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Founders Memorial Cemetery, also known as Founders Memorial Park, is the oldest cemetery in Houston, Texas, United States.Founded in 1836, it was originally known as "City Cemetery", and opened in conjunction with the founding of the City of Houston in what is now Fourth Ward near the edge of Downtown Houston.
Glenwood Cemetery is located in Houston, Texas, United States.Developed in 1871, the first professionally designed cemetery in the city accepted its first burial in 1872. Its location at Washington Avenue overlooking Buffalo Bayou served as an entertainment attraction in the 1880
Olivewood Cemetery, in Houston, Texas, lies near a bend in White Oak Bayou, along the rail line to Chaney Junction, where the First and Sixth wards meet just northwest of downtown. The 6-acre (24,000 m 2 ) cemetery is an historic resting place for many freed slaves and some of Houston's earliest black residents.
The Downtown Houston skyline is less than 1 mile (1.6 km) from the Fourth Ward, and is the site of Houston's first city cemetery, which still stands today as Founders Memorial Cemetery. Allen Parkway Village occupies 37 acres (15 ha) of land.
The Woodlawn Garden of Memories is a cemetery in Houston, Texas which is included in the National Register of Historic Places. NRHP lists Dionicio Rodriguez as the cemetery's architect. NRHP lists Dionicio Rodriguez as the cemetery's architect.
The Hemicycle at Houston National Cemetery in Houston, Harris County. Congregation Beth Israel Cemetery, Congregation Beth Israel, Houston Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, Houston
He had no living family. He was not famous. He lived alone. Yet on Tuesday, hundreds of people gathered at the graveside of World War II veteran Stephen Kolesnik Jr. and watched him laid to rest.
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 .