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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16PQ_houston-city-republic-of-texas_Houston-TX.html
By vote of Congress, Nov. 30, 1836, chosen temporary capital for new Republic of Texas. At the time a small townsite at the head of Buffalo Bayou navigation. Into a "Houston City" of mud, tents, cabins on April 1, 1837, came President Sam Houston …
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16D3_magnolia-brewery-building_Houston-TX.html
Magnolia Brewery was part of the Houston Ice and Brewing Company, founded in the late 19th century by Hugh Hamilton. Some of the brewery's popular brands included Magnolia, Southern Select and Richelieu beers. This building, designed by H.C. Cooke…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16CY_auditorium-hotel_Houston-TX.html
The Auditorium Hotel was built in 1926 for Houston investor Michele DeGeorge (1850-1927), who came to the United States from Italy in 1881. Designed by architect Joseph Finger (1887-1953), the building features Italian renaissance detailing in the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16CQ_hogg-building_Houston-TX.html
Noted Houston business and civic leader Will C. Hogg (1875-1930) had this commercial structure built in 1921. Early tenants included the Armor Auto Company and the Great Southern Life Insurance Company. The art deco building, designed by the engin…