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Augustus Chapman Allen (July 4, 1806 – January 11, 1864), along with his younger brother, John Kirby Allen, founded the City of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. He was born on July 4, 1806, in Canaseraga Village, New York (now the hamlet of Sullivan in the Town of Sullivan, New York ), [ 1 ] to Sarah (Chapman) and Roland Allen.
August 30: Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen place their first advertisement for the proposed "Town of Houston". [2] December 15: Congress selects Houston as the provisional capitol; President Houston signs the bill. [3] The Allen Brothers, John Kirby and Augustus Chapman, co-found Houston. First cemetery is established as "City ...
The building was built above Allen's Landing—an area where Houston's founders John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen originally settled. The Merchants and Manufacturers Building was built in 1930 and was the largest building in the city at the time. [2]
The city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas was founded in 1837 after Augustus and John Allen had acquired land to establish a new town at the junction of Buffalo and White Oak bayous in 1836. Houston served as the temporary capital of the Republic of Texas. Meanwhile, the town developed as a regional transportation and commercial hub.
In August 1836, just months after the Republic of Texas won its independence from Mexico, two New York real estate developers, John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen, purchased 6,642 acres (26.88 km 2) of coastal prairie and settled the town of Houston on the banks of Buffalo Bayou. [1]
When the city of Houston was founded in 1836 and incorporated in 1837, its founders—John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen—divided it into political geographic districts called "wards". [ citation needed ] The ward system, a precursor to today's City Council districts, was a common political tool of the early 19th century, and is still ...
Augustus Chapman Allen (1806–1864), American founder of the city of Houston, Texas Augustus F. Allen (1813–1875), American politician Augustus N. Allen (1868–1958), American architect
Charlotte Baldwin Allen (July 14, 1805 – August 3, 1895) is known in Texan history as the "mother of Houston". [1] She was the wife of Augustus Chapman Allen , who used her inheritance to finance the founding of this city.