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Clickable Map of Harris County, Texas and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Harris County, TX (509) Brazoria County, TX (174) Chambers County, TX (38) Fort Bend County, TX (122) Galveston County, TX (340) Liberty County, TX (91) Montgomery County, TX (68) Waller County, TX (49)  HarrisCounty(509) Harris County (509)  BrazoriaCounty(174) Brazoria County (174)  ChambersCounty(38) Chambers County (38)  FortBendCounty(122) Fort Bend County (122)  GalvestonCounty(340) Galveston County (340)  LibertyCounty(91) Liberty County (91)  MontgomeryCounty(68) Montgomery County (68)  WallerCounty(49) Waller County (49)
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1 Texas, Harris County, Houston — 16008 — 1840 Houston City Cemetery
On April 8, 1840, the City of Houston purchased five acres in the First Ward from brothers Henry R. and Samuel L. Allen for $750, in order to establish Houston’s first city owned cemetery. A city ordinance passed later that year divided the cemetery . . . Map (db m225823) HM
2 Texas, Harris County, Houston — 18500 — Amos Cemetery
The Amos family came to Texas before 1860. In 1881, Thomas Amos and his son-in-law, Duncan Kosse (Cossey), bought 130 acres in Kohrville, which became a self-sufficient African American community. The Amos family grew and prospered, leading them . . . Map (db m159130) HM
3 Texas, Harris County, Houston — 22545 — Gregory School
In 1865 as the reality of emancipation spread across Texas, many formerly enslaved African Americans left plantations and other places of bondage in search of a better life. Some established "Freedmen's Town" near Buffalo Bayou in Houston's Fourth . . . Map (db m225826) HM
4 Texas, Harris County, Houston — 16495 — Houston Infirmary
One of the most prominent hospital facilities established in Houston after the Civil War was the Houston Infirmary, founded in 1874 by two young physicians, Dr. David Finney Stuart and Dr. Joshua Larendon. These two former Confederate Army surgeons . . . Map (db m225822) HM
5 Texas, Harris County, Houston — 15523 — Jefferson Davis Hospital
This significant medical facility, completed in 1924 and operated jointly by the City of Houston and Harris County, was built atop the 1840 Houston City Cemetery, which was active until the 1880s. As there was no widespread removal of graves from . . . Map (db m225824) HM
6 Texas, Harris County, Houston — 17290 — KUHT-TV, Channel 8
Following the vision and leadership of University of Houston Board of Regents Chair Hugh Roy Cullen (1881-1957), UH President W. W. Kemmerer (1903-1993), and Station Manager John C. Schwarzwalder (1918-1992), KUHT-TV, Houston’s Channel 8, sent out . . . Map (db m225827) HM
7 Texas, Harris County, Houston — The Capture of Santa Anna
This point is the approximate site of the capture of Santa Anna, the president of Mexico, and commander of the Mexican army-by James A. Sylvester, Joel W. Robison, Edward Miles, S.R. Bostick, Joseph Vermillion and Thompson, all soldiers of the Texas . . . Map (db m60821) HM
8 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Acres Homes — 14113 — Acres Homes Community
In 1910, land developer Alfred A. Wright platted the first of several subdivisions that eventually became the African American community of Acres Homes. Wright sold parcels of varying sizes to residents who were attracted to the rural area by the . . . Map (db m170621) HM
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9 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Acres Homes — 13516 — Galilee Missionary Baptist Church
Galilee Missionary Baptist Church is located in the community of Acres (Acre) Homes, developed beginning in 1910 by the Wright Land Company. The company sold plots of land for low prices, making it affordable for many families. By the 1930s, a . . . Map (db m170620) HM
10 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Acres Homes — 14035 — George Washington Carver High School
In 1915, Harris County Common School District #26 established White Oak (Colored) School to serve the Acres Homes Community. The Wright Land Company, which developed this historically African-American community earlier in the decade, deeded land . . . Map (db m170748) HM
11 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Acres Homes — 18171 — Greater Ward A.M.E. Church
Greater Ward African Methodist Episcopal Church (Ward Chapel A.M.E. Church until 1972; then Greater Ward Chapel A.M.E. Church, 1972-2007) is the oldest congregation of its kind in the Acres Homes Community, located ten miles north of downtown . . . Map (db m170622) HM
12 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Acres Homes — Rest Lawn Cemetery
Rest Lawn Cemetery is one of the oldest graveyards in the historically African-American community of Acre(s) Homes, located about twelve miles northwest of downtown Houston. The community was developed by businessman Alfred A. Wright, beginning in . . . Map (db m170765) HM
13 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Addicks / Park Ten — 10612 — Bear Creek Methodist Church and Cemetery
German immigrants settled in the area surrounding the junction of Langham and Bear creeks in the 1840s. Settlers traveled to nearby churches for Sunday services until about 1879 when seven charter members established the Bear Creek German Methodist . . . Map (db m73450) HM
14 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Addicks / Park Ten — Koch-Schmidt Cemetery
This cemetery dates from the earliest period of historic settlement in the Addicks area and includes prominent members of the Bear Creek German Community. The earliest grave is that of Johann Koch (d. 1854). Johann Koch and his wife Anne Elizabetha . . . Map (db m228817) HM
15 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Aldine Meadows — 11934 — Aldine
The railroad arrived in this area, first called Prairie Switch, in 1873. The Aldine post office was established in 1896; twenty-five to thirty families, most of Swedish descent, settled on Aldine's fertile land. Here they grew such products as . . . Map (db m196121) HM
16 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Alief — 10589 — Alief Cemetery
The first permanent settlers in this area were Dr. John Magee and his wife, Alief, who came from Ellis County in 1896. The community originally was known as Dairy, but was renamed in 1897 for Mrs. Magee, the town's first Postmistress. By 1899, . . . Map (db m159224) HM
17 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Alief — 10644 — Dairy (Alief)
Reynolds Reynolds claimed a grant of 1250 acres of land in this area in 1861. Land developer Jacamiah Seaman Daugherty bought the property from Reynolds heirs in 1888. And in 1889 he granted a right-of-way to the San Antonio and Aransas Pass . . . Map (db m159205) HM
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18 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Astrodome — 18938 — Astrodome
Judge Roy Hofheinz envisioned the world's first air-conditioned fully enclosed multi-purpose stadium by 1960. Officially named the Harris County Domed Stadium, ground was broken for the home of Major League Baseball's Houston Colt .45s on January 3, . . . Map (db m119849) HM
19 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Barker — 12467 — Barker Post Office
The settlement that became Barker developed on the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad in the late 1890s. G.T. Miller applied for a post office in 1898. It occupied a corner of his store, which also was used as a saloon. The structure was damaged in . . . Map (db m159206) HM
20 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Central Business District — 1,000 Houstonians Join the Navy
On this site on May 30, 1942, 1,000 Houston volunteers took the oath of service in the United States Navy and dedicated their lives to avenging the cruiser USS Houston and her valiant crew lost in the Battle of the Java SeaMap (db m66151) HM WM
21 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Central Business District — 10596 — Annunciation Church
In style of great European churches. The work of the Very Rev. Joseph Querat, a canon of Cathedral of Lyons, France, and missionary to Texas 1852-1878. Begun 1867 when Father Querat (with aid of parishioners) bought old Harris County Courthouse to . . . Map (db m62375) HM
22 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Central Business District — 10596 — Annunciation Church
Second Catholic church in Houston; outgrowth of St. Vincent’s parish, established in 1839. Although founding pastor planned edifice (1867-1874) in style worthy of a cathedral, it never gained that status. Standing near business center, this was . . . Map (db m201879) HM
23 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Central Business District — 10597 — Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
The emancipation of slaves was heralded by federal officials in Galveston on June 19, 1865. Antioch became Houston's first African American Baptist Church when organized by nine former area slaves in 1866. Their first sanctuary, built nearby in . . . Map (db m116554) HM
24 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Central Business District — Busy Corners
Busy Corners The intersection of Texas Avenue and Main Street has always been a busy one. As Houston grew, the four corners were surrounded by stores, offices, hotels, and movie theaters, which attracted people from near and far. In 1884 . . . Map (db m140376) HM
25 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Central Business District — 10646 — Daughters of the Republic of Texas
On November 6, 1891, seventeen women met at the home of Mrs. Andrew Briscoe at this site to organize an auxiliary to the Texas Veterans Association. Mrs. Anson Jones was elected president of the new organization, Daughters of the Lone Star . . . Map (db m62378) HM
26 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Central Business District — 15922 — First United Methodist Church of Houston
The foundation of Methodism in Houston began in 1837, when missionaries Martin Ruter and Littleton Fowler established a Sunday School Society. On April 14, 1839, the Rev. Jesse Hord received 14 members by transfer of letter, establishing the . . . Map (db m116552) HM
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27 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Central Business District — 14042 — Gulf Building
Prominent real estate developer, publisher, statesman and banker Jesse H. Jones opened the Gulf Building in 1929 with Gulf Oil, National Bank of Commerce, and Sakowitz Brothers as primary tenants. Alfred C. Finn designed the 430-foot high Art . . . Map (db m116995) HM
28 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Central Business District — 13093 — Houston Public Library
Within 10 years of its founding in 1836, Houston was a bustling city. Throughout the 1840s, the city's professionals came together in debating societies to discuss a variety of topics. They created the Houston Circulating Library to provide . . . Map (db m62370) HM
29 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Central Business District — 13888 — Julia Ideson Building
Early efforts by Houston's Lyceum, local women's organizations and Andrew Carnegie's national foundation led to the 1904 Houston Lyceum and Carnegie Library Building. Julia Bedford Ideson, hired in 1903, was the city's first librarian. Under her . . . Map (db m62371) HM
30 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Central Business District — Kress Building
Kress Building 705 Main Street Built in 1913 Listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the InteriorMap (db m140322) HM
31 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Central Business District — San Jacinto Street
San Jacinto Street San Jacinto Street received its name from the battle fought on April 21, 1836, alongside the San Jacinto River, where the Texans won their independence from Mexico. This street was not only a major commercial artery, but it . . . Map (db m140416) HM
32 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Central Business District — 10690 — Site of Old Houston Academy
Founded 1856. Lost most of its male students to Confederate army in Civil War. In 1864-1865 building was used as an army hospital. Was site in 1867 for the lying-in-state of body of General Albert Sidney Johnston, who had lived near Houston. (A . . . Map (db m125722) HM
33 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Central Business District — Site of the Home of A.C. and Charlotte M. Allen
Site of the home of A.C. and Charlotte M. Allen who named this city for the hero of San Jacinto General Sam Houston 1836 John McKnitt Alexander Chapter D.A.R. 1936 This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by . . . Map (db m140378) HM WM
34 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Central Business District — 13592 — St. Joseph Hospital
St. Joseph Hospital, Houston’s first general hospital, opened in 1887 as St. Joseph’s Infirmary. Six sisters from the congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, who came to Houston from St. Mary’s Infirmary in Galveston, . . . Map (db m117464) HM
35 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Central Business District — 10689 — Thomas William House(March 4, 1814 - January 17, 1880)
A native of Stoke St. Gregory in Somersetshire, England, T.W. House emigrated to the United States in May 1835. A baker by trade, he soon was employed by the St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans. By 1838 he had moved to Houston and established the . . . Map (db m116813) HM
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36 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Central Business District — 11952 — Thomas William House, Jr.(1846-1923)
T. W. House, Jr., was the third of eight children born to Thomas William (1814-1880) and Mary Elizabeth (Shearn) (1822-1870) House. T.W. House, Sr., was an English immigrant who established the T.W. House Bank in 1838 and became mayor of Houston in . . . Map (db m116848) HM
37 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Central Northwest — 15494 — St. John United Church
A group of neighbors in the German farming community of Vollmer (later called White Oak) began meeting together for worship services in the 1860s. Property was purchased in 1866 on which a sanctuary was erected and a cemetery was established. The . . . Map (db m170767) HM
38 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Clear Lake City — Apollo Mission Control Center
NASA — Johnson Space Center National Historic Landmark Designated by the United States Dept. of the Interior Apollo Mission Control Center Apollo 11 Lunar Landing – July 20, 1969 ( plaque inside the VIP Observation . . . Map (db m163181) HM
39 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Clear Lake City — F-1 Engine: Power for the Rocket
F-1 Engine: Power for the Rocket A cluster of five engines like this one powered the first stage of the Saturn V rocket. The "V" in the name Saturn V is the Roman numeral 5 which correlates to the five powerful engines. F-1 engines provided . . . Map (db m141234) HM
40 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Clear Lake City — H-1 Engine: A Powerful Start
H-1 Engine: A Powerful Start Eight H-1 engines like this one were used on Saturn I and Saturn IB rockets, the precursors to the Saturn V rocket. Saturn IB rockets were used for Apollo spacecraft tests, the three missions of Skylab, and the . . . Map (db m141248) HM
41 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Clear Lake City — J-2 Engine: Versatile Sidekick
J-2 Engine: Versatile Sidekick Engines like this J-2 powered stages 2 and 3 of the Saturn V. STAGE 2 A cluster of five J-2 engines took over at an altitude of about 38 miles (61 km). The five J-2 engines boosted the rocket to 114.5 miles . . . Map (db m163136) HM
42 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Clear Lake City — Little Joe II
The first major flight tests in the Apollo program were performed by the Little Joe II launch vehicle. These unmanned flights tested the command module launch escape system and qualified it for operational use in the Apollo program. The test . . . Map (db m163138) HM
43 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Clear Lake City — Little Joe II and BP-22: Safety First
Little Joe II and BP-22: Safety First A rocket similar to this one-stage rocket, nicknamed Little Joe II, was used from 1963 to 1966 to test the Apollo/Saturn V Launch Escape System (LES). The LES was designed to propel the crew capsule to . . . Map (db m141173) HM
44 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Clear Lake City — Mercury-Redstone: Putting the First Americans in Space
Mercury-Redstone: Putting the First Americans in Space Mercury capsules were small, one-man spacecraft. The Mercury-Redstone rocket was designed to propel these capsules and the first American astronauts into space during Project Mercury. The . . . Map (db m212741) HM
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45 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Clear Lake City — NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space CenterAIAA Historic Aerospace Site
Since its establishment in 1961, the NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, formerly Manned Spacecraft Center, has led America’s efforts in human space exploration. The numerous contributions of this site include advances in life and space sciences . . . Map (db m163134) HM
46 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Clear Lake City — Saturn V Rocket
National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark Saturn V Rocket 1967-1973 The largest rocket built at the time of the historic first missions to the Moon, the Saturn V carried aloft the 45-ton Apollo spacecraft on Earth orbital and lunar . . . Map (db m163135) HM
47 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Copperfield Place — 10682 — Heritage Presbyterian Church
Originally constructed near the banks of Little Cypress Creek (11 mi. NW) in 1916, this chapel served the congregation of St. John Lutheran Church. Designed with gothic detailing, it was built by German craftsmen. When the fellowship grew too large . . . Map (db m241807) HM
48 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Cypress Forest — 13148 — Perry Cemetery
The first marked burial at the Perry Cemetery is that of Charles B. Grant (d. 1878), son of Physician James W. Grant who once owned land in the southern part of the T.K. Wheeler survey. Dr. Grant and his wife, Mary, are also buried here. Thomas . . . Map (db m159129) HM
49 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — Alexander Hodge
Erected in 1908 by Lady Washington Chapter D.A.R. in memory of Alexander Hodge one of Marion's Men Born in Pennsylvania, 1760 Died in Texas, 1836 A hero of two RepublicsMap (db m116858) WM
50 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 13313 — Ancient Order of Pilgrims
After the Civil War, African Americans faced difficulties finding insurance or securing loans. In the 1870s, Jamaican immigrant Henry Cohen Hardy came to Houston, where he was an educator. Hardy established the Ancient Order of Pilgrims in 1882 to . . . Map (db m62302) HM
51 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 10598 — Auditorium Hotel
The Auditorium Hotel was built in 1926 for Houston investor Michele DeGeorge (1850-1927), who came to the United States from Italy in 1881. Designed by architect Joseph Finger (1887-1953), the building features Italian renaissance detailing in the . . . Map (db m62363) HM
52 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — Christ Church Cathedral
Christ Church Cathedral Although this site was designated on the Original Plan of Houston as the School Reserve, its only occupant has been Christ Church. Founded on March 16, 1839, Christ Church was designated the Cathedral of the Episcopal . . . Map (db m140418) HM
53 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 10631 — Christ Church Cathedral
The second Episcopal parish in the Republic of Texas. Led by a missionary of the Episcopal Church in the United States, the Rev. R.M. Chapman, and by an early Houstonian, Col. William Fairfax Gray, thirty-nine men came together on March 16, 1839, . . . Map (db m116547) HM
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54 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 17509 — 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 . . . Map (db m235853) HM
55 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 10664 — First White House of the Republic of Texas Reported missing
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56 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — Former Site of Capitol, Republic of Texas
Former Site of Capitol, Republic of Texas Texas won its independence from Mexico on April 21, 1836, and became a separate nation. Within a few months the Republic of Texas’s Congress selected the recently-founded town of Houston as the new . . . Map (db m140374) HM
57 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — Founding of Harris County
In December 1835, near the beginning of the Texas Revolution, the new Provisional Government of Texas defined the boundary of the Municipality of Harrisburg, similar to the extent of Harris County today. Its largest town and seat of government was . . . Map (db m119465) HM
58 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 15497 — Frost Town
The Frost Town community developed on the property of Jonathan Benson Frost, a veteran of the Texas War for Independence. After the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836, Frost returned to his Tennessee home and brought his family to Texas, establishing a . . . Map (db m235852) HM
59 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 10677 — Harris County
Inhabited during the 17th century by Karankawa and Orcoquiza Indians, and considered in 1756 by Spain for site of Presidio de San Agustin de Ahumada, this region was settled permanently in 1822 by the colonists of Stephen F. Austin. In 1824 John R. . . . Map (db m59557) HM
60 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — Harris County 1910 Courthouse
This site has served as the courthouse square for Harris (originally Harrisburg) County since the completion of the first county courthouse, a two-story frame structure, in April 1838. Later courthouses were constructed on this site in 1851, 1860 . . . Map (db m119967) HM
61 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 10679 — Harris County Courthouse of 1910 Reported missing
When brothers Augustus C. and John K. Allen founded Houston in 1836, they designated this site as the Courthouse Square. In 1837 Houston became the Harrisburg (later Harris) County Seat, and a two-story pine log courthouse was constructed here. . . . Map (db m61116) HM
62 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 10684 — Hogg Building
Noted Houston business and civic leader Will C. Hogg (1875-1930) had this commercial structure built in 1921. Early tenants included the Armor Auto Company and the Great Southern Life Insurance Company. The art deco building, designed by the . . . Map (db m62353) HM
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63 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 10787 — Horace Dickinson Taylor(1821-1890)
At the age of 17 Horace Dickinson Taylor left his native Massachusetts with his brother, Edward, after the sudden death of their parents. They settled in Independence, Texas, in 1838, and in 1848 the Taylor brothers moved to Houston where they . . . Map (db m116812) HM
64 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 10691 — Houston Bar Association
Members of the legal profession began practicing in Houston in 1837, one year after Texas gained its independence from Mexico and became a Republic. The earliest evidence of organization among the city's attorneys dates to 1870, when the original . . . Map (db m116548) HM
65 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 10692 — Houston City, Republic of Texas
By vote of Congress, Nov. 30, 1836, chosen temporary capital for new Republic of Texas. At the time a small townsite at the head of Buffalo Bayou navigation. Into a "Houston City" of mud, tents, cabins on April 1, 1837, came President Sam Houston . . . Map (db m62875) HM
66 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 10693 — Houston Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade
Founded in 1874 to facilitate trade in the expanding cotton market. This Victorian renaissance revival edifice, designed by Eugene T. Heiner, was built in 1884-85 by contractors Max Kosse and James S. Lucas. The exchange room and galleries were . . . Map (db m59561) HM
67 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 10748 — Kellum-Noble House
Built 1847 by Nathaniel Kellum. Used as early school. Became part of first city park in 1899. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1967 Incise in base: Restored 1954 by Harris County Heritage SocietyMap (db m149991) HM
68 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 13017 — Magnolia Brewery Building
Magnolia Brewery was part of the Houston Ice and Brewing Company, founded in the late 19th century by Hugh Hamilton. Some of the brewery's popular brands included Magnolia, Southern Select and Richelieu beers. This building, designed by H.C. Cooke . . . Map (db m62368) HM
69 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 10729 — Merchants and Manufacturers Building
This building was constructed to house the activities of Houston's merchants and manufacturers during the post-World War I economic boom. Its location provided access to water, rail, and truck transportation of goods. Completed in 1930, the M & M . . . Map (db m119467) HM
70 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 10630 — Nichols-Rice-Cherry House
Greek Revival house built 1850 by Gen. Ebenezer Nichols at Congress and San Jacinto streets, sold to Wm. M. Rice, a philanthropist, 1856. Bought by Mrs. E. R. Cherry, 1897, with $25 bid on front door; moved by her to 806 Fargo. Later moved here and . . . Map (db m116857) HM
71 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 10724 — Old Market Square
Platted 1836 by surveyors Gail Borden, Jr., and Moses Lapham as "Congress Square." It was intention of city fathers Augustus C. and John K. Allen to have permanent Capitol of Republic of Texas located here. However, this was never realized and . . . Map (db m61082) HM
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72 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 10744 — Pillot Building
The original building at this site, a cast iron front structure, was built between 1857 and 1869. Early tenants of the building, owned by French-born merchant and Houston civic leader Eugene Pillot (1820-1896), included attorneys, real estate . . . Map (db m61013) HM
73 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 10745 — Pillot House
Built 1868 by Eugene Pillot, at 1803 McKinney. Occupied for almost a century by his family.Map (db m63311) HM
74 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — Republic Building
Republic Building Completed in 1907 by the original owner, Allen Paul, the Republic Building characterizes the Chicago School of commercial architecture which was prevalent during the early twentieth century. The architectural firm of . . . Map (db m140372) HM
75 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 15758 — Sam Houston Park
Sam Houston Park began with Nathaniel Kelly Kellum's purchase of 13 acres on the south bank of Buffalo Bayou in 1844 and 1845. Here Kellum built a brick factory, a tannery and his residence. The property was later sold to Zerviah Noble, who held it . . . Map (db m62253) HM
76 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 10766 — San Felipe Cottage Reported missing
Oldest surviving house in Houston; built 1837 on land of Mrs. Obedience Smith, an early settler.Map (db m63322) HM
77 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — Site of Capitol of the Republic of Texas1837-38-39 & 42
Commemorating days when after her glorious struggle Texas stood an independent nation.Map (db m116809) HM
78 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 10635 — Site of Confederate Prison Compound
Before 1861, site of warehouse serving Buffalo Bayou shipping. At times during 1861-65, the building here housed prisoners of war. In Jan. 1863 it held 350 Federals captured by Houston-based Confederate army of Gen. John B. Magruder. The city also . . . Map (db m119862) HM
79 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — Site of General Sam Houston House
Site of house where General Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas lived, 1837-1838Map (db m116844) HM
80 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — Site of Home of President Sam Houston
Site of Home of President Sam Houston of the Republic of Texas 1837-9Map (db m116845) HM
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81 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 15955 — Site of the Organization of Lady Washington Chapter, NSDAR
The Lady Washington Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) was organized on November 14, 1899, when 10 of the original 17 organizing members met in the western parlor of the Capitol Hotel (later known as the . . . Map (db m116808) HM
82 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 10781 — Sons of the Republic of Texas
On April 10, 1893, under the guidance of Francis Marion Otis Fenn, a local lodge was organized in Richmond for the benefit of male descendants of Texas Revolution veterans. The Richmond group traveled to Houston a few days later, and on April 20, . . . Map (db m62308) HM
83 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — State National Bank Building
State National Bank Building Entered in the National Register of Historic Places 1982Map (db m140323) HM
84 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 10786 — Sweeney, Coombs & Fredericks Building
This late-Victorian commercial building with a 3-story corner turret and Eastlake decorative elements was designed by George E. Dickey in 1889. Evidence indicates that the 1889 construction may have been a renovation of an 1861 structure built by . . . Map (db m60989) HM
85 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 10712 — The Kennedy Bakery
Irish native John Kennedy (1819-78) came to Houston in 1842. A baker, he operated a store at other locations in the city before commissioning the construction of this building about 1860 for a steam bakery. Kennedy later established other . . . Map (db m61009) HM
86 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — The Spirit of the Confederacy
The Spirit of the Confederacy Erected by the Robert E. LeeChapter N. 186 U.D.C.January 1908To all the heroes of the South who fought for the principles of States rights. Monument Committee Julia H Franklin, Bettie P. Mutcheson, Ella H. Sydnor, . . . Map (db m117428) WM
87 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — 10665 — W. L. Foley Building Reported missing
John Kennedy (d. 1878), who had a trading post for frontiersmen and Indians in Houston as early as 1841, built the oldest part of this structure as investment property in 1860. After half of the building burned, his son-in-law, W. L. Foley (d. . . . Map (db m170964) HM
88 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Downtown Houston — West End Park
West End Park was the second baseball park for the Buffaloes, Houston's professional Texas League ball club. Opened in April 1905 with the home plate entrance at Andrews and Heiner on the San Felipe street car line, this was the most significant . . . Map (db m170893) HM
89 Texas, Harris County, Houston, East Downtown — 10761 — St. Nicholas Catholic Church
Founded in 1887 as Houston's first Catholic church for blacks, St. Nicholas Parish was located at the corner of Chenevert and Lamar Streets. This building, designed by Leo Diehlmann, was completed in 1924. Prominent features include twin projecting . . . Map (db m235884) HM
90 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
91 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Energy Corridor — Rabindranath Tagore(May 7, 1861 - August 7, 1941)
Rabindranath Tagore the Nobel Laureate Poet, Philosopher, and Progressive Renaissance Man of India, was the first person from Asia to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. He is considered the brightest star in the cultural and literary world . . . Map (db m199139) HM
92 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Fourth Ward — 10654 — Amos B. Edson
Arrived in Texas January 28, 1836, having been recruited in New Orleans for the Army of Texas by Captain Amasa Turner in whose company he served at San Jacinto. Died in Houston, 1837.Map (db m59589) HM
93 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Fourth Ward — 10718 — Archibald S. Lewis
A member of Captain Benjamin F. Bryant's company at San Jacinto Died in Houston December 3, 1839Map (db m129913) HM
94 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Fourth Ward — 13821 — Augustus Chapman Allen
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
95 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Fourth Ward — 17014 — Bethel Baptist Church
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
96 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Fourth Ward — 10674 — David Grieves
A member of Captain Henry Teal's company at San Jacinto Born in Scotland Died in Houston June 15, 1837Map (db m129968) HM
97 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Fourth Ward — 10754 — David Porter Richardson
Private secretary of President Sam Houston Died at Houston August 12, 1837Map (db m129868) HM
98 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Fourth Ward — 10742 — Eli Noland
In Captain William S. Fisher's company at San Jacinto Born in Ohio in 1804 Died in Houston, December 17, 1841Map (db m129948) HM
99 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Fourth Ward — 10775 — Fielding G. Secrest
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 1839Map (db m129952) HM
100 Texas, Harris County, Houston, Fourth Ward — 10590 — George Allen(April 12, 1812 - June 5, 1854)
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

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