carolina native Irvin Capers Lord (1827-1914) came to Houston with his family in 1854. A machinist by trade, he was co-owner of Lord and Richardson's Eagle Iron Works. In 1858 he was elected alderman, representing the First Ward until 1863 . . . — — Map (db m123013) HM
Born in England in 1845, James Robert Cade immigrated to the United States in mid-1869, arriving in Harrisburg, Texas, in 1873 with his new bride, Annie Mortimer, also of English descent. James Robert previously trained in England as a railroad . . . — — Map (db m123020) HM
James Sherwood Lucas (1836-1888) and his son Alfred T. Lucas (1863-1922) immigrated to the United States and became influential brick masons and contractors who helped develop the city of Houston. James Lucas was born in Nottingham, England, to . . . — — Map (db m122992) HM
This cemetery served the early African-American community in Houston for approximately 100 years. The Olivewood Cemetery Association incorporated in 1875 and purchased 5.5 acres of this property that same year from Elizabeth Morin Slocomb. The . . . — — Map (db m201895) HM
Established 1900 as St. Thomas College, and housed that year in a former Franciscan Monastery built in 1861 at Franklin Avenue and Caroline Street. The founders were the Rev. Nicholas Roche, C.S.B., and two other Basilian Fathers. (Their order . . . — — Map (db m235523) HM
William Milton Tryon of New York City lost his father at the age of 9. At 17, young William was baptized. He and his mother moved to Georgia in 1832 where William was licensed to preach. He attended the Mercer Institute and was ordained as a . . . — — Map (db m122994) HM
The Deutsche Gesellschaft von Houston, founded in 1875, established the German Society Cemetery in February 1887 by purchasing this property, then located outside the city limits, from the heirs of John Lawrence and Thomas Hart. Twelve-space . . . — — Map (db m122929) HM
William Gammell was born in Ayshire, Scotland. He and his parents immigrated to the United States, settling in Lowell, Massachusetts. Gammell arrived in Texas during the spring of 1836, where he enlisted in the Texian Army on April 5. He served in . . . — — Map (db m122985) HM
Born in San Francisco, California as Chen Yuk Chow, Edward K.T. Chen, the son of Chin Yuen Yee and Chin Luk Oi, had a profound impact on the lives of Americans, particularly those of Chinese descent. In 1928, he attended Columbia University in New . . . — — Map (db m170590) HM
When Emancipation came to Texas at the end of the Civil War, hundreds of freed African-American slaves left Brazos River plantations and travelled east along the San Felipe Trail, many settling in Houston's Fourth Ward and in rural areas all along . . . — — Map (db m169795) HM
In February 1841, the Rev. James Huckins visited the fledgling City of Houston, where a small group of Baptists had been meeting informally since 1838. Under Huckins' leadership, a congregation was organized on April 10, 1841, with 16 charter . . . — — Map (db m169718) HM
The end of the Civil War and Emancipation signaled the demise of plantations like Pleasant Bend. Agur Morse died of typhoid fever late in the War, and his widow Grace sold off much of the plantation land as small farms, except for a homestead here . . . — — Map (db m169804) HM
Founded in 1870, this is Houston's second oldest Masonic Lodge. On May 11, 1870, twenty-two Master Masons, in response to the growth in Houston's population, signed a petition requesting a charter for a new lodge from the Grand Lodge of Texas. . . . — — Map (db m159203) HM
The permanent settlement of this vicinity began with the construction of the San Felipe to Harrisburg wagon road in 1830, which lay half a mile south of here. Connecticut-born Agur Tomlinson Morse (1801-1865) and his wife Grace Baldwin Morse . . . — — Map (db m169805) HM
PLEASANT BEND. "This beautiful place, which is situated about eight miles from this city, is one of the most pleasant places in Harris County. Several extensive improvements have lately gone up. Mr. A.T. Morse has lately erected a large . . . — — Map (db m169794) HM
The settlement of upper Buffalo Bayou began in 1824 with John D. Taylor and his wife Maria at Piney Point. A wilderness trail south of the bayou near their log cabin was widened in 1830 by order of the Ayuntamiento (council) of Stephen F. . . . — — Map (db m169787) HM
This Masonic Lodge traces its history to the early days of the Republic of Texas, when the seat of government was located in the newly founded city of Houston. Formally chartered on May 10, 1838, Temple Lodge was the fourth Masonic organization . . . — — Map (db m240865) HM
A pioneer oil boom town. Originated as crossroads community named for settler Pleasant Smith Humble (1835?-1912), who lived here before 1889, hewing his timber into railroad ties, mining gravel from his land, keeping store, and serving as justice of . . . — — Map (db m71786) HM
Founded in 1886, Humble was an oil boom town in 1907 when the Rev. J. T. Browning of Houston began conducting Methodist worship services for residents of the area. The services were first held in a building that had housed a bottle factory. In 1908, . . . — — Map (db m122931) HM
This cemetery is believed to be the town of Humble's oldest. The earliest documented burial is that of Joseph Dunman (1867-1879). Also believed to be buried here in an unmarked grave is Jane Elizabeth Humble, wife of the community's founder, . . . — — Map (db m56714) HM
The roots of education in the Humble area started in 1873 when Joseph W. Dunman (1824-1903), son of early Humble settler Joseph Dunman, opened Joe Dunman's schoolhouse for local children. In 1884, Common School District No. 28 was established but . . . — — Map (db m133798) HM
Near the turn of the century, the town of Humble was home to many Masons who were members of lodges located in nearby towns. With the help of local Justice of the Peace F. K. Wise, Humble area Masons organized their own lodge in 1908. Humble State . . . — — Map (db m71783) HM
Joseph Dunman
Republic of Texas
Early Humble Pioneer
Born 1794 Louisiana
Died 3 April 1859 Harris County Texas
Born in Louisiana in 1794, Joseph Dunman served as a private in De clouet's Regiment in the Louisiana Militia during the . . . — — Map (db m123003) HM
An oil well drilled at this site in 1912 yielded not oil, but free-flowing artesian water. The following year, German native Nick Lambrecht (1855-1920) purchased the property. Lambrecht served as justice of the peace and mayor during Humble's oil . . . — — Map (db m52524) HM
This structure was erected in 1914 by William R. (Bill) Pangburn. He made his own cement bricks using San Jacinto River sand hauled by horse and wagon. The building has housed a drygood store, drug store, post office, cafe, dance hall and a variety . . . — — Map (db m122999) HM
These two trees were grown from acorns in slop jars, by Uncle Dick Hatcher. He planted them not long after the courthouse was built in 1928. They received their name from Judge Wise's habit of using the benches beneath the trees to sit on while . . . — — Map (db m123001) HM
The area of Hunters Creek Village and most of the rest of the Memorial Villages were covered with virgin pine forest when German settlers began arriving to the area north of Buffalo Bayou in the late 1840s. By around 1860, a sawmill was operated . . . — — Map (db m169546) HM
The sawmill was powered by an eighteen-horsepower steam engine, with energy supplied to the mill floor via belts and pulleys. A cradle on iron tracks carried logs past the circular saw blade. Outside, lumber was carefully stacked to dry, then . . . — — Map (db m169548) HM
This building was the first modern supermarket in the Katy area. After returning home from WWII, war hero, Purple Heart, and Silver Star recipient, William Dube, Jr, purchased the Pitt's Grocery which was originally located on this site.
In . . . — — Map (db m170570) HM
This congregation traces its history to 1898, when a group of Baptists, Disciples of Christ, Presbyterians, Quakers, and Methodists organized a Union Sunday School in the home of Willard James. Sometime about 1900, the Methodists formed a separate . . . — — Map (db m157820) HM
This home was built in 1902 by Frank Hart for William Bartlett. The current owners, Garber Short and Avadele Peck Short, resided in this home from the time of its purchase in 1946 to 1956. They still own the home. — — Map (db m169501) HM
Karankawa Indians hunted buffalo on this site as late as the 1820s. Present Fifth Street follows the course of the San Felipe Road, which was opened to Austin's colony in that decade. In 1836 Santa Anna used that road in his march toward San . . . — — Map (db m211564) HM
This home was built in 1910 by Guy Hubler for his bride Fannie Thomas Hubler. Mrs. Hubler's father, J.O. Thomas, is said to have laid out the town of Katy. P.C. Pitts and Fabiola Stockdick Pitts purchased the home from Lewis and Eva Pauli in 1949. . . . — — Map (db m169493) HM
This home was built in 1898 by Frank Hart and Milton Campbell for William Patrick Morrison. The home stands crooked to the street due to the 1900 hurricane which blew it off its foundation blocks. In 1920 W.E. Freeman bought this home and made . . . — — Map (db m169408) HM
This home was built in 1915 by W.B. and Anna M. Peck. Fred D. Peck and Ruth Monigold Peck, son of W.B. Peck, lived in this home from 1923 to 1928. Fred Peck purchased the Fort Bend Telephone Co. from O.L. Miller in 1923 and the switchboard was . . . — — Map (db m169421) HM
This home was built sometime between 1900 and 1910 by Frank Hart for Andrew Kendall Robertson. Rollie Robertson, son of Andrew Kendall Robertson then moved into the home with his wife. In 1929 he sold the home to Doctor and Mrs. J.D. Motherall, . . . — — Map (db m169418) HM
This home was built in 1905 by Giles Elam Romack and his wife Ephilus Elizabeth Milnor Romack. After the death of Ephilus Romack in 1913 Harvey Edwin Romack moved into this home and lived here until his death in June 1967. This home has never been . . . — — Map (db m169459) HM
This home was built in 1900 for Dr. & Mrs. J.M. Stewart. Also built were the garage and two story tank tower which housed young men who served as drivers for the doctor. The front hall of the home served as the doctors office. Dr. Stewart's home . . . — — Map (db m169458) HM
This house was built in 1905 for Martha Jane Tucker to be used as rent property. It was continually rented or sold to various owners until the mid 1950's. At this time it was purchased by Mrs. Tom Peek, the first owner to actually live in this . . . — — Map (db m176170) HM
This home was built by W.H. Weller in 1904 in its present location. In 1919 Mr. & Mrs C.L. Baird and their three children moved into the home. Wayne Baird, the son of C.L. Baird, resided in this home until his death in 1983. — — Map (db m169483) HM
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