Historical Markers in Houston, Texas

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• 1840 Houston City Cemeteryplaced 2009

  On April 8, 1840, the City of Houston purchased five acres in the First Ward from brothers Henry R. And Samuel L. Allen for $750, in order to…

• Old Harrisburgplaced 1965

  Early Texas port and trading post. Site of state's first steam saw, grist mills and railroad terminal.

• Anson Jonesplaced 2009

  (January 20, 1798 - January 9, 1858) Anson Jones was born in great Barrington, Massachusetts.

• Astrodomeplaced 2018

  Judge Roy Hofheinz envisioned the world's first air-conditioned fully enclosed multi-purpose stadium by 1960.

• Battle of San Jacintoplaced 1964

  At mid-afternoon April 21, 1836, two miles to the north, General Sam Houston with about 1,000 Texans in 18 minutes annihilated the 1,400-man army of…

• Holland Lodge No. 1, A.F. & A.M. of Texasplaced 1970

  Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of Texas. First Masonic Lodge in Texas. Organized in March 1835 at Brazoria.

Houston on the Texas history calendar

• April 8: 1840 Houston City Cemetery
• December 29: Anson Jones
• June 19: Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
• January 3: Astrodome
• April 21: Battle of San Jacinto
• June 27: Dr. Thomas F. Freeman
• December 27: Holland Lodge No. 1, A.F. & A.M. of Texas
• November 30: Houston City, Republic of Texas
• September 4: Louis Wiltz Kemp
• March 22: Old Harrisburg
• March 23: Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ
• June 18: The Reverend Ned P. Pullum
• December 5: William Daniel Durham

All 318 historical markers in Houston

• "Constitution" Bend1970
• 1840 Houston City Cemetery2009
• A. M. Armand House2013
• Acres Homes Community2008
• Aldine1999
• Alief Cemetery1984
• Allen's Landing1967
• Almeda1992
• Amos B. Edson1936
• Ancient Order of Pilgrims2005
• Anderson, Clayton & Co.2004
• Angelo and Lillian Minella House2006
• Annunciation Church1969
• Anson Jones2009
• Antioch Missionary Baptist Church1994
• Archibald S. Lewis1936
• Arthur B. Cohn House1985
• Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church2009
• Astrodome2018
• Auditorium Hotel1984
• Augustus Chapman Allen2005
• Autry House1994
• Baker-Jones House1991
• Bar H7 Ranch1993
• Barbara Charline Jordan2012
• Battle of San Jacinto1964
• Bayou Bend1973
• Bear Creek Methodist Church and Cemetery1994
• Belle Sherman Kendall2001
• Benjamin Apartments2001
• Bering Memorial United Methodist Church1984
• Beth Israel Cemetery2005
• Beth Yeshurun Synagogue2019
• Bethany Baptist Church2006
• Bethel Baptist Church2011
• Blue Triangle Branch, Y. W. C. A. Building2002
• Bonin Family Cemetery2010
• Booker T. Washington High School2010
• Boynton Chapel Methodist Church2023
• Brown Chapel A. M. E. Church1989
• Bryan-Chapman House1998
• Camp Logan1992
• Caspar Braun1989
• Charles W. Luckie School2022
• Chinese Texans and Civil Rights2009
• Christ Church Cathedral1972
• Clayton House1988
• Clayton, W. L. and Susan2003
• College Memorial Park Cemetery2002
• Colonel Benjamin Franklin Terry1963
• Cooley School2013
• Courtlandt Place1989
• Dairy (Alief)1990
• Damascus Missionary Baptist Church1992
• Daniel Denton Cooley1991
• Darius Gregg1973
• Daughters of the Republic of Texas1986
• David Barker House1991
• David Grieves1936
• David Porter Richardson1936
• Dawson Lunnon Cemetery2024
• Democratic National Convention, 19281988
• DePelchin Faith Home1984
• Dora B. Lantrip Elementary School2010
• Dr. B.F. and Ethel Reed Coop House2019
• Dr. Benjamin Jesse Covington and the Covington House1994
• Dr. John H. Foster House2012
• Dr. Penn B. and Annie A. Thornton House1998
• Dr. Thomas F. Freeman2020
• Edward & Katharine Jackson House2016
• Edward K. T. Chen2009
• Edward Mandell House1989
• Edward R. and Ann Taylor2002
• Edwin and Daphne Neville House2014
• Edwin Fairfax Gray1936
• El Barrio del Alacrán2013
• Eldorado Ballroom2011
• Eli Noland1936
• Ellington Field2006
• Ellis Benson2008
• Emmanuel Baptist Church2006
• Eugene Thomas Heiner2000
• Evergreen Cemetery1993
• Ezekial and Mary Jane Miller House1984
• F.C.L. and Emilie Neuhaus House2002
• Fair Grounds Base Ball Park2014
• Fielding G. Secrest1936
• First Baptist Church of Houston2001
• First Evangelical Church2002
• First Presbyterian Church of Houston1970
• First Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church2014
• First United Methodist Church of Houston2009
• Fondren Mansion1989
• Forum of Civics of River Oaks Garden Club1964
• Founders' Memorial Park Cemetery2005
• Fourth Missionary Baptist Church2007
• Frost Town2008
• Galilee Missionary Baptist Church2006
• Garrow House1997
• Genoa United Methodist Church2011
• George Allen1973
• George Thomas "Mickey" Leland III2021
• George Washington Carver High School2007
• Gilmer-Cage-Cohn House2008
• Glendale Cemetery1970
• Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church2006
• Goodman House2023
• Gov. John B. Connally, Jr. Home2012
• Grace United Methodist Church2001
• Grand Court Order of Calanthe of Texas2011
• Gravesite of John Kirby Allen1968
• Gray Lodge No. 329, A. F. & A. M.1991
• Greater Ward A.M.E. Church2015
• Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church2008
• Gregory School2019
• Gulf Building2007
• Gustav August Forsgard2005
• Hamilton Shirts2017
• Harper House2001
• Harris County1972
• Harris County Courthouse of 19101984
• Harris County Department of Education2003
• Harrisburg-Jackson Cemetery2000
• Harvey Homan1936
• Heights Church of Christ1990
• Henry Livingston Thompson1936
• Heritage Presbyterian Church1980
• Hidalgo Park Quiosco2010
• Hillendahl Cemetery2004
• Hogg Building1981
• Holcombe House1991
• Holland Lodge No. 1, A.F. & A.M. of Texas1970
• Hollywood Cemetery2009
• Holy Cross Mission (Episcopal)1973
• Home of Mrs. Margaret McCormick1936
• Horace Dickinson Taylor1993
• Hortense Sparks Malsch Ward2010
• Houston Bar Association1991
• Houston Cemetery Company2009
• Houston City, Republic of Texas1965
• Houston Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade1974
• Houston Fire Station No. 71988
• Houston Heights1991
• Houston Heights City Hall and Fire Station2001
• Houston Heights Odd Fellows Lodge No. 225 Hall2021
• Houston Heights Woman's Club2011
• Houston Infirmary2010
• Houston Light Guard Armory1992
• Houston Negro Chamber of Commerce2008
• Houston Public Library2004
• Houston's Deep-Water Port2013
• Houston's First Sit-In2009
• Howard Cottonseed Oil Company2015
• Huelga Schools2016
• Hugo Victor Neuhaus, Jr. House2005
• Immaculate Conception Catholic Church2011
• Independence Heights1989
• Irvin Capers Lord1986
• J. Robert Neal Estate Garden2018
• J. Vance Lewis2008
• Jackson's Barber Shop & Beauty Salon2019
• James Collinsworth1936
• James Judson and Lena Carter Carroll House1997
• James L. Autry House2010
• James Robert Cade2016
• James S. and Alfred T. Lucas2016
• Jefferson Davis Hospital2008
• Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church2004
• Jethro Russell Bancroft1936
• John & Bessie Parker House2011
• John Cheevers1936
• John Kirby Allen1936
• John M. Dorrance House1991
• John Milroy House1979
• John R. Reid1936
• John Richardson1936
• John Thomas Biggers2012
• John Viven1936
• John W. Moore1936
• Jones-Hunt House2010
• Jordan Grove Missionary Baptist Church2001
• Joseph Ehlinger1936
• Julia Ideson Building2003
• Kellum-Noble House1967
• KUHT-TV, Channel 82012
• League of United Latin American Citizens, Council 602004
• Link-Lee House2001
• Lorenzo de Zavala1968
• Lorenzo de Zavala1936
• Louis Wiltz Kemp2013
• M. D. Anderson1993
• Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church2011
• Magnolia Brewery Building2003
• Magnolia Cemetery2002
• Magnolia Park2009
• Magnolia Park City Hall and Central Fire Station2009
• Major Isaac N. Moreland1936
• Major Richard William (Dick) Dowling, C. S. A.1998
• Married Ladies Social, Art & Charity Club2010
• Matthew Burnett Homesite1993
• Matthews-Johnson House2008
• Maurice Joseph Sullivan2011
• Merchants and Manufacturers Building1984
• Mexican Cavalry, Battle of San Jacinto1936
• Minchen House1999
• Mollie Bailey1989
• Moore Log House1996
• Moses W. Brigham1936
• Mount Pleasant Baptist Church2002
• Mount Vernon United Methodist Church1977
• Mrs. Rebecca Lamar1936
• Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church2007
• Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church2009
• Mulcahy House2014
• Myer-Hall House2011
• Myers-Spalti Manufacturing Plant2002
• Ned A. & Linda S. Eppes House1998
• New Zion Temple Church - Worldwide Fellowship, Inc.2011
• Nichols-Rice-Cherry House1967
• Old Harrisburg1965
• Old Market Square1969
• Olivewood Cemetery2008
• Original site of the Houston Coca-Cola Bottling Company2002
• Origins of Freedman's Town2004
• Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church1991
• Payne Chapel A.M.E. Church2022
• Peacock Records2010
• Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ2009
• Pillot Building1991
• Pillot House1967
• Pioneer Memorial Log House1997
• Pleasantville2017
• Prairie Grove Cemetery2007
• Reagan Masonic Lodge No. 1037 A. F. & A. M.2010
• Rice University2011
• Robert Barr1936
• Robert W. Montgomery1936
• Roy and Lillie Cullen Building2014
• Rutherford B. H. Yates, Sr., House1998
• Saint Paul A. M. E. Church1987
• Sam (Lightnin') Hopkins2010
• Sam Houston High School2009
• Sam Houston Park2009
• Samuel McCarley Homesite1993
• Samuel Paschall1957
• San Felipe Cottage1967
• San Jacinto Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas1986
• San Jacinto High School1994
• Schlobohm Cemetery2008
• Sessums & Virginia Cleveland House1999
• Sherman, Gen. Sidney, Home of1936
• Site of Academy of the Incarnate Word1972
• Site of Battle of San Jacinto, 18361964
• Site of Confederate Prison Compound1965
• Site of General Offices, Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado Railroad1967
• Site of Lubbock Ranch1970
• Site of Old Houston Academy1965
• Site of the First White House of the Republic of Texas1936
• Site of the Organization of Lady Washington Chapter, NSDAR2009
• Sloan Memorial United Methodist Church1981
• Sons of the Republic of Texas1986
• South Main Baptist Church2003
• Southside Place Park2022
• St. Andrew's Episcopal Church2010
• St. John Missionary Baptist Church2011
• St. Joseph Hospital2006
• St. Joseph's Catholic Church1989
• St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church2013
• St. Mark's United Methodist Church1990
• St. Nicholas Catholic Church1987
• St. Paul's United Methodist Church2006
• St. Peter Church1967
• St. Thomas High School1970
• Sweeney, Coombs & Fredericks Building1974
• Teas Nursery Company1993
• Temple Beth Israel2008
• Temple Lodge No. 4, A. F. & A. M.1983
• Texas Army Attacked in Four Divisions1936
• The Blue Bird Circle2001
• The Frenchtown Community2007
• The Garden Club of Houston1999
• The Houston Club2004
• The Houston Light Guard1982
• The Kennedy Bakery1981
• The Kinkaid School1981
• The Legacy of Emancipation Park2017
• The Murals of Hannah Hall2012
• The Playhouse Theatre2010
• The Rev. William M. Tryon1998
• The Reverend Ned P. Pullum2006
• The Sheridan Apartments1984
• The Sikh Center of the Gulf Coast Area, Inc.2022
• The Waldo Mansion1978
• Third Church of Christ, Scientist1999
• Thomas H. Ball, Jr.1994
• Thomas J. and Mary Donoghue House1994
• Thomas William House1991
• Thomas William House, Jr.1998
• Tod-Milby Home Site1967
• Trinity Episcopal Church1986
• Trinity United Methodist Church1984
• Twentieth-Century Development of Freedman's Town2005
• Underwood and Clara Nazro House2012
• Vollmer Cemetery2023
• W. L. Foley Building1978
• W. T. Carter, Jr., House2011
• W. T. Carter, Sr. House2014
• Waddell's House Furnishing Company Warehouse2018
• Washington Cemetery2012
• Will You Come to the Bower, Battle of San Jacinto1936
• William C. Swearingen1936
• William Daniel Durham1936
• William Gammell1936
• William S. Stilwell1936
• Within A Few Minutes, Battle of San Jacinto Site1936
• Woodland Heights Community2008
• Zion Lutheran Church2017
• Zydeco Music in Frenchtown2007

Historical markers near Houston

• Pasadena8 stories · 13 mi
• Pearland6 stories · 14 mi
• San Jacinto5 stories · 17 mi
• Humble6 stories · 18 mi
• Sugar Land10 stories · 18 mi
• Klein6 stories · 21 mi

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