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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places in downtown Houston, Texas. It is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Downtown Houston neighborhood, defined as the area enclosed by Interstate 10 , Interstate 45 , and Interstate 69 .
Houston dismantles the last of its streetcar system. Population: 384,514. [15] September 18, 1942 - Robertson Stadium opens as Houston Public School Stadium. [22] 1945 - The University of Houston separates from HISD and becomes a private university. 1947. Houston voters defeat the first-ever referendum for citywide zoning.
The Oral History of Houston; A thumb-nail history of the city of Houston, Texas, from its founding in 1836 to the year 1912, published 1912, hosted by the Portal to Texas History; True stories of old Houston and Houstonians: historical and personal sketches / by S. O. Young., published 1913, hosted by the Portal to Texas History
Vince's Bridge was a wooden bridge constructed by Allen Vince over Vince Bayou near Houston, Texas. Its destruction by the Texan Army Rangering Company played a critical role during the April 1836 Battle of San Jacinto in the decisive defeat of the Mexican Army , which effectively ended the Texas Revolution .
In 2006, Houston Endowment, Inc., a philanthropic foundation dedicated to improving life for the people of the greater Houston area, approved a $600,000 grant to be used by the Buffalo Bayou Partnership toward restoring and converting the 1930s Sunset Coffee Building into usable space and further improving Allen's Landing Park.
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All Saints Catholic Church is an historic church at 201 East 10th Street in the historic Heights area of Houston, Texas. The parish is a part of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. It is in Houston Heights block 218. [3] The Romanesque Revival-style church building was constructed in 1926 and added to the National Register of Historic Places ...
Harrisburg, Houston; Henry Brashear Building; Hispanics and Latinos in Houston; Roy Hofheinz; Oscar F. Holcombe; Houston Asian American Archive; Houston City Hall; Houston Endowment Inc. Houston Plank Road Company; Houston Post; Houston Volunteers; Houston's First Sit-in March 4, 1960; Howard Hughes; William J. Hutchins