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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15HB_harris-county-1910-courthouse_Houston-TX.html
This site has served as the courthouse square for Harris (originally Harrisburg) County since the completion of the first county courthouse, a two-story frame structure, in April 1838. Later courthouses were constructed on this site in 1851, 1860 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15GQ_pillot-building_Houston-TX.html
The original building at this site, a cast iron front structure, was built between 1857 and 1869. Early tenants of the building, owned by French-born merchant and Houston civic leader Eugene Pillot (1820-1896), included attorneys, real estate brok…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15GM_the-kennedy-bakery_Houston-TX.html
Irish native John Kennedy (1819-78) came to Houston in 1842. A baker, he operated a store at other locations in the city before commissioning the construction of this building about 1860 for a steam bakery. Kennedy later established other operatio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15GJ_st-pauls-united-methodist-church_Houston-TX.html
At the beginning of the 20th century, members of Houston's Methodist community worked toward organizing a new congregation on what was then the burgeoning south end of town. In December 1905, individuals met at the J.O. Ross family home and held C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15G3_sweeney-coombs-fredericks-building_Houston-TX.html
This late-Victorian commercial building with a 3-story corner turret and Eastlake decorative elements was designed by George E. Dickey in 1889. Evidence indicates that the 1889 construction may have been a renovation of an 1861 structure built by …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14N6_john-kirby-allen-1810-1838_Houston-TX.html
Gravesite ofJohn Kirby Allen (1810-1838)Co-founder of HoustonHouston in 1836 was a humid swamp overgrown with sweet gum trees and coffee bean weeds. In this spot, however, two brothers from New York recognized the future "commercial emporium of Te…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14LO_holcombe-house_Houston-TX.html
Businessman and developer Oscar Holcombe (1888-1968) and his wife Mary hired Houston architect L.W. Lindsay to design this home. Completed in 1925, it featured gardens designed by landscape architect Herbert L. Skogland. Outstanding features of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14LN_holland-lodge-no-1_Houston-TX.html
First Masonic Lodge in Texas. Organized in March 1835 at Brazoria. Set to work Dec. 27, 1835, under dispensation of Grand Lodge of Louisiana, for whose 1835-37 Grand Master, John Henry Holland, this lodge was named. Labors were interrupted in Feb.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14H6_league-of-united-latin-american-citizens-council-60_Houston-TX.html
On February 17, 1929, representatives from three organizations met in Corpus Christi to merge and form the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). The new group sought to unify statewide efforts to challenge racism and inequities toward …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14H5_amos-b-edson_Houston-TX.html
Arrived in Texas January 28, 1836, having been recruited in New Orleans for the Army of Texas by Captain Amasa Turner in whose company he served at San Jacinto. Died in Houston, 1837.