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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16ND_the-waldo-mansion_Houston-TX.html
A Confederate veteran, J. P. Waldo (1839-1896) settled in Houston after the Civil War. He married Mary Virginia Gentry (1849-1922), daughter of railroad promoter Abram Gentry. Waldo soon became a prosperous railroad executive. In 1885 he built thi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16N7_the-houston-light-guard_Houston-TX.html
Organized as a Texas Militia unit on April 21, 1873, the Houston Light Guard originally participated in parades, ceremonies, and competitive drills, and served as guard of honor for visiting dignitaries. The first commander was Capt. Edwin Fairfax…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16MT_houston-fire-station-no-7_Houston-TX.html
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 features rusticated stone details, a five-bay front with central arched entry flanked by two a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16MR_site-of-old-houston-academy_Houston-TX.html
Founded 1856. Lost most of its male students to Confederate army in Civil War. In 1864-1865 building was used as an army hospital. Was site in 1867 for the lying-in-state of body of General Albert Sidney Johnston, who had lived near Houston. (A se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16MN_gulf-building_Houston-TX.html
Prominent real estate developer, publisher, statesman and banker Jesse H. Jones opened the Gulf Building in 1929 with Gulf Oil, National Bank of Commerce, and Sakowitz Brothers as primary tenants. Alfred C. Finn designed the 430foot high Art Deco …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16DD_daughters-of-the-republic-of-texas_Houston-TX.html
On November 6, 1891, seventeen women met at the home of Mrs. Andrew Briscoe at this site to organize an auxiliary to the Texas Veterans Association. Mrs. Anson Jones was elected president of the new organization, Daughters of the Lone Star Republi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16DB_annunciation-church_Houston-TX.html
Second Catholic church in Houston; outgrowth of St. Vincent's parish, established in 1839. Although founding pastor planned edifice (1867-1874) in style worthy of a cathedral, it never gained that status. Standing near business center, this was ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16DA_annunciation-church_Houston-TX.html
In style of great European churches. The work of the Very Rev. Joseph Querat, a canon of Cathedral of Lyons, France, and missionary to Texas 1852-1878. Begun 1867 when Father Querat (with aid of parishioners) bought old Harris County Courthouse to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16D6_julia-ideson-building_Houston-TX.html
Early efforts by Houston's Lyceum, local women's organizations and Andrew Carnegie's national foundation led to the 1904 Houston Lyceum and Carnegie Library Building. Julia Bedford Ideson, hired in 1903, was the city's first librarian. Under her d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16D5_houston-public-library_Houston-TX.html
Within 10 years of its founding in 1836, Houston was a bustling city. Throughout the 1840s, the city's professionals came together in debating societies to discuss a variety of topics. They created the Houston Circulating Library to provide refere…