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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/HM15DW_col-james-morgan_La-Porte-TX.html
Although the original land grant went to Johnson Hunter in 1824 and the Point was owned by Nicholas Clopper from 1826 until 1835, it was James Morgan who gave the Point its name.
Morgan purchased 1600 acres from Nicholas Clopper in December of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15C5_john-a-grimes-memorial-park_La-Porte-TX.html
Mayor - April 7, 1984 through June 1, 1992Dedicated to Mayor John A. GrimesJuly 10, 1924 - June 1, 1992John A Grimes was elected Mayor on April 7th, 1984 and had just been elected to his fifth two-year termWhen he was killed June 1, 1992 in a trag…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15C2_the-capture-of-santa-anna_Pasadena-TX.html
This point is the approximate site of the capture of Santa Anna, the president of Mexico, and commander of the Mexican army-by James A. Sylvester, Joel W. Robison, Edward Miles, S.R. Bostigh, Joseph Vermillion and ???? Thompson, all soldiers of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14NF_houston-yacht-club_Carmen-TX.html
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 by the first Commodore, Dan E. Kennedy. After Kennedy's death in 1904, the boatmen reorganized as the …
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…