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By Alex Brogan, April 19, 2025
Harris County Poor Farm Marker
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1 ► Texas, Harris County, Houston, West University Place — 23619 — Harris County Poor Farm —  |
| To provide for indigent citizens, Harris County established a poor-house, work farm, and hospital in 1882 on 37.4 acres, two blocks north of Glenwood Cemetery. The site had been a private hospital run by Drs. Stuart, Larendon and Boyles, plus a . . . — — Map (db m270710) HM | |||
| 2 ► Texas, Harris County, Houston, El Dorado/ Oates Prarie — Harris County Cemetery and the Home for the Aged — |
| The first officially recorded Harris County Cemetery was established for the burial of deceased paupers in 1904 on the Harris County Poor Farm. Originally located along White Oak Bayou from 1882 until 1894. It was moved to an area that is now part . . . — — Map (db m195677) HM | |||