Augustus Chapman Allen was born to Roland and Sarah (Chapman) Allen in Canaseraga, New York on July 4, 1806. He graduated from the Polytechnic Institute at Chittenango, New York, where he taught mathematics until 1827. That year, he became a . . . — — Map (db m59588) HM
In 1890-91, Rev. Jack Yates and a group of worshippers left Antioch Baptist Church over a disagreement about renovation funding. They named their new congregation Bethel Baptist Church, referring to "Beth-el" meaning a "Center" near an . . . — — Map (db m171191) HM
Served in Captain Henry W.
Karnes' company of Cavalry
at San Jacinto. Died in
Houston, June 1, 1840
His wife
Eliza Sneed Secrest
Died in 1839 — — Map (db m129952) HM
Texas War for Independence soldier; served also in Somervell Expedition against aggressors in Republic of Texas.
Born in New York state. Came to Texas in 1830s. Settled 1838 in Houston, to help his brothers, Augustus C. and John Kirby Allen, . . . — — Map (db m129875) HM
Houston in 1836 was a humid swamp overgrown with sweet gum trees and coffee bean weeds. In this spot, however, two brothers from New York recognized the future "commercial emporium of Texas."
John Kirby Allen was born and lived in New York . . . — — Map (db m59839) HM
Came to Texas in
January, 1836
Fought at San Jacinto in
Captain Richard Roman's
company
Born in Kentucky, 1806
Died in Houston
July, 1846 — — Map (db m129949) HM
Commodore of the
Texan Navy
Died in Houston, Nov. 1, 1837
"The funeral of the late
Commodore Thompson took
place on the morning of
Thursday last. His remains
were followed to the grave
by the largest and most
respectable . . . — — Map (db m129917) HM
J. Vance Lewis was an attorney and community activist for the African-American community in Houston. Born enslaved circa 1863 in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, Lewis attended Leland University in New Orleans before earning a teaching certificate . . . — — Map (db m170863) HM
Born in Tennessee, 1806. Drowned in Galveston, July 11, 1839, and his remains brought by boat up Buffalo Bayou to Houston. His remains interred in this cemetery under the auspices of Temple Lodge No. 4. First Masonic funeral ever held in Texas . . . — — Map (db m129870) HM
(Front:)
Erected by the State of Texas
to the memory of
John Austin Wharton
Born in Nashville, Tennessee
in 1806
Died at Houston, Texas
December 17, 1838
(Rear:)
Member of the General
Council of the . . . — — Map (db m129972) HM
Came to Texas in 1829
Died in Houston in 1846
Participated in the Battle
of San Jacinto as a member
of Captain Thomas H.
McIntire's company — — Map (db m129919) HM
Born in Canasareaugh, New York 1810. Came to Texas in 1832. Died in Houston August 18, 1838
John K. Allen was a member of the first Congress of the Republic (1836-1837) from Nacogdoches County. He and his brother, Augustus C. Allen, on August . . . — — Map (db m129873) HM
Opposed Bradburn at Anahuac
1832. Member of the Consul-
tation at San Felipe in 1835.
Signer of the Declaration of
Independence, 1836. First
sheriff of Harris County, 1837
to 1840. City alderman in
Houston, 1840. Married to
Eliza . . . — — Map (db m129910) HM
In the late 1890s, Macedonia Baptist Church organized in Freedmantown, and was briefly known as Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church. In 1907, the church bought land at 1216 Ruthven Street and built a one-story wood structure. The church incorporated . . . — — Map (db m170986) HM
Born in Georgia. Came to Texas
in 1834. Storming of Bexar, 1835.
Commanded the artillery at
San Jacinto. Made Major, July
20, 1836. Law partner of David
G. Burnet, 1837. Died June 7, 1840
while Chief Justice of Harris
County. Buried . . . — — Map (db m129950) HM
Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church has served as a vital spiritual and community institution in the Fourth Ward since the congregation's organization in 1915. The church has always met in the historic Freedmen's Town District, founded by former . . . — — Map (db m171161) HM
New Zion Temple Church Worldwide Fellowship, Inc. was founded as "The Little Church on Ruthven Street," a Church of God in Christ congregation. Bishop Hayward W. Falls fulfilled the community's needs by using donated supplies to erect a . . . — — Map (db m170906) HM
Located in Houston's Fourth Ward, the original Freedman's Town settlement was founded soon after the emancipation of enslaved blacks on June 19, 1865, at the end of the Civil War in Texas. Positioned west of downtown and directly south of Buffalo . . . — — Map (db m59562) HM
San Jacinto veteran.
Postmaster General of
the Republic under
Houston and Lamar.
Born in Urbana, Ohio
in 1802. Died in
Houston, Texas at 9
a.m. October 11, 1839, of
yellow fever. Buried
under the auspices of
the Masonic and . . . — — Map (db m129915) HM
Rutherford Birchard Hayes Yates (1878-1944), son of the Rev. John Henry "Jack" and Harriet Yates, grew up next door to this property (in a house later relocated to Sam Houston Park.) Yates followed in his father's footsteps as a civic and . . . — — Map (db m170860) HM
In 1867, a small group of African Americans left Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church to organize a new Methodist congregation closer to their homes in Freedmen's Town. They began worshipping under a brush arbor on Buffalo Bayou. In 1871, trustees . . . — — Map (db m170983) HM
The Rev. Ned P. Pullum was an influential African American pastor in 19th and 20th century Houston. Born c. 1861 in Pickensville, Alabama, he was ordained a Baptist minister by 1889 and in 1895 accepted the pastorate of Antioch Baptist Church in . . . — — Map (db m170861) HM
Founded on the south banks of Buffalo Bayou soon after the June 19, 1865 emancipation of enslaved blacks, Freedman's Town became the center of Houston's African American community. It originally stretched from Buffalo Bayou south to Sutton Street, . . . — — Map (db m62928) HM
Born in Kentucky. Arrived at
Velasco, January 28, 1836 on the
schooner Pennsylvania to fight
for the freedom of Texas. A
member of Captain Amasa Turner's
company at San Jacinto. Died in
Houston, December 24, 1839
"Kiss William . . . — — Map (db m129971) HM
Born in England in 1814
Participated in the capture
of Bexar, December 5th to
10th, 1835. Served in
Captain William J. E. Heard's
company at San Jacinto
and was Second Lieutenant
in the Milam Guards when
he died at Houston, Aug- . . . — — Map (db m129916) HM
Born in Scotland.
Fought at San Jacinto
in Captain A. H. Wyly's
company. Died in
Houston, April 10, 1869
and was buried here.
His widow
Jane McDaniel
Gammell
Died November 11, 1908
and was buried in the
Glenwood . . . — — Map (db m129951) HM
A Private in Captain Isaac
N. Moreland's company of
Artillery at San Jacinto.
Appointed Captain, December
26, 1836. Born in New York
1809. Died in Houston
September 12, 1837
"Died in this city, on the
12th inst., suddenly, . . . — — Map (db m129954) HM
Texas statesman Francis Richard Lubbock (1815-1905) owned a 1300-acre ranch near this site. A native of South Carolina, Lubbock came to Houston in 1837. He soon opened a general store and was a business, political and civic leader. He served as . . . — — Map (db m50142) HM
Now Houston's famous ship-turning basin, this bend in Buffalo Bayou was named for the "Constitution", first steamboat to turn around here, in June 1837.
At the time, Houston was less than a year old. It was serving as temporary capital of the . . . — — Map (db m246874) HM
During World War II, the Port of Houston produced 208 Liberty merchant ships which became part of the United States Merchant Marine. These ships transported crucial materials to war zones throughout the world and engaged in military support . . . — — Map (db m246879) HM WM
In 1866, former slave William Burley came to Harrisburg to minister to newly-emancipated African Americans. He purchased property for a home and a church at the intersection of Sycamore and Fennell Streets along the banks of Brays Bayou. The church . . . — — Map (db m235919) HM
Building of a railroad from here to the Brazos, to handle commerce of rich plantations, was attempted unsuccessfully in 1840-41 by early merchant Andrew Briscoe and the Harrises who founded Harrisburg. Their holdings, including Harrisburg . . . — — Map (db m201842) HM
Burial place, Texas heroes and pioneers. Began as private plot of family of John R. Harris, founder of Harrisburg (now part of Houston). First burial, on July 23, 1839, was of Mrs. Harris' cousin, Judge John Birdsall, an ex-Attorney General of . . . — — Map (db m235922) HM
The earliest origins of this cemetery are undocumented. African American burials likely began with development of the local cattle industry and area railroads during the 1840s and 1850s. By the 1870s an African American community was well . . . — — Map (db m247383) HM
A religious force since 1865, when the Rev. J.M. Curtis and 24 Harrisburg communicants met in a mission called Nativity, changed to Holy Cross about 1875. Numbering from 12 to 50 as the local economy shifted, members - especially the women - . . . — — Map (db m170907) HM
As early as the 1820s, ships began using Buffalo Bayou to connect Harrisburg, now part of Houston, to Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. As more people came to Houston, traffic and commerce along the bayou grew and the need for a deeper waterway . . . — — Map (db m246881) HM
The town was founded in 1826 by John Richardson Harris, a native of New York State and one of the "Old Three Hundred" Texas colonists. He died of yellow fever in 1829, while visiting in New Orleans. His wife, Jane Birdsall Harris, and the oldest . . . — — Map (db m62912) HM
Early Texas port and trading post. Site of state's first steam saw, grist mills and railroad terminal. Town founded, 1826, by John R. Harris, who was first settler in 1823. Became shipping center for early colonies, established when Texas was part . . . — — Map (db m62910) HM
Site of the Home of Mrs. Jane Harris Widow of the founder of Harrisburg
The Cabinet Officers of the Republic of Texas were members of her household from March 23, to April 13, 1836
David G.Burnet, President
Lorenzo de Zavala, Vice . . . — — Map (db m171044) HM
Thomas H. Ball, Jr., son of the Rev. and Mrs. Thomas H. Ball, was born in Huntsville, Texas, on January 14, 1859. He graduated from Austin College in Huntsville in 1877. He married Minnie F. Thomason in 1882, and they became the parents of four . . . — — Map (db m246876) HM
Port Houston's WasteShark is the first of its kind in the United States. The "shark" is a large drone with an underwater opening or "mouth" that can gobble up hundreds of pounds of waste in a single trip.
This equipment has been deployed here . . . — — Map (db m246885) HM
Organized in 1911 as a mission, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church has roots in St. Stephen’s Episcopal Mission, which served the Houston Heights community from 1896 to 1903. Many of the communicants of St. Stephen’s became charter members of St. . . . — — Map (db m234511) HM
Built about 1880. Until 1920, the John Smith School. Restored 1927 by Will Hogg. A memorial since 1942 to Will and Mike Hogg. Gardens added 1955. Open to public. — — Map (db m63842) HM
This house was built in 1921 by the Episcopal Diocese of Texas as a student center for Rice University. It was designed by Houston architect William Ward Watkin and the Boston architectural firm of Cram & Ferguson in the Italian Mediterranean style . . . — — Map (db m196488) HM
Built in 1916-17, this Georgian Revival house was the home of William L. Clayton (1880-1966), founder of Anderson, Clayton, & Co., a cotton trading firm. A leader in public service as well as business, Clayton was a principal architect of the . . . — — Map (db m125878) HM
Organized March 31 (Easter Sunday), 1839, in Senate Chamber, Capitol of Republic of Texas, Main at Texas, by the Rev. Wm. Youel Allen, missionary from the United States, and eleven members. James Burke was elected ruling elder. Services of worship . . . — — Map (db m125877) HM
Dedicated in honor of General Sam Houston Born March 2, 1793 in Rockridge County, Virginia Died July 26, 1863 near Huntsville, Texas 1809-1812 Lived with Cherokee Indians in Virginia 1813-1818 Served in U.S. Army 1819-1822 Practiced law in . . . — — Map (db m141260) HM WM
From 1896 until the 1960s in the southern United States, Jim Crow laws effectively banned African Americans from using public facilities and basic services that were used by whites. In March 1960, thirteen students from Texas Southern University . . . — — Map (db m140666) HM
In the early 20th century many black women became progressive leaders, investing themselves in social activities through clubs. On September 8, 1902, twelve ladies of Houston's Elite Black Society founded the Married Ladies Social Art and Charity . . . — — Map (db m236013) HM
Maurice J. Sullivan, son of Maurice and Margaret (Fitzsimons) Sullivan, was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He attended Detroit College (1901-1903) and studied structural and civil engineering at the University of
Michigan (1904-1906). While . . . — — Map (db m167322) HM
Southend Water Pumping Station City of Houston Historical Significance Until 1919, the City of Houston provided water from only one source, the Central Water Plant. Around 1915 plans were made to add three new water pumping stations: Southend . . . — — Map (db m141264) HM
At the beginning of the 20th century, members of Houston’s Methodist community worked toward organizing a new congregation on what was then the burgeoning south end of town. In December 1905, individuals met at the J.O. Ross family home and held . . . — — Map (db m61005) HM
Intended to serve the congregation that had been organized as an offshoot of the growing First Church of Christ, Scientist, in 1922, this structure was designed by J. Rodney Tabor of the Jonas and Tabor Architectural Firm. Completed in 1928, this . . . — — Map (db m236014) HM
Mississippi native William Lockhart Clayton (1880-1966) left school early to become a court reporter. His skill attracted an executive of the American Cotton Company, and he moved first to St. Louis then to the New York office the following year. He . . . — — Map (db m125879) HM
The Marks LH7 Ranch was established by E.H. and Maud Marks in 1907 near Addicks, three miles from here. In 1917, they moved the ranch to this 640 acre site. The LH7 Ranch grew to become one of the largest ranches in Southeast Texas.
The LH7 . . . — — Map (db m159188) HM
Emil Henry Marks (1881-1969), a descendant of Prussian immigrants was orphaned at an early age and reared by his maternal grandparents in Addicks, Texas, and later by relatives in Pattison, Texas. Marks registered the LH7 cattle brand in 1898. He . . . — — Map (db m159176) HM
Early reports of natural gas seepages in this area were not uncommon in the late 19th century. James Slaughter noticed such natural occurences near the San Jacinto River in 1887. Several years later, with S. A. Hart, he set up a drilling operation . . . — — Map (db m122933) HM
This unique structure was commissioned by the Mexican American community of Magnolia Park under the leadership of local physician A.G. Gonzales. Built at a cost of $2,300, it was dedicated at the opening of Hidalgo Park on September 16, 1934, the . . . — — Map (db m170715) HM
In October 1911, the Oblates of Mary Immaculate established their Roman Catholic Society's first parish in Harris County and named it Immaculate Conception. The site chosen was on Harrisburg Boulevard in the incorporated community of Magnolia Park, . . . — — Map (db m235918) HM
Three miles east is homesite and grave of a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and first Vice-President of the Republic of Texas - an illustrious statesman of two nations. He was born in Mexico. De Zavala, an ardent liberal and . . . — — Map (db m170908) HM
Originally developed as a sprawling excursion park by John Thomas Brady in 1890, Magnolia Park earned its name from its abundance of Magnolia trees planted in the area. Starting in 1909, the Magnolia Park Land Company redeveloped the park into two . . . — — Map (db m171052) HM
The city of Magnolia Park was incorporated on July 1, 1913, on property first developed by John Thomas Brady in 1890 as a large excursion park. For the municipality's first ten years, city offices were located in various temporary facilities, all . . . — — Map (db m201783) HM
3000 ft. north at this site. The Texas Army under command of General Sam Houston crossed Buffalo Bayou on April 19, 1836 on a raft built from Isaac Batterson's house and began the march which terminated with the victory at San Jacinto April 21, 1836 — — Map (db m236107) HM
In 1931-32 Edith L. Moore and her husband built this house of pine logs they cut from their land. The stone fireplace and chimney were built of sandstone curbstones salvaged from downtown Houston. Dairy farming and logging provided their livelihood. . . . — — Map (db m51060) HM
Beth Yeshurun is the oldest continually active conservative Jewish congregation in Texas. It has also become one of the largest conservative congregations in the world. The synagogue's predecessors were Adath Yeshurun, an orthodox congregation . . . — — Map (db m245345) HM
Edward Joseph Hamilton arrived in Houston in 1883 at the age of 21 and promptly founded a menswear business, Hamilton & Scurry, which became Hamilton & Mason by 1886 and Hamilton Bros. by 1887. Originally offering "hats, caps, and gents furnishing . . . — — Map (db m208262) HM
New Orleans native Albert M. Armand was a clerk for Ahrens & Ott, a Houston plumbing supply company, by 1910. On Sep 15, 1911, he bought block 6 lot 5 in the Avondale neighborhood from the Greater Houston Land and Improvement Company for $2,000. . . . — — Map (db m235647) HM
Originally known as the First German Methodist Church of Houston, this congregation was organized in 1848 by the Rev. Charles Goldberg. Most of the charter members were German immigrants, including August and Conrad Bering, two brothers who had come . . . — — Map (db m235546) HM
Founded in 1896, College Memorial Park Cemetery is one of Houston's three oldest African-American graveyards, along with Olivewood and Evergreen. The earliest legible grave marker dates to 1900, but with many unmarked graves and unreadable stones, . . . — — Map (db m235526) HM
Platted in 1907 on land once owned by area pioneer Mrs. Obedience Smith, Courtlandt Place was established as a private neighborhood for Houston's elite. Encompassing 15.47 acres of land, it is a showcase of impressive homes designed by some of the . . . — — Map (db m62781) HM
Built in 1912, the Edmundson House was designed as a residence for Illinois natives John and Isabinda (Merriss) Edmondson. In 1920, the trustees of the Houston District of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, purchased the home. From 1920 to 1943, . . . — — Map (db m235645) HM
Built in the Avondale neighborhood, the Edward and Katharine Jackson House was originally constructed by local lumber manager James Carroll in 1913. The home changed hands several times before the Jacksons purchased the property in 1918. It was kept . . . — — Map (db m235649) HM
Ezekial Miller came to Texas about 1900 and began a successful timber business. Of Scotch-Irish descent, Miller became known as a prominent merchant and civic leader in Houston. He had this residence built in 1905 for his wife, Mary Jane, and . . . — — Map (db m242316) HM
Felix Tijerina was born in General Escobedo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico to Rafael and Dionicia Villarreal Tijerina when his father died in 1915, ten year old Felix became responsible for supporting his mother and sisters, and the family immigrated to Texas . . . — — Map (db m235561) HM
Designed by noted Texas architect Alfred C. Finn (1883-1964), this house was built in 1923 for the family of Walter W. Fondren (1877-1939), one of the founders of Humble Oil & Refining Company. Built in the Prairie School style, the impressive . . . — — Map (db m160221) HM
The 1905 Gilmer-Cage-Cohn house is a stately, pillared, Classical Revival residence that reflects a respect for antiquity. It is a well-designed and early example of this style in Houston. Brian Brewster and Edna (Daffan) Gilmer were the first . . . — — Map (db m235592) HM
Constructed in 1905 from mail-order house plans designed by Tennessee architect George Barber, this residence in the Westmoreland Historic District was first occupied by Benjamin and Bertie Harper and their two children. Ben Harper owned Union Iron . . . — — Map (db m235643) HM
Mississippi native James L. Autry (1859-1920) moved to Corsicana in 1876. There he studied law and held civic offices at the time of the first oil discoveries in Texas. He was chief counsel for the Texas Co. (later Texaco) and a pioneer in the new . . . — — Map (db m201965) HM
John Sessums, Jr. was the first - and during his lifetime, the only - African-American member of the Houston Light Guard organized in 1873 as the first uniformed militia company in post-reconstruction Houston, the Houston Light Guard was an . . . — — Map (db m235536) HM
On February 17, 1929, representatives from three organizations met in Corpus Christi to merge and form the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). The new group sought to unify statewide efforts to challenge racism and inequities toward . . . — — Map (db m119971) HM
Constructed in 1912 for businessman John Wiley Link, this building was designed by the firm of Sanguinet, Staats & Barnes and was the first home completed in the Montrose subdivision, which Link developed. Oilman Thomas P. Lee purchased it for his . . . — — Map (db m235550) HM
A native of Cameron, Texas, Lou Kemp had a long career as an asphalt salesman and executive of the Texas Company (Texaco), but his passionate avocation, starting in 1920, was historical research. During the extensive travel required by his work, . . . — — Map (db m235599) HM
On these grounds in 1884, Henrietta Steiner buried family members John P.W. and Arthur Steiner. A few days later, several members of the First German Methodist Church of Houston established Magnolia Cemetery for the exclusive use of church members. . . . — — Map (db m235538) HM
The Rev. John Henry "Jack" Yates, an important leader in Houston's late 19th century African-American community, was born into slavery in Gloucester, Virginia where he learned to read and write. After attending slave religious meetings, Yates became . . . — — Map (db m235534) HM
The Blue Bird Circle is a non-denominational philanthropic women's organization dedicated to serving the needs of children. Since its organization in January 1923 under the auspices of First Methodist Church, volunteers have committed time and money . . . — — Map (db m235566) HM
A Confederate veteran, J. P. Waldo (1839-1896) settled in Houston after the Civil War. He married Mary Virginia Gentry (1849-1922), daughter of railroad promoter Abram Gentry. Waldo soon became a prosperous railroad executive. In 1885 he built this . . . — — Map (db m62780) HM
Booker T. Washington High School, the first high school in Houston open to African Americans, was founded in 1893 as Colored High School, and was located in the Fourth Ward on San Felipe Street (now West Dallas Street). It served as the only high . . . — — Map (db m170615) HM
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