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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16BL_sons-of-the-republic-of-texas_Houston-TX.html
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 Texas Revolution veterans. The Richmond group traveled to Houston a few days later, and on April 20, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16BH_ancient-order-of-pilgrims_Houston-TX.html
After the Civil War, African Americans faced difficulties finding insurance or securing loans. In the 1870s, Jamaican immigrant Henry Cohen Hardy came to Houston, where he was an educator. Hardy established the Ancient Order of Pilgrims in 1882 to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16AB_sam-houston-park_Houston-TX.html
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 a brick factory, a tannery and his residence. The property was later sold to Zerviah Noble, who held i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15IL_old-market-square_Houston-TX.html
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 to have permanent Capitol of Republic of Texas located here. However, this was never realized and alm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15I3_trinity-episcopal-church_Houston-TX.html
Established in 1893, Trinity Episcopal Church acquired this site in 1910. Construction of the sanctuary, designed by architect Ralph Adams Cram, began in 1917 and was completed in 1919. Features of the Gothic revival structure include a basilica p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15HZ_first-white-house-of-the-republic-of-texas_Houston-TX.html
Site of theFirst White Houseof theRepublic of Texas
Here dwelt President Sam Houstonfrom November, 1837 to December, 1838and President Mirabeau B. Lamar,from December, 1838 to October, 1839
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/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 …