Historical Markers of Texas

16008 1840 Houston City Cemetery Elder Street Artist Lofts 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 ... 23561 1940 Knapp Chevrolet Building marker pending marker pending

17504 A. M. Armand House 110 Stratford 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 ... 10747 Abraham Roberts Homesite New Kentucky Park off FM 2920, just east of intersection w/Roberts Cemetry Rd., about 10 mi. west of Tomball Texas Army Route - April 16, 1836. Abraham (Abram) Roberts (1773-1850), a native of Georgia, came to Texas as a widower n 1827 and settled at this ... 14113 Acres Homes Community 8501 W. Montgomery Rd. In 1910, land developer Alfred A. Wright platted the first of several subdivisions that eventually became the African American community of Acres ... 11934 Aldine 905 Aldine-Bender Rd. (FM 525) 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, ... 10589 Alief Cemetery Alief Cemetery, SW corner Dairy Ashford Rd. and Bellaire Blvd. Marker faces Dairy Ashford, about 200 feet S of Bellaire Blvd. Historic Texas Cemetery medallion mounted on granite about 20 feet west of 1984 marker. 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 ... 10591 Allen Ranch John Phelps Courthouse -- Harris County Annex #4, E side of Richey St. between W Shaw Ave. and Hwy 225. Marker is at N end of parking lot facing Richey St. This busy commercial area was once part of the Allen Ranch, one of the oldest and largest ranches in southeast Texas. A portion of the land was granted ... 10592 Allen's Landing Main St.; (park under viaduct) This Houston City Park, created in 1967, is on the site of Houston's first port, ocean-going ships, both steamers and sailing vessels, loaded and ... 12665 Almeda Vinson neighborhood library, near entrance facing W. Fuqua St. In 1892 Illinois investors bought land here, near a pre-Civil War railroad line, and platted the town of Almeda. With its mild climate, the town ... 10654 Amos B. Edson Founders Memorial Park 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 ... 18500 Amos Cemetery Hufsmith-Kohrville Road, between Spring-Cypress Road and Cossey Road. 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 ... 13313 Ancient Order of Pilgrims North section of Sam Houston Park, 1100 Bagby After the Civil War, African Americans faced difficulties finding insurance or securing loans. In the 1870s, Jamaican immigrant Henry Cohen Hardy ... 13043 Anderson, Clayton & Co. Prairie, Caroline streets In 1904, Frank E. Anderson, his brother, Monroe D. Anderson, and his wife's brothers, William L. and Benjamin B. Clayton, formed the partnership ... 13586 Angelo and Lillian Minella House 6328 Brookside Dr By 1946, Angelo and Lillian Minella had moved to Houston, where Angelo operated a plumbing and heating supply company. The couple hired architect ... 10596 Annunciation Church 600 block of Crawford & Texas 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. ... 15812 Anson Jones Glenwood Cemetery, Section F-1, Lot 018 (January 20, 1798 - January 9, 1858) Anson Jones was born in great Barrington, Massachusetts. He earned his M.D. degree in Philadelphia in 1827; ... 10597 Antioch Missionary Baptist Church 600 Clay Street The emancipation of slaves was heralded by federal officials in Galveston on June 19, 1865. Antioch became Houston's first African American Baptist ... 10718 Archibald S. Lewis Founders Memorial Park A member of Captain Benjamin F. Bryant's company at San Jacinto. Died in Houston, December 3, 1839. 15920 Archibald Wynns 2525 Washington Avenue 10633 Arthur B. Cohn House near Minute Maid Park A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Arthur Benjamin Cohn (1871-1938) constructed this home soon after purchasing the property in 1905. As principal ... 15730 Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church 215 Medina IN 1866, FORMER SLAVE WILLIAM BURLEY CAME TO HARRISBURG TO MINISTER TO NEWLY-EMANCIPATED AFRICAN AMERICANS. HE PURCHASED PROPERTY FOR A HOME AND ... 10780 Ashbel Smith, M. D. Evergreen Point Golf Course, near entrance (1805-1885) Born in Hartford, Connecticut, this prominent physician, statesman, soldier, and educator received his degree from Yale Medical College ... 18938 Astrodome NRG Park Judge Roy Hofheinz envisioned the world's first air-conditioned fully enclosed multi-purpose stadium by 1960. Officially named the Harris County ... 10598 Auditorium Hotel 710 Texas Avenue 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 ... 13821 Augustus Chapman Allen 1217 Dallas at Valentine, Founders Park Cemetery 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 ... 10599 Autry House 6265 Main St. 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 ...

10709 Baker-Jones House 22 Courtlandt Place Prominent attorney, banker, and industrialist James Addison Baker (d. 1941) purchased this property in 1915. He hired noted Houston architect Birdsall ... 17289 Barbara Charline Jordan Texas Southern University, west entrance to Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs building (facing Tierwester Drive) (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) Barbara Charline Jordan, one of the nation’s preeminent African-American orators and politicians of the 20th ... 12467 Barker Post Office 211 Baker Rd. 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. ... 10606 Battle of San Jacinto take the LaPorte Fwy. (SH 225) east to Battleground Rd. Exit (SH 134), go north; marker is on west side of road At mid-afternoon April 21, 1836, two miles to the north, General Sam Houston with about 1,000 Texans in 18 minutes annihilated the 1,400-man army ... 10608 Bay Ridge / Morgan's Point 514 Bayridge Rd. The peninsula on Galveston Bay known as Morgan's Point was named for early landowner Colonel James Morgan. Later the area became a favorite summer ... 15755 Bayland Guards Bayland Park On April 27, 1861, Dr. Ashbel Smith organized a group of volunteers from Bayland (now Baytown) and Cedar Bayou in Harris County, and Barbers Hill ... 10609 Bayland Orphans Home Bayland Park The Civil War shattered many families, leaving orphans, destitute widows, and children whose stepfathers were unable or unwilling to support them. ... 10610 Bayou Bend 1 Westcott Drive American heritage collection in mansion built 1927 by William Clifford (1875-1930), Ima (b. 1882), and Mike Hogg (1885-1941), children of first native ... 18144 Baytown Mexican School 305 Tri City Beach Road Established in 1923 by the Goose Creek Independent School District, Baytown Mexican School was the first educational facility for Mexican American ... 10611 Baytown Post Office 220 W. Defee Built in 1936-37 as the Goose Creek Post Office, this structure served as the area's main postal facility for almost fifty years. Designed by architect ... 10612 Bear Creek Methodist Church and Cemetery SH 6 just north of Patterson Rd. at Groschke Rd. German immigrants settled in the area surrounding the junction of Langham and Bear creeks in the 1840s. Settlers traveled to nearby churches for ... 10613 Bell Prairie entrance to Bay Oaks Harbor, Tri-City Beach Rd. at Harbor View Blvd. Once located southwest of this site was the home of Henry Falvel Gillette (1816-1896). A native of Connecticut, Gillette came to Texas in 1840 at ... 10614 Bellaire at entrance to city hall 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 ... 10615 Bellaire Presbyterian Church 5001 Bellaire Blvd. at 3rd St. Bellaire residents founded the non-denominational Bellaire Union Congregational Church and Sunday School in 1911. Services and classes were held ... 10616 Bellaire Streetcar Line Bellaire Blvd. at 3rd St. In 1909 the Westmoreland Railroad Company, directed by Bellaire developer William Wright Baldwin, began construction of a streetcar line between ... 12435 Belle Sherman Kendall in Glenwood Cemetery (lot 70, section D) The daughter of Texas revolutionary war general Sidney Sherman and Catherine Isabell (Cox), Belle Sherman (1847-1919) was born in Harrisburg and ... 12560 Benjamin Apartments 1218 Webster St. Completed in 1924, this apartment building is a good example of multi-family housing constructed in the south end of downtown Houston after World ... 10617 Bering Memorial United Methodist Church 1440 Harold St. Originally known as the First German Methodist Church of Houston, this congregation was organized in 1848 by the Rev. Charles Goldberg. Most of the ... 13739 Beth Israel Cemetery 1207 W. Dallas Established c. 1844 Historic Texas Cemetery - 2005 22521 Beth Yeshurun Synagogue Congregation Beth Yeshurun, SE corner Beechnut St. and Frankway Dr. Beth Yeshurun is the oldest continually active Conservative Jewish congregation in Texas. It has also become one of the largest Conservative congregations ... 13608 Bethany Baptist Church 7304 Homestead Rd Bethany Baptist Church has played an important role as a spiritual and community leader in Houston. Though having strong connections with a separate ... 17014 Bethel Baptist Church Southwest Corner of Andrews at Crosby Street IN 1890-91, REV. JACK YATES AND A GROUP OF WORSHIPPERS LEFT ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH OVER A DISAGREEMENT ABOUT RENOVATION FUNDING. THEY NAMED THEIR ... 12935 Blue Triangle Branch, Y. W. C. A. Building 3005 McGowen Blue Triangle Branch, Y. W. C. A. Building In the early 20th century, Houston's African American community wanted to provide recreational facilities ... 22599 Bob Harris Station SW corner Munger and Shaw streets In 1893, portions of the Sam Allen Ranch developed into Pasadena. The city became an industrial center for the Houston Ship Channel during the ... 23557 Bogs-Hufsmith Cemetery 11410 Bogs Rd. Bogs-Hufsmith Cemetery Established 1911 16747 Bonin Family Cemetery Bonin Cemetery Road, which intersects with 23000 block of Gosling Rd. Paul Norval Bonin was born on September 2, 1814 in Fausse Pointe, Iberia Parish, Louisiana to Joseph Baron Bonin and Euphrosine Louise (Borel) Bonin. ... 16570 Booker T. Washington High School Booker T. Washington High School campus, southwest corner facing Yale Street. 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 ... 23932 Boynton Chapel Methodist Church 2812 Milby St. The church’s history notes that it was organized by eight founding members in 1880. The African American congregation quickly grew and, in August ... 10739 Brill-Mueller House 2503 South Cherry St. In 1873, German native Johannes Brill (1832-1909) immigrated to Texas with his wife, Anna Schafer, and their daughter, Emilie. They settled near ... 10620 Brown Chapel A. M. E. Church 3208 Washington Ave. Organized in 1881, this church was founded to serve people living in the West End and Chaneyville communities, later known as the Sixth Ward. The ... 11936 Bryan-Chapman House 15 Courtlandt Place Envisioning a thoroughly modern home for themselves, sisters and Houston arts community leaders Caroline Bryan Chapman (1859-1933) and Johnelle Bryan ...

10636 "Constitution" Bend Port of Houston, Houston Ship Channel (off Clinton Dr., adjacent to the pavilion at dock) 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 ... 10624 Camp Logan Memorial Park, Arnot & Haskell St. Soon after the United States' entry into World War I in 1917, the U. S. Army established 34 training camps to prepare troops for warfare. Named for ... 10676 Captain William Plunkett Harris El Jordine del Mar Park, Palm at Park St. Early Texas entrepreneur and pioneer settler. New York native William Plunkett Harris (1797-1843) ran a steamboat line in partnership with Robert ... 10618 Caspar Braun Glenwood Cemetery, 2525 Washington (March 16, 1822 - October 14, 1880) A native of Germany, Caspar Braun was educated in Switzerland. A physician and teacher as well as a Lutheran ... 12740 Catherine Wunderlich 18202 Theiss Mail Rd. Catherine Wunderlich Maria Katherina (Catherine) Hofius immigrated to Texas in 1852 from her native Prussia at the age of 21. She settled in this ... 10626 Cedar Bayou Masonic Lodge No. 321, A. F. & A. M. 2850 Ferry Road Chartered June 18, 1870, with 13 members. Opened its own hall July 7, 1876, donating quarters (1876-1911) to the first public school in east Harris ... 10628 Cedar Bayou United Methodist Church 2714 Ferry Rd. This congregation was organized in 1844 at the home of early settler Hance Baker, under the direction of the Rev. robert Alexander, a noted Methodist ... 23562 Charles W. Luckie School 1004 Palmer St. Charles W. Luckie was born into slavery on August 3, 1861. He studied at Atlanta University, graduating in 1883. Luckie then moved to Texas and was ... 15715 Charlotte Marie Baldwin Allen 2525 Washington Avenue 16254 Chinese Texans and Civil Rights 6400 Bissonnet St. Chinese immigrants arrived in Texas in the 1870s and 1880s, primarily to build railroads and work as laborers. These early immigrants faced harsh ... 10631 Christ Church Cathedral Texas & Fannin 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 ... 18941 City of Baytown Town Square, SE corner W. Texas Ave. and S. Gaillard St. Located in the Gulf Coast region and situated mostly within Harris County plus a small portion of Chambers County, the city of Baytown is bordered ... 24149 City of Goose Creek marker pending marker pending 10700 City of Humble 110 W. Main St. A pioneer oil boom town. Originated as crossroads community named for settler Pleasant Smith Humble (1835?-1912), who lived here before 1889, hewing ... 10750 City of Pasadena in front of Pasadena Historical Museum, eastbound access road of S 225 in Memorial Park This area has progressed from Indian territory to pioneer ranch land to space-age Pasadena. Known at one time for its strawberry patches, it is now ... 22763 City of Pelly Pelly Park. Marker pending. marker pending 15654 City of West University Place Municipal Building, City of West University, N side University Blvd., 100 feet W. of Auden St. Tennessee politician Ben W. Hooper led investors in forming the West End Realty Co. in 1910. They chose land near Rice Institute, which opened ... 10632 Clayton House 5300 Caroline 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 ... 14912 Clayton, W. L. and Susan 5300 Caroline Mississippi native William Lockhart Clayton (1880-1966) left school early to become a court reporter. His skill attracted an executive of the American ... 12927 College Memorial Park Cemetery 3525 W Dallas Founded in 1896, College Memorial Park Cemetery is one of Houston's three oldest African-American graveyards, along with Olivewood and Evergreen. ... 10790 Colonel Benjamin Franklin Terry Glenwood Cemetery, 2525 Washington, adjacent to main office (February 18, 1821 - December 17, 1861) Star and Wreath Fort Bend County planter. Member Secession Convention, 1861. Sent to Virginia hoping to fight ... 24099 Colored Carnegie Library marker pending marker pending 24219 Colt Stadium marker pending marker pending 13964 Confederate Naval Works at Goose Creek 2641 SH 146 Business In 1854, brothers Thomas and John Chubb bought land in the William Scott League on the east bank of Goose Creek at the mouth of Tabbs Bay. On this ... 10758 Contributions to the Texas Rice Industry by Seito and Kiyoaki Saibara Marker faces E. Nasa Pkwy Seito Saibara (1861-1939), former president of Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan, and first Christian member of the Japanese Diet (Parliament). ... 17576 Cooley School southwest corner of 17th and Rutland Streets Soon after Houston Heights (The Heights) was founded in 1891, the new neighborhood's leaders turned their sights to providing schools for the children ... 10641 Courtlandt Place Courtlandt Place and Bagby St. Platted in 1907 on land once owned by area pioneer Mrs. Obedience Smith, Courtlandt Place was established as a private neighborhood for Houston's ... 10643 Crown Hill Cemetery 813 N. Richey Permanent settlement of this area began about 1891. Lot sales in the new town of Pasadena began in 1893, and the town was officially platted three ... 17098 Cypress Cypress Top Historic Park CYPRESS ATTAKAPAS AND AKOKISA INDIANS BEGAN TO DISAPPEAR FROM HARRIS COUNTY IN THE MID-1800s WITH THE ARRIVAL OF ANGLO SETTLERS. THE FIRST DOCUMENTED ...

10644 Dairy (Alief) 7th Street, south side between F and G streets (near Youens Elementary School) Reynolds Reynolds claimed a grant of 1,250 acres of land in this area in 1861. Land developer Jacamiah Seaman Daugherty bought the property from ... 10645 Damascus Missionary Baptist Church 3122 Center Street This congregation traces its history to 1866, when the Rev. I. S. Campbell was sent by the National Baptist Convention to organize African American ... 10640 Daniel Denton Cooley Marion Park (April 15, 1850 - November 22, 1933) A native of Binghampton, New York, D. D. Cooley moved to Omaha, Nebraska as a young man. In 1887 he joined the ... 10673 Darius Gregg Glenwood Cemetery, 2505 Washington Ave. (Nov. 8, 1804 - Mar. 28, 1870) Born in Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Ky. Arrived in Texas, 1827. Received land grant in Austin's second colony, ... 10646 Daughters of the Republic of Texas 620 Crawford St. 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. ... 10603 David Barker House 121 E. 16th St. Constructed in 1910, this was the home of prominent business, civic, and political leader David Barker (1868-1962). The house was completed during ... 15726 David Finney Stuart, M.D. 2525 Washington Avenue 10674 David Grieves Founders Memorial Park, 1217 W. Dallas Ave. A member of Captain Henry Teal's company at San Jacinto. Born in Scotland; died in Houston June 15, 1837. 10754 David Porter Richardson Founders Memorial Park, 1217 W. Dallas Ave. Private secretary of President Sam Houston. Died at Houston, August 12, 1837. 24190 Dawson Lunnon Cemetery 5737 Kemp Street DAWSON LUNNON CEMETERY ESTABLISHED 1915 HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2009 10639 de Zavala Plaza adjacent to the Battleship U.S.S. Texas, San Jacinto Battle Park Name honors Lorenzo de Zavala, vice president of the Republic of Texas (ad interim, March 17 - Oct. 17, 1836). Born in Yucatan and educated in the ... 10647 Deer Park in front of Municipal Court building Illinois native Simeon Henry West (1827-1920) settled in this vicinity in 1892 hoping to develop the area, with its mild climate and proximity to ... 10648 Democratic National Convention, 1928 Bagby and Rusk Due to the efforts of businessman Jesse H. Jones, the Democratic National Committee chose Houston as the site of the 1928 Democratic National Convention. ... 10659 DePelchin Faith Home 2700 Albany at Drew Founded in 1893 in memory of Kezia Payne DePelchin, a remarkable social worker, teacher, and nurse in Houston during the latter half of the 1800s. ... 16562 Dora B. Lantrip Elementary School 100 Telephone Road Eastwood Elementary School was constructed in 1916 on land deeded by William A. Wilson, the developer of Eastwood, one of Houston’s first master-planned ... 22413 Dr. B.F. and Ethel Reed Coop House 1536 Heights Blvd. BEDFORD FORREST COOP (1866-1929) WAS BORN IN CROCKETT COUNTY, TENNESSEE. HE STUDIED MEDICINE AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY BEFORE GETTING MARRIED AND ... 10642 Dr. Benjamin Jesse Covington and the Covington House 2219 Dowling St. 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 ... 17288 Dr. John H. Foster House northeast corner of Branard and Bute BORN IN AUSTIN COUNTY IN 1876, JOHN HOSKINS FOSTER EARNED HIS DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL IN GALVESTON. THE FOSTER FAMILY ... 11972 Dr. Penn B. and Annie A. Thornton House 327 W. 16th St. Erected in 1905 for Houston Heights doctor and businessman Penn Thornton (1866-1927) and his wife Annie (Amsler) (1872-1947), who was active in Heights ... 22840 Dr. Thomas F. Freeman Texas Southern University, near MLK Humanities Center/School of Communications, near Sigma Pi Healing Tree and Carroll Harris Simms Sculpture Plaza. Map dot approximate. (June 27, 1919 - June 6, 2020) Celebrated philosophy professor and debate coach, Dr. Thomas Franklin Freeman, was born in Richmond, Virginia, ...

18931 Early Deer Park Settlers 610 E. San Augustine 22487 Edmundson House 108 Stratford St. 18495 Edward & Katharine Jackson House 112 Stratford Built in the Avondale neighborhood, the Edward and Katharine Jackson house was originally constructed by local lumber manager James Carroll in 1913. ... 15805 Edward K. T. Chen 3599 West Center 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 ... 10723 Edward Mandell House in lobby of Bob Casey Federal Courthouse (July 26, 1858 - March 28, 1938) Son of Houston businessman and Mayor Thomas W. House, was born in a two-story frame house at this site. He attended ... 13169 Edward R. and Ann Taylor Houston, 1900 Reed Rd. Edward R. and Ann Taylor Edward Ruthven Taylor, born in August 1845 at Independence, Texas, moved with parents Edward Wyllys and Aaroline Taylor ... 17833 Edwin and Daphne Neville House 11 Courtlandt Place, Houston This 1914 Birdsall P. Briscoe house is a two-and-a-half story brick Tudor revival style residence. Retaining its original floor plan and interior ... 10671 Edwin Fairfax Gray Glenwood Cemetery, 2525 Washington, Section E-2, Lot 133. NOTE: supplemental granite marker notes his service in the 3rd Texas Infantry, C.S.A., not the 4th as recorded on the 1936 marker. Midshipman in the Texas Navy, 1841. Lieutenant in the U. S. Navy, 1857. Lieutenant Colonel, 4th Texas Infantry C. S. A., 1862-65. Born in Fredericksburg, ... 17509 El Barrio del Alacrán 1900 Block of Runnels, adjacent the abandoned Frost Town street Bramble, about 25 feet north of Runnels within the right of way of US 59. 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 ... 17020 Eldorado Ballroom corner of Elgin Street and Dowling Street BETWEEN 1900 AND 1920, A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING BOOM FUELED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ON DOWLING STREET, THE THIRD WARD’S MAIN ARTERY. ... 10742 Eli Noland Founders Memorial Park In Captain William S. Fisher's company at San Jacinto. Born in Ohio in 1804; died in Houston, December 17, 1841. 13820 Ellington Field Hilliard at Boone; E of FM 1959 and SH 3, Ellington Field 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 ... 14925 Ellis Benson in Washington Cemetery Ellis Benson (1813-1896), a veteran of the Texas revolution and participant in the battle of San Jacinto, was born in Vermont. Before immigrating ... 13617 Emmanuel Baptist Church 809 Northwood St Emmanuel Baptist Church grew out of early worship services shared with local Methodists and Presbyterians. In 1907, under the support and guidance ... 12664 Enoch Brinson & Pecan Grove Plantation Brinson, Enoch & Pecan Grove Plantation Enoch and Eliza (Ballew) Brinson traveled to Texas in 1824 with her father, Page Ballew, and her sister and brother-in-law, Levicy (Ballew) and William ... 11965 Eugene Thomas Heiner in Glenwood Cemetery, Section C4 (August 20, 1852 - April 26, 1901) Born in New York City to German immigrants Nicholas and Margaretta Heiner, Eugene Thomas Heiner apprenticed himself ... 10658 Evergreen Cemetery 500 Altic St. The Evergreen Cemetery Association organized in 1894 and purchased 25 acres at this site to establish a cemetery. The first recorded burial was that ... 14739 Evergreen Cemetery Crosby 24034 Evergreen Negro Cemetery marker pending marker pending 24174 Ewart H. and Lillian Lightfoot House marker pending marker pending 10730 Ezekial and Mary Jane Miller House Hawthorne St., N side between Taft and Bagby streets. Marker is on fence along sidewalk. 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 ...

13157 F.C.L. and Emilie Neuhaus House Courtland Pl., N side, 300 feet W of Bagby St.; restricted access on private property (gated community) Prominent Houston businessman Franz Carl Ludwig Neuhaus and his wife, Emilie (Boettcher), hired noted architects Sanguinet and Staats to design this ... 18145 Fair Grounds Base Ball Park Corner of Mc Gowen Street at Milam Street Semi-professional baseball was a major attraction at the first annual state fair held in Houston in May of 1870. One year later, the fairgrounds ... 15710 Farnsworth & Chambers Building 2999 South Wayside Drive 15706 Felix Tijerina 904 Westheimer 15422 Fidelity Schools intersection of 16th St. and Hunter St. By 1922, African American students of the Clinton community (renamed Galena Park in 1936) attended a school located near the corner of E and Main ... 10775 Fielding G. Secrest Founders Memorial Park, 1217 W. Dallas Ave. Served in Captain Henry W. Karnes' company of cavalry at San Jacinto. Died in Huston, June 1, 1840. His wife Eliza Sneed Secrest died in 1839. 10660 First Airplane Flight Over Texas 58 Spencer, Chamber of Commerce The first documented flight of a heavier-than-air flying machine in Texas occurred over this site on February 18, 1910, two weeks before the first ... 10795 First Attorney General of Texas David Thomas San Jacinto Park (1801-1836) Came from Tennessee to Texas colony, 1835. In 1836 signed Declaration of Independence; helped write Constitution of the Republic; Became ... 12380 First Baptist Church of Houston 7401 Katy Freeway (IH-10), Houston In February 1841, the Rev. James Huckins visited the fledgling city of Houston, where a small group of Baptists had been meeting informally since ... 11675 First Baptist Church of Katy 600 Pin Oak, Katy On November 20, 1898, the Rev. T. L. Scruggs led the first official meeting of what would later become the First Baptist Church of Katy. Among the ... 12912 First Evangelical Church 1300 Holman First Evangelical Church On July 1, 1851, a group led by the Rev. Caspar Messon Braun (1822-1880) founded the Erste Deutsche Evangelische Lutherische ... 10661 First Presbyterian Church of Houston FPC Houston, Main St., W side between Oakdale and Bissonet streets. Marker is on N side of parking lot entrance, S side of main building. Organized March 31 (Easter Sunday), 1839, in Senate Chamber, Capitol of Republic of Texas, Main at Texas, by the Rev. Wm. Youel Allen, missionary ... 17909 First Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church SW corner Lyons Ave. and Dan St. Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church was established in 1891 in the Fifth Ward of Houston. It is one of the oldest African American Baptist churches ... 15922 First United Methodist Church of Houston 1320 Main Street The foundation of Methodism in Houston began in 1837, when missionaries Martin Ruter and Littleton Fowler established a Sunday School Society. On ... 10662 First United Methodist Church of Humble First Methodist Humble, SE corner E. Main St. and S. Ave. G 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 ... 10663 First United Methodist Church of Katy Ave. A and Fifth St. This congregation traces its history to 1898, when a group of Baptists, Disciples of Christ, Presbyterians, Quakers, and Methodists organized a Union ... 16521 First United Methodist Church of Pasadena 1062 Fairmont Parkway A “society” of Methodists was first formed in the area in 1896 in the nearby community of Deepwater. In 1898, seven people organized a Methodist ... 10666 Fondren Mansion 3410 Montrose Blvd. 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 ... 10667 Forum of Civics of River Oaks Garden Club Westheimer at Kirby 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. ... 13740 Founders' Memorial Park Cemetery 1217 West Dallas at Valentine Street Historic Texas Cemetery - 2005 14002 Fourth Missionary Baptist Church 2701 Webster St. Organized as Watts Chapel in 1877, Fourth Missionary Baptist Church was established by the Rev. Henry Watts, a native of South Carolina. Watts arrived ... 10805 Freeman Wilkinson cemetery in San Jacinto Battle Site Park A member of Captain Thomas H. McIntire's company at San Jacinto. Died at Lynchburg in 1839 and was buried near his comrades who fell in battle. 15497 Frost Town 512 McKee St. 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 ...

22720 Gaillard-Mitchell Cemetery Causeway Rd. marker pending 13516 Galilee Missionary Baptist Church 6616 D.S. Bailey Lane Galilee Missionary Baptist Church is located in the community of Acres (Acre) Homes, developed beginning in 1910 by the Wright Land Company. The ... 10669 Garrow House 19 Courtlandt Place John W. Garrow (1879-1944), a successful cotton broker, had this house built in 1913 for his family. Designed by Houston architect Birdsall P. Briscoe, ... 16861 Genoa United Methodist Church 12501 Palmsprings GENOA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN 1894, FOURTEEN PEOPLE MET IN THE TOWNSHIP OF GENOA UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE REV. J. R. MURRAY TO ORGANIZE THE ... 10590 George Allen Founders Memorial Park, 1217 W. Dallas Ave. (April 12, 1812 - June 5, 1854) Texas War for Independence soldier; served also in Somervell Expedition against aggressors in Republic of Texas. ... 23333 George Thomas "Mickey" Leland III Texas Southern University, near Public Affairs Building. Legislator and activist Mickey Leland fought passionately for the rights of the poor and disadvantaged. Born George Thomas Leland III on November ... 14035 George Washington Carver High School 2500 South Victory; marker in storage during construction, March 2026. In 1915, Harris County Common School District #26 established White Oak (Colored) School to serve the Acres Homes Community. The Wright Land Company, ... 16480 George Washington Carver High School 800 Carver St. at Lee Dr. The first public school for African American children of this area was Goose Creek School for Coloreds. Founded in 1921 as a grade school, it served ... 15109 Gilmer-Cage-Cohn House 200 Westmoreland Street The 1905 Gilmer-Cage-Cohn House is a stately, pillared, Classical Revival residence that reflects a respect for antiquity. It is a well-designed ... 10670 Glendale Cemetery Houston 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, ... 13545 Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church 3015 North MacGregor Way Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church was established by the Rev. Samuel Grantham. The pastor first held services in his own backyard before members ... 23953 Goodman House 426 Westmoreland Randolph Peyton Goodman Jr. (1884-1951) was born in Corsicana. In 1904, he married Alamo Roberta Patton (1886-1951), a native of San Antonio. They ... 23535 Goose Creek Oil Field Evergreen Rd Indications of oil on John Gaillard’s farm had been evident for years but, after the Spindletop discovery in 1901, Gulf Coast oil exploration increased ... 22719 Goose Creek School Community No. 9 marker pending marker pending 17100 Gov. John B. Connally, Jr. Home 3 miles from central business district Houston architect Ernest L. Shult designed this mid-century modern house for his own residence in 1959. The home, sited on a triangular lot in the ... 12536 Grace United Methodist Church 1245 Heights Blvd. Associated with the development of Houston Heights, this congregation began in 1905 with the meeting of several women who formed the Home Missionary ... 16769 Grand Court Order of Calanthe of Texas 2411 Dowling Street 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 ... 10593 Gravesite of John Kirby Allen Founders Memorial Park, 1217 W. Dallas Ave. (1810-1838) Co-founder of Houston) Houston in 1836 was a humid swamp overgrown with sweet gum trees and coffee bean weeds. In this spot, however, ... 10672 Gray Lodge No. 329, A. F. & A. M. 3210 Hillcroft Ave. 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 ... 18171 Greater Ward A.M.E. Church 6822 Arabella St. 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 ... 15130 Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church 3202 Trulley St. Members of Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church have served residents of Houston’s Greater Third Ward since the late 1800s. Tradition holds that ... 22545 Gregory School The African American Library at the Gregory School. Marker is at NE corner of Victor and Wilson streets. In 1865, as the reality of Emancipation spread across Texas, many formerly enslaved African Americans left plantations and other places of bondage ... 10683 Gribble-Hofheinz House 811 Bayridge Rd. Constructed in 1896 as the summer home of prominent Houston businessman Risdon D. Gribble (1836-1907) and his wife Adelaide (8141-1926), this house ... 10675 Griffin Memorial House Tomball Museum Center, W side N. Pine Street 50 feet N of Epps Street Built about 1860 by Eugene Pillot, one of the sons of Claude Nicholas Pillot, early Harris County settler. Taught trade by his father, Eugene Pillot ... 14042 Gulf Building marker is at northwest corner of Rusk and Main Prominent real estate developer, publisher, statesman and banker Jesse H. Jones opened the Gulf Building in 1929 with Gulf Oil, National Bank of ... 13710 Gustav August Forsgard Glenwood Cemetery, 2525 Washington Ave Gustav (Gustaf, Gustave) August Samuelson (1832-1919) was one of 13 children born to Johannes Samuelson and Anna Petersdotter of Forserum, Sweden. ...

10719 _H7 Ranch Barker-Clodine Road, W side 0.2 mi. S of Cypress Chase Road. NOTE: aka LH7 Ranch Emil Henry Marks (1881-1969), a descendant of Prussian immigrants, was orphaned at an early age and reared by his maternal grandparents in Addicks, ... 10627 Hall of Cedar Bayou Masonic Lodge No. 321, A. F. & A. M. 2850 Ferry Rd. Built 1875-1876, largely by labor of members. Lumber, cut to order in Florida, arrived here by schooner in nick of time to escape havoc of 1875 hurricane. ... 18712 Hamilton Shirts Richmond Ave., north side between Chimney Rock Rd. and Bering Dr. Marker is on building near entrance. Edward Joseph Hamilton arrived in Houston in 1883 at the age of 21 and promptly founded a menswear business, Hamilton & Scurry, which became Hamilton ... 18499 Hammer-McFaddin-Harris Cemetery 12435 Redbluff Road Established in 1851 and designated a Historic Texas Cemetery in 2010. 10622 Hannah Este Burnet 414 S. Burnet St. Born in Morriston, N. J., December 8, 1800; died in 1858. Wife of David G. Burnet, president ad interim of Texas, March 16 to Oct. 22, 1836. 12596 Harper House 319 Hawthorne St. Constructed in 1905 from mail-order house plans designed by Tennessee architect George Barber, this residence in the Westmoreland Historic District ... 10677 Harris County Old Harris County Courthouse, San Jacinto St. 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, ... 10678 Harris County Boys' School Archeological Site Harris County Park; NASA Rd. 1, 3 mi. west of Seabrook In this vicinity lies evidence of a prehistoric Indian campsite and burial ground that takes its current name from the property on which it resided ... 10679 Harris County Courthouse of 1910 301 Fannin When brothers Augustus C. and John K. Allen founded Houston in 1836, they designated this site as the Courthouse Square. In 1837 Huston became the ... 13042 Harris County Department of Education 6300 Irvington Blvd The Texas Declaration of Independence specifically noted the lack of a public education system as one compelling reason for establishing a separate ... 23619 Harris County Poor Farm 4201 Judson Ave. 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 ... 12325 Harrisburg-Jackson Cemetery 7700 Bowie St. The earliest origins of this cemetery are undocumented. African American burials likely began with development of the local cattle industry and area ... 10605 Harrison Barrett Barrett Homestead, 2 mi. SW of Crosby on eastbound ROW of US 90 (ca. 1845-1917) Born into slavery, Harrison Barrett was the son of Simon and Eliza Barrett, who had come to Texas from Louisiana. In addition to ... 10688 Harvey Homan Founders Memorial Park, 1217 W. Dallas Ave. 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. 10681 Heights Church of Christ 1548 Heights Blvd. Founded in 1915, this was the second Church of Christ congregation established in Houston. G. A. Dunn served as minister when the congregation built ... 10796 Henry Livingston Thompson Founders Memorial Park 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. ... 10682 Heritage Presbyterian Church 7 mi. N. of IH-10W Originally constructed near the banks of Little Cypress Creek (11 mi. NW) in 1916, this chapel served the congregation of St. John Lutheran Church. ... 16686 Hidalgo Park Quiosco Hidalgo Park. Marker faces west (70th St.) side of the quiosco. This unique structure was commissioned by the Mexican American community of Magnolia Park under the leadership of local physician A.G. Gonzales. ... 23508 Hill of Rest Cemetery marker pending marker pending 14306 Hillendahl Cemetery SE corner Long Point and Pech roads Historic Texas Cemetery medallion 18321 Historic La Porte Colored School UNDERTOLD Prior to the establishment of a public school in La Porte, African American students were educated at a local church where students attended class ... 10684 Hogg Building 401 Louisiana St. Noted Houston business and civic leader Will C. Hogg (1875-1930) had this commercial structure built in 1921. Early tenants included the Armor Auto ... 10685 Holcombe House east of medical center now called "The Hospice" Businessman and developer Oscar Holcombe (1888-1968) and his wife Mary hired Houston architect L. W. Lindsay to design this home. Completed in 1925, ... 10686 Holland Lodge No. 1, A.F. & A.M. of Texas Marker is currently in storage with the Harris County Historical Commission. Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of Texas. First Masonic Lodge in Texas. Organized in March 1835 at Brazoria. Set to work Dec. 27, 1835, under dispensation ... 14921 Hollingsworth Family Cemetery Crosby 16787 Hollywood Cemetery Houston, 3506 N. Main ONE OF HOUSTON’S OLDEST AND LARGEST CEMETERIES, WITH OVER 30,000 GRAVES, HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY HAS SERVED AS THE FINAL RESTING PLACE FOR HOUSTON RESIDENTS ... 10687 Holy Cross Mission (Episcopal) 710 Medina at Erath St. 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 ... 10727 Home of Mrs. Margaret McCormick on Miller Cut-off Rd. at main entrance to Houston Light & Power On this site on April 21, 1836, stood the home of Mrs. Margaret McCormick whose husband, Arthur McCormick, died here in 1825. Mrs. McCormick lost ... 10774 Homesite (Point Pleasant) of William Scott 5096 Bayway Drive A native of Virginia, William Scott (1784-1837) was a planter, merchant, and stockraiser in his native state and in Kentucky, where he relocated ... 10787 Horace Dickinson Taylor Sesquicentennial Park (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. ... 16496 Hortense Sparks Malsch Ward Historic Hollywood Cemetery, Inc., 3506 N. Main St. Hortense Ward was born in 1872 in Matagorda County and was the eldest child of Frederick and M. Louise (Labauve) Sparks. As a child, Hortense attended ... 14692 Houston Houston 22788 Houston Arboretum & Nature Center marker pending marker pending 10691 Houston Bar Association 301 Fannin Members of the legal profession began practicing in Houston in 1837, one year after Texas gained its independence from Mexico and became a Republic. ... 15714 Houston Cemetery Company 2525 Washington Avenue The Houston Cemetery Company was one of several chartered and private associations promoted by Houston business leaders for the purpose of effecting ... 10692 Houston City, Republic of Texas 400 block McKinney, Sam Houston Heritage Park 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 ... 10693 Houston Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade 202 Travis St. at Franklin Founded in 1874 to facilitate trade in the expanding cotton market. This Victorian renaissance revival edifice, designed by Eugene T. Heiner, was ... 10694 Houston Fire Station No. 7 2403 Milam St. Houston's oldest fire house, this building was designed by Olle J. Lorehn (c. 1864-1939) and was completed in January 1899. The two-story brick structure ... 10695 Houston Heights 1302 Heights Blvd Representatives of the American Loan and Trust Company of Omaha, Nebraska, came to Houston in 1890 to scout locations for land development. Under ... 12807 Houston Heights City Hall and Fire Station 107 W. 12th St. Houston Heights City Hall and Fire Station When the former city hall burned in 1912, Houston Heights mayor J. B. Marmion and the city council commissioned ... 23279 Houston Heights Odd Fellows Lodge No. 225 Hall 115 E. 14th St. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows is a fraternal organization that has been in Texas since 1838. After the City of Houston Heights was incorporated ... 16745 Houston Heights Woman's Club 1846 Harvard Street The Houston Heights Woman’s Club has remained a pillar in the community since its founding in 1900 and even constructed its own club building in ... 16495 Houston Infirmary 1002 Washington Ave. One of the most prominent hospital facilities established in Houston after the Civil War was the Houston Infirmary, founded in 1874 by two young ... 10697 Houston Light Guard Armory Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, NW corner of Caroline and Truxillo streets. Marker is at north entrance facing Alabama St. Designed by noted Houston architect Alfred C. Finn, the armory was constructed in 1925 to replace an 1892 building that had become obsolete. Finn ... 15118 Houston Negro Chamber of Commerce 2808 Wheeler St. In September 1935, several prominent community leaders organized the Houston Negro Chamber of Commerce (HNCC) to empower and promote African-American ... 13093 Houston Public Library 500 McKinney Ave 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 ... 10699 Houston Yacht Club 3620 Miramar The Houston Yacht Club was organized in 1897 by a group of prominent citizens. Members met in the Binz Building in downtown Houston and were led ... 17505 Houston's Deep-Water Port Sam Houston Pavillion; SE of Wayside & Clinton Drive intersection. Take Clinton Dr. east from downtown Houston, turn right at Port of Houston Authority Gate 8. 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 ... 15713 Houston's First Sit-In 4100 - 4110 Almeda From 1896 until the 1960s in the southern United States, Jim Crow Laws effectively banned African Americans from using public facilities and basic ... 18177 Howard Cottonseed Oil Company 1200 National St. The Howard Oil Company was one of the earliest cottonseed oil companies in Houston, built in 1880 following the construction of the adjacent junction ... 18583 Huelga Schools Undertold marker 2016, at Leonel J. Castillo Community Center In 1970, federal courts mandated that the Houston Independent School District integrate its public schools. In order to bypass full integration, ... 13819 Hugo Victor Neuhaus, Jr. House 2910 Lazy Ln A significant example of the International style of architecture, the 1950 Neuhaus House has a strong horizontal emphasis and expression of private ... 24033 Humble Black - Pipeyard Cemetery FM 1960 Bypass Road HUMBLE BLACK - PIPEYARD CEMETERY, ESTABLISHED 1916, HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2010 10701 Humble Cemetery S. Houston and Isaacks Rd. 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 ... 20025 Humble Independent School District 611 Higgins Street 10702 Humble Lodge No. 979, A.F. & A.M. 210 Main St. 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 ... 10703 Humble Oil & Refining Company Main Entrance to Exxon Refinery at Decker Rd./Rollingbrook Dr. Ross S. Sterling entered the oil business in 1909, when he invested in the Humble oil file north of Houston. Two years later he formed the Humble ... 10707 Humphrey and Sarah Merriman Jackson south side of 4th St. between Ave. C and FM 2100 in Jackson Memorial Park Humphrey (1784-1833), Sarah Merriman Jackson (1796-1823), and their family came to Texas as members of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" colony in 1823 ... 10706 Humphrey Jackson on Old US 90 (Business) about .5 mi. west of Crosby-Lynchburg Rd. (FM 2100) about 1 mi. SW of Crosby (November 24, 1784 - January 18, 1833) Educated in law, Humphrey Jackson left his native Ireland in 1808, during a period of political conflict. ...

16746 Immaculate Conception Catholic Church 7250 Harrisburg Blvd. In October 1911, the Oblates of Mary Immaculate established their Roman Catholic society’s first parish in Harris County and named it Immaculate ... 24230 Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church marker pending marker pending 18497 Immanuel United Church of Christ of Spring Immanuel Church of Spring, NW corner Border St. and Spring-Cypress Rd. Marker is off parking lot near building entrance. Immanuel’s congregation was established in 1913 and chartered in 1916 under the German title Deutsche Evangelisch Lutherischen Immanuels Gemeinde ... 10704 Independence Heights 7818 N. Main and 38th. Marker reported missing Aug. 2012. Promoted by the Wright Land Company, the Independence Heights community began about 1908. Many black families purchased lots and built their own ... 10720 Irvin Capers Lord Glenwood Cemetery, 2525 Washington 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 ... 10708 Isaac L. Jaques in cemetery at San Jacinto Battle Site Park Came to Texas in October, 1835. Fought at San Jacinto in Captain Thomas H. McIntire's company. Died at Lynchburg, August 6, 1836. 17319 Isaiah P. Walker House 3534 Miramar Dr During the late 1920s and early 1930s, the city of Shoreacres became a weekend haven for residents of nearby Houston. Families built weekend homes, ...

18946 J. Robert Neal Estate Garden Lazy Lane Blvd., W side of the street 0.2 mi. N of Inwood Dr. Beginning in 1931, architect John F. Staub (1892-1981) designed and constructed a Chateau style house in River Oaks for James Robert Neal (1894-1939), ... 14479 J. Vance Lewis 1218 Wilson St. J. Vance Lewis was an attorney and community activist for the African-American community in Houston. Born enslaved circa 1863 in Terrebonne Parish, ... 22704 Jackson's Barber Shop & Beauty Salon 7427 N. Main St. In the early 20th century, African American entrepreneurship expanded and many new businesses were established. In cities and towns, these areas ... 10634 James Collinsworth Founders Memorial Park, 1217 W. Dallas Ave. Born in Tennessee, 1806. Drowned in Galveston, July 11, 1838, and his remains brought by boat up Buffalo Bayou to Houston. His remains interred in ... 22772 James D. Burrus Elementary School marker pending marker pending 10625 James Judson and Lena Carter Carroll House 16 Courtlandt Place Built in 1912, with 1924 alterations by architect Birdsall P. Briscoe, this was the home of James Judson Carroll (1876-1938), noted businessman and ... 16515 James L. Autry House Houston, 5 Courtlandt Place 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 ... 18498 James Robert Cade 2525 Washington Avenue 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, ... 18533 James S. and Alfred T. Lucas Glenwood Cemetery James Sherwood Lucas (1836-1888) and his son Alfred T. Lucas (1863-1922) immigrated to the United States and became influential brick masons and ... 15523 Jefferson Davis Hospital Elder Street Artist Lofts This significant medical facility, completed in 1924 and operated jointly by the City of Houston and Harris County, was built atop the 1840 Houston ... 13074 Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church 2201 Tuam Ave 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 ... 10602 Jethro Russell Bancroft Founders Memorial Park, 1217 W. Dallas Ave. Came to Texas in 1830. Served in Captain Thomas H. McIntire's company at San Jacinto. Died January 7, 1848. 16748 John & Bessie Parker House NW corner Courtlandt Pl. and Bagby Pl.; restricted access on private property (gated community) John Wilson Parker (1861-1930) and Bessie Coelhite Smith (1865-1948) married in Taylor in 1881; the couple had two daughters. John was admitted to ... 10629 John Cheevers Founders Memorial Park, 1217 W. Dallas Ave. 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. 10594 John Kirby Allen Founders Memorial Park, 1217 W. Dallas Ave. 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 ... 10650 John M. Dorrance House 9 Courtlandt Place (1852-1935) An early Houston cotton broker and business and civic leader, had this home built for his family in 1914. Designed by the noted Fort ... 10731 John Milroy House 1102 Heights Blvd. In 1891 the Omaha and South Texas Land Company purchased the property which was later developed into the town of Houston Heights. John Milroy (1862-1918), ... 10753 John R. Reid Founders Memorial Park Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, 1839. A member of the Congress of the Republic, 1840-1841. Died in Huston, December 25, 1841, and was buried ... 10755 John Richardson Founders Memorial Park Came to Texas, 1834. In Captain James Gillaspie's company at San Jacinto. Died in Houston, May 25, 1840. 15803 John Sessums, Jr. Houston 17213 John Thomas Biggers Texas Southern University, west entrance to John T. Biggers Art Center (facing Cleburne Street) (April 13, 1924 – January 25, 2001) John Thomas Biggers was born to Paul and Cora Biggers in Gastonia, North Carolina. His artistic creativity emerged ... 10799 John Viven Founders Memorial Park A member of Captain William Wood's company at San Jacinto. Died in Houston, October 26, 1856. 10737 John W. Moore Founders Memorial Park Opposed Bradburn at Anahuac 1832. Member of the Consultation at San Felipe in 1835. Signer of the Declaration of Independence, 1836. First sheriff ... 16520 Jones-Hunt House 24 Courtlandt Place Noted Houston architect Alfred C. Finn designed this home for Sarah (Brashear) Jones, widow of state senator James W. Jones. Finn melded the oak ... 12418 Jordan Grove Missionary Baptist Church 2603 Anita St. 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 ... 10655 Joseph Ehlinger Founders Memorial Park Born in Alsace, France 1792; died in Houston, Texas 1845. Served in Captain William J. E. Heard's company at San Jacinto. 10656 Joseph William Ellender Cedar Bayou Masonic Cemetery behind lodge at 2850 Ferry Rd. (May 25, 1840 - February 24, 1917) British seaman Joseph William Ellender was shipwrecked off the coast of Iceland in 1866 and rescued by a schooner ... 13888 Julia Ideson Building 500 McKinney Early efforts by Houston's Lyceum, local women's organizations and Andrew Carnegie's national foundation led to the 1904 Houston Lyceum and Carnegie ...

10748 Kellum-Noble House The Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park 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: ... 13698 Kleb Family House south of Draper Road and west of Mueschke Road Constructed c. 1890s, the Kleb Family Home and its location in the wooded northwestern part of Harris County represent a time of dispersed rural ... 10710 K'Nesseth Israel Synagogue Commerce and Sterling St. In response to area population growth following the early 20th century Goose Creek oil field boom, twenty incorporating members formed the K'Nesseth ... 13648 Kohrville 11000 Gatesden Dr. Marker reported in storage Oct. 2024. Early settlers came to this part of Harris County from distant lands. French-born Eugene Pillot, his son Nick and son-in-law J.C. Sellers operated ... 12869 Kohrville Community Klein, 18202 Theiss Mail Rd. Kohrville Community In the 1870s, former slaves from Alabama and Mississippi settled on Cypress Creek, near a store owned by German immigrants Paulin ... 17290 KUHT-TV, Channel 8 In front of the LeRoy & Lucile Melcher Center for Public Broadcasting, University of Houston Campus 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), ...

10715 La Porte in front of City Hall Colorado-based land developers A. M. York, J. H. York, I. R. Holmes, and Tom Lee formed the La Porte Land and Town Company in 1890. They purchased ... 10717 Lambrecht's Artesian Well N. Houston Ave. at First St. 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) ... 13296 League of United Latin American Citizens, Council 60 3004 Bagby On February 17, 1929, representatives from three organizations met in Corpus Christi to merge and form the League of United Latin American Citizens ... 16854 Lee College near entrance of Rundell Hall Conference Center In 1934, during the Great Depression and after several years of planning, the residents of the Goose Creek Independent School District voted to establish ... 12632 Link-Lee House 3800 Montrose Blvd. Constructed in 1912 for businessman John Wiley Link, this building was designed by the firm of Sanguinet, Staats & Barnes and was the first home ... 24036 Lola Ann Cullum marker pending marker pending 10637 Lorenzo de Zavala De Zavala Elementary School, near front entrance (1789-1836) Three miles east is homesite and grave of a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and first vice-president of the republic ... 10638 Lorenzo de Zavala Houston Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Vice president of the Republic of Texas. His plank-covered log house, the first in the municipality ... 17503 Louis Wiltz Kemp 214 Westmoreland Ave. (September 4, 1881 – November 15, 1956) A native of Cameron, Texas, Lou Kemp had a long career as an asphalt salesman and executive of the Texas ... 15791 Lynchburg Cemetery Baytown 13677 Lynchburg Town Ferry North landing on S Lynchburg Rd The Lynchburg Town Ferry, founded in 1822 by Nathaniel Lynch, crosses the Houston Ship Channel downstream of the confluence of the San Jacinto River ... 10722 Lynch's Ferry Crosby-Lynchburg Road, east side between Decker Dr and Center St; south of IH-10 near Exit 787 Established before 1824 by Nathaniel Lynch, one of Austin's first colonists on land granted August 19, 1824. Granted exclusive privilege to operate ...

10595 M. D. Anderson 1310 Prairie (in lobby of Cotton Exchange Bldg.) Tennessee native Monroe Dunaway (M. d.) Anderson (1873-1939) joined his brother Frank and William L. and Ben Clayton in an Oklahoma cotton merchandising ... 16771 Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church 1401 Ruthven Street IN THE LATE 1890s, MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH ORGANIZED IN FREEDMANTOWN, AND WAS BRIEFLY KNOWN AS SHILOH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. IN 1907, THE CHURCH ... 13017 Magnolia Brewery Building 715 Franklin 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 ... 13117 Magnolia Cemetery 816 Montrose Blvd. 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 ... 15705 Magnolia Park De Zavala Park, W side 76th Street between Avenues I and J, near De Zavala Community Center Originally developed as a sprawling excursion park by John Thomas Brady in 1890, Magnolia Park earned its name from its abundance of magnolia trees ... 15711 Magnolia Park City Hall and Central Fire Station 7301 Avenue F 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 ... 10736 Major Isaac N. Moreland Founders Memorial Park 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 ... 11938 Major Richard William (Dick) Dowling, C. S. A. site of Dick Dowling statue, Hermann Park, 1700 block MacGregor Dr., Houston (January 14, 1837 - September 23, 1867) Born in 1837 near Tuam, County Galway, Ireland, Richard Dowling emigrated to New Orleans in 1846 during the ... 16541 Married Ladies Social, Art & Charity Club Southmore Blvd., S side between Chenevert St. and Almeda Rd. In the early 20th century, many Black women became progressive leaders, investing themselves in social activities through clubs. On September 8, ... 10623 Matthew Burnett Homesite Telge Park, just east of Telge Rd. on Pleasant Grove St. Texas army camp - April 16, 1836. Matthew Burnett (1795-1842) and his wife, Sarah (Simmons) (1797-1852), came to Texas from Arkansas in 1831 and ... 14258 Matthews-Johnson House 1835 Cortlandt St William and Regina (Meyers) Matthews had this house built in 1915. William, a civil engineer and chief draftsman for the Sunset Central Lines, contracted ... 16770 Maurice Joseph Sullivan Houston, 1112 Southmore Boulevard (June 11, 1884 – December 15, 1961) Maurice J. Sullivan, son of Maurice and Margaret (Fitzsimons) Sullivan, was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He ... 14605 Maybee, Jacob Houston 24059 McDaniel Street Cemetery McDaniel St at Schuller Road McDANIEL STREET CEMETERY, ESTABLISHED 1859, HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY 2020 12463 McDougle Cemetery Faithbridge Church parking lot, SE of church entrance This small cemetery reflects the common 19th-century custom of burying friends and family near the family homestead. In 1838, George McDougle (1786-1871) ... 22444 Memorial Baptist Church 600 West Sterling 10729 Merchants and Manufacturers Building U. of Houston Downtown This building was constructed to house the activities of Houston's merchants and manufacturers during the post-World War I economic boom. Its location ... 10770 Mexican Cavalry, Battle of San Jacinto San Jacinto State Park, SH 134 The Mexican Cavalry was on the left wing, Infantry and Artillery in the center behind a fortification of boxes and baggage, while the extreme right ... 12609 Minchen House 1753 North Blvd. A pioneer in the oil and gas industry in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana, real estate investor Simon Minchen (1886-1958) and his wife, Mamie (Pesses) ... 10600 Mollie Bailey I-45 access road and N. Main (Hollywood Cemetery) A native of Alabama, Mollie Arline Kirkland was married to James Augustus (Gus) Bailey in 1858. The son of a circus owner, Gus Bailey formed the ... 10733 Moonshine Hill 2735 FM 1960 E Early reports of natural gas seepages in this area were not uncommon in the late 19th century. James Slaughter noticed such natural occurences near ... 10734 Moore Log House House/marker is in Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary, approx. three tenths mile west of Sam Houston Toll way; park entrance via United Methodist Church parking lot off of Memorial Drive; fence on west parking lot boundary marks sanctuary, gate mid-way along fence line; follow path to right & then left across foot bride to log cabin, marker on east side of building 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 ... 14769 Moore, Jim Houston 10735 Morgan's Point Cemetery adjacent to Barbour's Cut Terminal, near Jamison St. and Barbour's Cut Blvd. One of the oldest cemeteries in continuous use in Harris County, this cemetery was founded by Colonel James Morgan, Texas revolutionary soldier. ... 10619 Moses W. Brigham Founders Memorial Park A member of Captain Amasa Turner's company at Battle of San Jacinto. Died in Houston January 20, 1838. 12923 Mount Pleasant Baptist Church 4819 Hershe St Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Houston's Fifth Ward developed primarily after the Civil War, when freedmen came to the area. In 1866, an alderman ... 10738 Mount Vernon United Methodist Church Burnett and Jensen Dr. This congregation originated in 1865, and is one of the oldest in Houston. The Rev. Emanuel Toby (also called "Uncle Toby" or Toby Gregg) and friends ... 10716 Mrs. Rebecca Lamar Founders Memorial Park, 1217 W. Dallas Ave. Widow of John Lamar; mother of Mirabeau B. Lamar. Died at "Oak Grove" in Houston, July 26, 1839. 14032 Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church 1407 Valentine St. Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church has served as a vital spiritual and community institution in the Fourth Ward since the congregation's organization ... 23281 Mt. Vernon Baptist Church marker pending marker pending 15742 Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church 2301 Nagle Street 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 ... 17912 Mulcahy House 1046 Harvard William Percival Mulcahy and his wife, Mattie, purchased this house from the developers of Houston Heights in 1909. Mr. Mulcahy began his 10-year ... 16749 Myer-Hall House Courtland Pl., N side, 200 feet W of Bagby St.; restricted access on private property (gated community) Noted architectural firm Sanguinet and Staats designed this 1910 house for prominent Houston attorney and civic leader, Sterling Myer, and his wife ... 12976 Myers-Spalti Manufacturing Plant Houston, 2115 Runnels Myers-Spalti Manufacturing Plant The City of Houston developed rapidly in the 19th century due in large part to its capacity for shipping and transportation. ...

10778 Near Home Site of John Peter Sjolander SE corner Landmark Dr. at Sjolander Rd. (1851-1939) A young Swede who came to America in 1871 to earn a living had, before he died, become famous as "The Sage of Cedar Bayou," folk poet ... 10607 Near Site of Isaac Batterson Home City Hall, Clinton and Eastway Famed for its part in winning the War for Texas Independence, the flooring of this house was, on April 19, 1836, appropriated by General Sam Houston ... 11950 Ned A. & Linda S. Eppes House 5322 Institute Lane Erected in 1926 in the new Jandor Gardens planned neighborhood for concrete manufacturer Ned. A. Eppes (1883-1929) and his family on land purchased ... 10741 New Washington by City Hall Located at the junction of Buffalo Bayou and San Jacinto Bay, the townsite of New Washington was settled by Col. James Morgan (1786-1866), who bought ... 17015 New Zion Temple Church - Worldwide Fellowship, Inc. Southeast corner of Ruthven at Gillette Street New Zion Temple Church Worldwide Fellowship, Inc. was founded as The Little Church on Ruthven Street, a Church Of God In Christ congregation. Bishop ... 10630 Nichols-Rice-Cherry House 400 block McKinney, Sam Houston Heritage Park Greek revival house built 1850 by Gen. Ebenezer Nichols at Congress and San Jacinto streets, sold to Wm. M. Rice, a philanthropist, 1856. Bought ...

10743 Oakland Spur 330, off IH-10 One mile south to the site of Oakland. Home of David G. Burnet (1788-1870). First President of the Republic of Texas. To Oakland he brought his bride ... 10653 Old Dyer House, 1890 11510 S. Garden Victorian home, of heart pine and cypress, built with square nails. Erected in Richmond, texas. J. t. Dyer, builder, had crew desert him during murders ... 10680 Old Harrisburg Frost Bank; 8100 block of Lawndale at Frio 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 ... 10724 Old Market Square Milam and Congress 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 ... 10765 Old Salem Lutheran Church Site Salem Lutheran Church & School, W side of Lutheran Church Rd. 0.2 mi. S of Lutheran School Rd. A number of German immigrants who arrived in Galveston during the 1840s and 1850s settled in the Rosehill community. The families of George Sherer, ... 14239 Olivewood Cemetery Houston This cemetery served the early African-American community in Houston for approximately 100 years. The Olivewood Cemetery Association incorporated ... 20043 One Mile Northeast to Site of Lynch's Ferry Juan Seguin Park A pioneer ferry of Texas under Mexico and the Republic. Established at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and the San Jacinto River, 1822, by Nathaniel ... 12970 Original site of the Houston Coca-Cola Bottling Company Houston, 2009-2011 Washington Avenue Original site of the Houston Coca-Cola Bottling Company The Houston Coca-Cola Bottling Company, one of the first companies in the nation granted ... 13317 Origins of Freedman's Town West Dallas Ave at Heiner St Located in Houston's Fourth Ward, the original Freedman's Town settlement was founded soon after the emancipation of enslaved blacks on June 19, ... 10749 Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church Jensen and Navigation In 1911, Houston's Church of the Immaculate Conception sent four Oblate priests to establish a mission church to serve the city's Spanish-speaking ...

11956 Pasadena Independent School District 207 S. Shaver Several Pasadena families met in the home of banker Charles Munger in 1893 to discuss the creation of a school for their children. The group converted ... 23607 Payne Chapel A.M.E. Church West side of the building on Davis St Payne Chapel A.M.E. is a historic congregation and an anchor in Houston’s fifth ward. The church probably began in 1886 with a small group of people ... 16494 Peacock Records Louis Robey Professional Building, 4120 Lyons Ave. DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20th CENTURY, THE MASS-MARKET RECORDINGS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSICIANS WERE GROUPED UNDER THE TERM “RACE MUSIC,” REGARDLESS ... 13148 Perry Cemetery Cypress, 10477 Grant Road 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 ... 17030 Persons Known to Have Been Buried in de Zavala Cemetery San Jacinto Battle Park Vice President Lorenzo De Zavala 1789-1836, Emily West De Zavala (no date), Ricardo De Zavala 1835-1906, Minna Wadzick De Zavala (no date), Emily ... 10651 Peter Jefferson Duncan DeZavala Cemetery in San Jacinto Battle Site Park Participated in the cpature of San Antonio in 1835 and served in the army in 1836. Born in New York in 1799; died in Harris County, Texas in 1870. ... 15795 Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ 3115 Blodgett The Reverend G. B. M. Turner and educator E. O. Smith organized Pilgrim Congregational Church, Houston's first African American Congregational church, ... 10744 Pillot Building 300 Fannin 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 ... 12830 Pillot Cemetery Holderrieth Rd. near Cherry St. Pillot Cemetery The earliest known settler on Willow Creek was Frenchman Claude Nicholas Pillot (1793-1862), whose family immigrated to the United ... 14850 Pillot Family Tomball Museum Center, W side N. Pine Street 50 feet N of Epps Street in front of Griffin Memorial House Frenchman Claude Nicholas Pillot (1793-1862) came to this area with his family in 1837. He and his son Eugene (1820-1896) worked in the timber ... 10745 Pillot House Sam Houston Heritage Park, 400 block McKinney Built 1868 by Eugene Pillot, at 1803 McKinney. Occupied for almost a century by his family. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1967 Incise in base: ... 12051 Pioneer Memorial Log House Hermann Park Conceived by the San Jacinto Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (SJCDRT), the Pioneer Memorial Log House was created to commemorate ... 20156 Pleasantville Judson Robinson Sr. Community Center. Marker is at the E end of the basketball pavilion. After World War II, African Americans struggled to find housing in much of Houston. Restrictive covenants in some recorded plats specifically excluded ... 14033 Prairie Grove Cemetery 13685 Renn Rd. This site recalls a historic African American church, school and cemetery in Alief. Only a few African Americans lived in the area in the nineteenth ... 11958 Pratt Truss Bridge 1600 Georgia A pin connected truss bridge characteristic of the popular style that once dotted rural Texas, this bridge is the last one in Texas built by the ... 10746 Prehistoric Indian Campsite Pine Gully Park, off Todville Rd. In this vicinity are the remains of a prehistoric Indian refuse pile, comprised mainly of clam shells. Archeologists call such sites "shell middens." ...

22390 Radio Station KLVL 111 N. Ennis Street 16433 Reagan Masonic Lodge No. 1037 A. F. & A. M. 1606 Heights Boulevard Reagan Lodge, the first Masonic Lodge instituted in the Houston suburbs, marked the beginning of the second wave of Houston Masonic Lodges and accompanied ... 15798 Rev. John "Jack" Henry Yates 3605 W. Dallas Street 17005 Rice University Houston William Marsh Rice (1816-1900) came to Texas in 1838 and through extensive entrepreneurship became one of the state's wealthiest men. Rice envisioned ... 10657 Ritson Morris and Elmwood Plantation Seabrook Public Library Virginia native Ritson Morris (1798-1849) came to Texas about 1827. He settled first in Nacogdoches, where he married Minerva Edwards in 1829. One ... 10604 Robert Barr Founders Memorial Park 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 ... 16880 Robert E. Lee High School 1809 Market Street After a population increase due to the discovery of oil in 1908, local residents realized the need for permanent school facilities and formed the ... 10732 Robert W. Montgomery Founders Memorial Park, 1217 W. Dallas Ave. A member of Captain Henry teal's company of Regulars at San Jacinto. Died in Houston, June, 1837. 11971 Roberts Cemetery 9 mi. N of Hockley on Heger Road to FM 2920; E 6 mi.; 20000 block of Roberts Cemetery Road Abraham (Abram) Roberts (1773-1850), a member of Stephen F. Austin's Colony, came to Texas in the late 1820s with his children, naming the area in ... 10756 Rose Hill Methodist Church Building off FM 2920 about 5 mi. west of Tomball in the Rose Hill community In 1887 the congregation of Rose Hill Methodist Church made plans to build a new sanctuary to replace the original frame one built in 1876. Special ... 10757 Rose Hill United Methodist Church of FM 2920 about 5 mi. west of Tomball in the Rose Hill community Pioneer German settlers of the Rose Hill area organized this fellowship in 1875. Originally known as Spring Creek Mission, it was established under ... 17821 Roy and Lillie Cullen Building One Baylor Plaza The Baylor University College of Medicine moved to Houston in 1943 from Dallas to launch the proposed Texas Medical Center. The building to house ... 11691 Rutherford B. H. Yates, Sr., House 1314 Andrews St. 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 ...

23376 Sabine Street Northeast corner of Lubbock and Sabine Street. Marker pending. marker pending 15494 Saint John United Church Houston 10760 Saint Mary's Seminary Marker faces Bayshore Dr. When the Rev. Nicholas Gallagher became third bishop of Galveston in 1882, most Roman Catholic priests in the Diocese were natives of other states ... 10762 Saint Paul A. M. E. Church 1554 Gears St. Organized in 1869, Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church has been a part of First Ward history for over a century. The first pastor of the ... 15724 Salem Lutheran Cemetery 23555-1/2 Lutheran Cemetery Road This burial ground began as the Scherer Family Cemetery. The Scherers were among the early settlers of Rosehill, a rural community in northwest Harris ... 13235 Salem Lutheran School 22607 Lutheran Church Rd Founded by area German settlers, Salem Lutheran Church is one of the oldest Lutheran congregations in Texas. An associated school, first led by church ... 16469 Sam (Lightnin') Hopkins 3405 Dowling St. African American blues singer and guitarist Sam Hopkins was born in Centerville, Leon County, Texas in 1912, the youngest of five children of Abe ... 10810 Sam Houston Crossed Buffalo Bayou 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. 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 ... 15799 Sam Houston High School 9400 Irvington Blvd. This school’s lineage begins with one of the oldest schools in Houston. When Mayor James H. Stevens died in 1856, his bequest of $5,000 and matching ... 15758 Sam Houston Park 1100 Bagby 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 ... 16571 Sampson Masonic Lodge No. 231 A. F. & A. M. 114 Avenue D Henry Sampson (1823-1885) moved to Houston in 1842 from South Carolina and affiliated with the Holland Masonic Lodge in Houston. Along with other ... 10726 Samuel McCarley Homesite FM 2920 and A. J. Foyt Rd., about 9 mi. west of Tomball Texas Army Camp - April 15, 1836 Samuel McCarley (1775-1838), his wife Celia (1794-1873), and their ten children settled near here on Spring Creek ... 10751 Samuel Paschall St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery, NW corner Navigation Blvd. and N. St. Charles St. Born in Tennessee in 1815. Private in Captain Amasa Turner's company at the Battle of San Jacinto. Served in the Army of Texas from February 13, ... 10766 San Felipe Cottage in Heritage Park Oldest surviving house in Houston; built 1837 on land of Mrs. Obedience Smith, an early settler. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1967 10772 San Jacinto Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas at log house, Herman Park On November 9, 1891, eight Houston women organized the San Jacinto Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Founding members were Mrs. ... 16807 San Jacinto Community College District 8060 Spencer Hwy SAN JACINTO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT THE GREATER PASADENA AREA GREW RAPIDLY FROM INDUSTRIALIZATION DURING AND AFTER WORLD WAR II, WITH THE CITY’S ... 10773 San Jacinto High School 1300 Holman Avenue South End Junior High School opened its doors in 1914 with 750 students in an impressive classical revival style structure built here in 1913. South ... 15090 Schlobohm Cemetery 4485 Lauder Road This historic family burial ground marks the homestead of a veteran of the Texas revolution and early settler of HarrisCounty. Johann Schlobohm (1807- ... 23910 Schools at Cedar Bayou 2610 E. Elvinta St. The 1876 Texas Constitution established districts called "school communities," leading to the opening of the first public school in Cedar Bayou that ... 18850 Seabrook Cemetery 615 Pine Gully Road Seabrook Cemetery Established 1855 Historic Texas Cemetery - 2002 13478 Seal McDougle Cemetery 23110 1/2 Cypresswood Dr, north of intersection with Treaschwig Rd Seal McDougle Cemetery Established 1883 Historic Texas Cemetery - 2005 12338 Sessums & Virginia Cleveland House Courtland Pl., N side, 400 feet W of Bagby St.; restricted access on private property (gated community) Designed by the prominent architectural firm of Sanguinet & Staats and built by W. C. Fulsher in 1911, this was the home of civic and Episcopal Church ... 14717 Sherman, Gen. Sidney, Home of Old Harrisburg Cemetery, Magnolia Street off Broadway, Houston 77012 Site of the Home of General Sidney Sherman 1805-1873 Commander of the left wing of the Army at the Battle of San Jacinto - Member of the Texas Congress, ... 10588 Site of Academy of the Incarnate Word Incarnate Word Academy, NE corner Crawford and Capitol streets. Marker access is restricted in Rafferty Plaza courtyard area. Map dot approximate. First permanent Catholic school in Houston. Established by Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament, a religious order founded 1625 ... 10767 Site of Battle of San Jacinto, 1836 from Houston take La Porte Frwy. E (SH 225) to Battleground Rd. exit (SH 134), go north; marker is on west side of road Near here on the afternoon of April 21, 1836, the army of the Republic of Texas, commanded by General Sam Houston was drawn up to attack an invading ... 10635 Site of Confederate Prison Compound University of Houston-Downtown, west side of Jesse H. Jones Student Life Center 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 ... 10621 Site of General Offices, Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado Railroad southwest corner Frio and Elm streets Building of a railroad from here to the Brazos, to handle commerce of rich plantations, was attempted unsuccessfully in 1840-41 by early merchant ... 10721 Site of Lubbock Ranch entrance to Dow Park, Rockhill at Glencrest, Houston 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 ... 10740 Site of New Kentucky New Kentucky Park off FM 2920, just east of Roberts Cemetery Rd., about 8 mi. west of Tomball Established before 1831. A thriving town until its trade was captured by the present city of Houston, established 30 miles away in 1836. Abandoned ... 10690 Site of Old Houston Academy Caroline and Rusk 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 ... 10664 Site of the First White House of the Republic of Texas SE corner Main and Preston streets. Marker reported missing Aug. 2022. Here dwelt President Sam Houston from November, 1837 to December, 1838 and President Mirabeau B. Lamar, from December, 1838 to October, 1839. Erected ... 10752 Site of the Home in 1836 of Dr. George Moffit Patrick Heritage Park, NW corner Center and Helgra streets, at site of replica Patrick cabin near Deer Park Municipal Court building Site of the home in 1836 of Dr. George Moffit Patrick, 1801-1889. Pioneer surveyor. Here the Texas army encamped after the Battle of San Jacinto ... 15955 Site of the Organization of Lady Washington Chapter, NSDAR Facing Texas Avenue, near northwest corner of Texas Ave. and Main St. The Lady Washington Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) was organized on November 14, 1899, when 10 of the ... 10779 Sloan Memorial United Methodist Church SE corner Sydnor and Nance streets. Marker reported missing May 2008. Map dot approximate. One of the oldest Black Methodist churches in Houston, this congregation was started in 1880 by the Rev. Ed Roscoe, who served as the first pastor, ... 24203 Smith v. Allwright marker pending marker pending 10781 Sons of the Republic of Texas Sam Houston Heritage Park, 400 block McKinney 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 ... 14633 South Main Baptist Church 4100 Main Street 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, ... 23581 Southside Place Park 3743 Garnet St. Southside Place Park is the geographic and civic center of the City of Southside Place, an early Houston suburb. From 1895-1922, the area was part ... 13165 Spring Spring, 403 Main Spring Initially a farming community supported by crops, including sugar cane and cotton, Spring was platted by the Houston & Great Northern Railroad ... 12603 Spring Cemetery 26206 Aldine Westfield Rd. After Spring's establishment on the International and Great Northern line in 1873, it became an important railroad center. The Sellers family, early ... 17900 Spring Creek County Spring Creek Park In early Texas, most citizen interactions with government took place at the county seat, so smaller counties were more convenient for the residents. ... 22491 Spring Peaceful Rest Cemetery From the town of Old Town Spring, take West Hardy Rd to train tracks; cross over train tracks and take a left on to East Hardy Rd going north; go about 1 mile. Spring Peaceful Rest Cemetery will be on your right, a sign is posted on site. 16429 St. Andrew's Episcopal Church 1819 Heights Blvd. 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 ... 15870 St. James United Methodist Church 1217 Wilson Street 12879 St. John Lutheran Cemetery 19520 Lutheran Cemetery Rd St. John Lutheran Cemetery Settlers from Posen and Pomerania, Germany came to this area in 1848. They formed St. John Lutheran Church in 1853. A ... 12852 St. John Lutheran Church 15235 Spring Cypress Rd Lutheran settlers from Germany moved to this area in 1848. They met in family homes for worship and in 1853 constructed their first church building, ... 15797 St. John Missionary Baptist Church 2702 Dowling St 16890 St. John Missionary Baptist Church Northeast corner of Gray at Bastrop Street ST. JOHN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, ORGANIZED IN 1899 BY REVERENDS GILBERT GREEN AND HILLIARD R. JOHNSON, FIRST MET IN A SMALL BUILDING NEAR CALHOUN ... 13592 St. Joseph Hospital 1919 La Branch St St. Joseph Hospital, Houston’s first general hospital, opened in 1887 as St. Joseph’s Infirmary. Six sisters from the congregation of the Sisters ... 14115 St. Joseph's Catholic Church 1505 Kane Street A school, founded by the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament to serve Houston's Sixth Ward, opened near this site in 1879. St. Joseph's ... 17631 St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church 714 Detering Street, at interesection of Detering and Rose Streets St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church This African American congregation predates the purchase of this lot in 1902. The first known pastor was Rev. ... 10759 St. Mark's United Methodist Church 600 Pecore Ave. This congregation traces its history to 1875, when the Rev. Rudolph Brueck organized Emanuel German Methodist Episcopal Church. It was renamed Zion ... 10761 St. Nicholas Catholic Church 2508 Clay St. 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 ... 13591 St. Paul's United Methodist Church 5501 S. Main Street 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 ... 10763 St. Peter Church 9022 Long Point Rd. at S. Campbell 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. ... 10764 St. Thomas High School 4500 Memorial Dr. Established 1900 as St. Thomas College, and housed that year in a former Franciscan monastery built in 1861 at Franklin Avenue and Caroline Street. ... 13289 Strack Cemetery Just N of Cypresswood Dr, E of intersection with Kuykendahl Rd Brothers Herman and Heinrich Strack came to Texas from Feudingen, Germany in 1848 with their families. By the mid-1850s they were joined by their ... 10786 Sweeney, Coombs & Fredericks Building 301 Main St. This late-Victorian commercial building with a 3-story corner turret and Eastlake decorative elements was designed by George E. Dickey in 1889. Evidence ... 16881 Sylvan Beach Pavilion La Porte, 554 North Bayshore THE TOWN OF LA PORTE, DEVELOPED IN 1892, ORIGINALLY RESERVED A PORTION OF THE BAYFRONT FOR A RECREATIONAL PARK, KNOWN AS SYLVAN GROVE. FOLLOWING ...

10788 Teas Nursery Company Evelyn's Park Conservancy, NE corner Bellaire Boulevard and Newcastle Drive, SW corner of the park and S of Cafe Pavilion 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 ... 14339 Temple Beth Israel 3517 Austin Congregation Beth Israel is the oldest Jewish congregation in Texas. Early Jewish families that settled in the area formed the Hebrew Benevolent ... 10789 Temple Lodge No. 4, A. F. & A. M. 4055 W. Bellfort St. 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 ... 10792 Texan Army Crossing of Buffalo Bayou (San Jacinto) Harrisburg 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 ... 10791 Texan Capture of Mexican Dispatches (San Jacinto) Bellaire Blvd. at Second St. The San Jacinto campaign in southwest Harris County. After the fall of the Alamo on March 6, 1836, Gen. Sam Houston led the Texan army in retreat ... 10768 Texas Army Attacked in Four Divisions from Houston take La Porte Frwy. (SH 225) E to Battleground Rd. (SH 134), go north - The Cavalry on the right, commanded by Mirabeau B. Lamar; next, the Infantry under Lieutenant Colonel Henry Millard and the "Twin Sisters" cannon ... 10793 Texas Railroads, C.S.A. Tomball Railroad Depot Plaza, SW corner Elm and Market streets Harris County was 1861 center for 492 miles of state railroads, with Texas & New Orleans going from here to Orange; Houston & Texas Central to ... 18496 The Baytown Sun In front of The Baytown Sun building which is on the west side of Memorial Dr., between Maplewood and Brentwood Drives in Baytown. The Baytown Sun can trace its roots to the weekly newspaper the Goose Creek Gasser, established by Frank Boyer in 1919, two months before construction ... 12492 The Blue Bird Circle 615 W. Alabama The Blue Bird Circle is a non-denominational philanthropic women's organization dedicated to serving the needs of children. Since its organization ... 23300 The Brick Yards on Cedar Bayou marker pending marker pending 10711 The City of Katy 5200 Second Ave. 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 ... 17424 The Frenchtown Community NE corner of Quitman Street and US 59 (Eastex Freeway) access road A distinct ethnic cultural group, “Creoles of Color,” developed in Louisiana in the 18th and 19th centuries. With roots in French, Spanish, African ... 11951 The Garden Club of Houston Montrose Blvd. and Main St. 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, ... 10782 The Governor Ross Sterling Mansion 515 Bayridge Rd. Architect Alfred C. Finn of Houston drew the plans for this scaled-down replica of the American White House for oil executive Ross S. Sterling (1875-1949). ... 13445 The Houston Club One Shell Plaza, 49th floor Chartered in 1894, the Houston Club began as a gentlemen-only club for literary discourse. In the 1920s, it became more business oriented through ... 10696 The Houston Light Guard 3816 Caroline St. Organized as a Texas militia unit on April 21, 1873, the Houston Light Guard originally participated in parades, ceremonies, and competitive drills, ... 10712 The Kennedy Bakery 813 Congress 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 ... 10713 The Kinkaid School 201 Kinkaid Dr. at San Felipe The oldest private non-parochial school in Houston, the Kinkaid School was started in 1906 by Margaret Hunter Kinkaid. Unable to teach in the public ... 10714 The Klein Community at intersection w/ Louetta in front of Klein High School A farming community developed in this area after a group of German immigrants settled on the banks of Cypress Creek in 1845. The settlement was later ... 19999 The Legacy of Emancipation Park 3018 Dowling St. Emancipation Park was acquired in 1872 by previously enslaved African Americans who were in unanimous support of purchasing their own land on which ... 18707 The Lynchburg Volunteers north side of 5096 Bayway Drive In the 1820s, most area residents were loyal citizens of Mexico until Mexican President Antonio López de Santa Anna Abrogated the constitution of ... 17750 The Murals of Hannah Hall Texas Southern University, north entrance to Mack H. Hannah Hall (facing Cleburne Street) The student murals of Hannah Hall, located on the campus of Texas Southern University, embody the culminating experiences of a people as seen through ... 16534 The Playhouse Theatre 4816 Main St. The Playhouse Theatre, built in 1950 at 4816 Main Street, was the brainchild of stage manager Joanna Albus and attorney William Rozan. It was one ... 11973 The Rev. William M. Tryon Glenwood Cemetery - 2525 Washington Ave. (March 10, 1809 - November 16, 1847) William Milton Tryon of New York City lost his father at the age of 9. At 17, young William was baptized. He ... 13640 The Reverend Ned P. Pullum 1319 Andrews St. 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 ... 10777 The Sheridan Apartments 802-804 McGowen St. 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, ... 23567 The Sikh Center of the Gulf Coast Area, Inc. 8819 Prairie Dr. In the 1960s, changes in U.S. Immigration Policy resulted in many highly skilled immigrants settling in Houston, which was experiencing an energy ... 23325 The Turkey Day Classic University of Houston, NW corner Cullen Blvd. and Cougar Place Dr. Marker pending. marker pending 10800 The Waldo Mansion 201 Westmoreland 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 ... 10794 Theis (Theiss) Family Mayglen Ln. and Fernbluff Dr. in the Klein community, 10 mi. SE of Tomball (in the Shannon Forest subdivision) Among the first German settlers in northwest Harris County was Johann Heinrich Theis (b. 1800), who arrived in 1846 with his wife Katherina (Benner) ... 12340 Third Church of Christ, Scientist 5516 Almeda Rd. Intended to serve the congregation that had been organized as an offshoot of the growing First Church of Christ, Scientist, in 1922, this structure ... 10601 Thomas H. Ball, Jr. Port of Houston, Houston Ship Channel; off Clinton Dr. approximately 2.5 mil. from HQ bldg., adjacent to the pavillion and dock for Sam Houston boat 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. ... 10649 Thomas J. and Mary Donoghue House 17 Courtlandt Place Thomas J. Donoghue, a Texas company (Texaco) founder and executive, and his wife, Mary, built this house in 1915-16. Designed by noted New York architect ... 10689 Thomas William House Rusk & Bagby (in park across from Music Hall, just west of Federal Bldg.) (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. ... 11952 Thomas William House, Jr. 701 San Jacinto (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. ... 10728 Tod-Milby Home Site SW corner Broadway and E. Elm streets. Marker reported missing Mar. 1993. Map dot approximate. John Grant Tod (1808-1877), a Kentuckian, left home at 17 to go to sea. Served in Mexican, U.S. navies. Came to Texas, 1837; served in Republic Navy, ... 15796 Trinity East United Methodist Church 2418 McGowen St. 10797 Trinity Episcopal Church Marker faces historic Main Street entrance. RTHL designation is for 1917-1919 sanctuary. Established in 1893, Trinity Episcopal Church acquired this site in 1910. Construction of the sanctuary, designed by architect Ralph Adams Cram, ... 10798 Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery Klein Cemetery Road, off Spring-Cypress Rd. A number of German immigrants settled in this area in the 1840s. The community first called Big Cypress was later renamed in honor of pioneer settler ... 10809 Trinity United Methodist Church 2600 Holman This congregation grew from a small mission organized in 1848 for the slave membership of the Houston Methodist Church (now first United Methodist ... 13318 Twentieth-Century Development of Freedman's Town W Gray St., S side 80 feet E of Taft St. 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 ...

17099 Underwood and Clara Nazro House Houston, 25 Courtlandt Place THIS HOUSE, THE ONLY ONE OF GEORGIAN REVIVAL STYLE IN COURTLANDT PLACE, IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY RESIDENTIAL WORK OF FORT WORTH FIRM ...

24008 Vollmer Cemetery 6618 Cindy Lane VOLLMER CEMETERY, ESTABLISHED 1848, HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2007

10665 W. L. Foley Building 214-18 Travis Street 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 ... 16751 W. T. Carter, Jr., House 18 Courtlandt Place W. T. CARTER, JR. HOUSE IN 1912, ARCHITECTS BIRDSALL BRISCOE AND OLLE LOREHN DESIGNED THIS HOME FOR W. T. CARTER, JR., (1887-1957) AND LILLIE AUGUSTE ... 17820 W. T. Carter, Sr. House 14 Courtlandt Place Designed by Houston architect Birdsall Briscoe for William T. Carter, Sr. And his wife, Maude, this house was built in 1920. The Carters moved from ... 18939 Waddell's House Furnishing Company Warehouse SW corner of Sampson and Rusk streets. Marker is on the building, now a private residence with restricted access. Irish immigrant Hugh Waddell (1842-1915) arrived in Houston in 1873 and by 1882 he established his own downtown retail business selling furniture, ... 10705 Wade and Mamie Irvin House Bayridge Rd., S side, 250 feet E. of S. Magnolia Ave. Designed by prominent Houston architect Joseph Finger, this house was built in 1927 as the summer home of Houston business leaders Wade (1872-1941) ... 18068 Washington Cemetery Washington Cemetery. Main gate on Washington Ave. closed, access via Glenwood Cemetery, right at guard house, turn right approx. 100' south of Charlotte Allen marker; Washington Cemetery marker is at the second intersection, south end of Section B The Deutsche Gesellschaft von Houston, founded in 1875, established the German Society Cemetery in February 1887 by purchasing this property, then ... 10802 Webster Presbyterian Church Bay Area Museum -- Clear Lake Park on north side of NASA Rd. 1 Growing out of a Union Sunday School established in 1892, Webster Presbyterian Church was organized by farmers who moved to Texas from the Midwest. ... 24196 Weingarten Residence marker pending marker pending 10804 White Cemetery 11011 Crosby-Lynchburg Rd. Reuben White (1795-1848), one of Stephen F. Austin's original "Old 300" colonists, acquired a Mexican land grant here in 1824. White was part of ... 10771 Will You Come to the Bower, Battle of San Jacinto San Jacinto State Park, SH 134 To the tune of "Will You Come to the Bower" the Texans advanced, "Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad" was their cry, with cannons and gunshot, clubs ... 10785 William C. Swearingen Founders Memorial Park, 1217 W. Dallas Ave. 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 ... 10652 William Daniel Durham Founders Memorial Park, 1217 W. Dallas Ave. 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 ... 10668 William Gammell Houston 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 ... 15757 William Gammell 2911 Washington Avenue 24175 William Marsh Rice marker pending marker pending 10783 William S. Stilwell Founders Memorial Park, 1217 W. Dallas Ave. 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 ... 23593 Willis Wood Cemetery marker pending marker pending 10769 Within A Few Minutes, Battle of San Jacinto Site from Houston take LaPorte Frwy. E (SH 225) to Battleground Rd. (SH 134), go north Within a few minutes the Battle of San Jacinto was over. According to General Houston's report 630 Mexicans lay dead on the field, 208 were wounded ... 14729 Woodland Heights Community in the Travis Elementary School SPARK Park near the intersection of Highland Avenue and Beauchamp Street In the early 20th century, William A. Wilson, with the finanical backing of James A. Baker, Jr., Joseph B. Bowles, Rufus Cage and J.M. Cotton, established ... 10806 Wooster Common School No. 38 Republic of Texas Plaza In 1891, Quincy Adams Wooster visited Texas from Iowa. He was so impressed with this area that he sold his farm and moved his family here. With his ... 18119 Wooster Community northwest corner of Bayway Drive and Wooster Street Wooster was founded by Quincy Adams Wooster and Willard D. Crow, who came here from Mapleton, Iowa, with their families late in 1892 and purchased ... 10807 Wunderlich Farm 18202 Theiss Mail Rd. at Doerre Intermediate School J. Peter Wunderlich (1828-1864) migrated from Germany to Texas in 1852. He married Maria Hofius and in 1854 bought 120 acres of farmland in Klein ... 10808 Wunsche Bros. Saloon and Hotel next to railroad tracks This building was constructed in 1902 by one of Spring's earliest families, the Wunsches, who came here from Germany in 1846. Built to accommodate ...

15739 Zion Lutheran Cemetery 25800 Zion Lutheran Cemetery Rd. This area of North Harris County was settled by Germans in the 1850s and was first known as Stuebner. Adolph Stuebner was the Postmaster from 1885 ... 18614 Zion Lutheran Church East of Redan Street and west of Pecore Prior to 1914, Houston only had two Lutheran congregations, both downtown in this sprawling city. The mission board of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod ... 15097 Zydeco Music in Frenchtown 3100 Collingsworth at 3400 Eastex Fwy. (Hwy. 59), SE corner of the intersection In the 1920s, Creole families from Louisiana, known as “Creoles of Color,” migrated to Houston, establishing the neighborhood known as Frenchtown. ...