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A post office called Houston has been in operation since 1835. [3] Houston was platted in 1838 by Harvey Houston, and named for him. [4] The community comprises three towns from the past. North Houston was founded on November 1, 1855 by Asa Young after the Big Four (Penn Central) Railroad was built. South Houston was founded May 4, 1838 by ...
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The Main Street Market Square District has irregular boundaries. The district includes all of the blocks between Travis and Main from Texas Street to the northern boundary of University of Houston-Downtown. From the southern edge of Market Square at Preston Street, it captures all of the blocks northward until Buffalo Bayou. It includes three ...
Karingal Chambers is a heritage-listed shopping centre at 386–388 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.It was designed by Henry James (Harry) Marks and built from c. 1913 to c. 1913.
The Waynesville Main Street Historic District in Waynesville, Ohio is a 36-acre (15 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. It runs for about five blocks along Main Street from just below South Street in the south to Franklin Road in the north. [1]
Dr Row was an important Toowoomba medical man who served in both World Wars. Lieutenant-Colonel Row was in charge of the Greenslopes Hospital 1946–1947. From 1948 to 1979 he conducted his private practice from Millbrook while being a surgeon at most of the local hospitals and the Toowoomba Army Area Officer. [1]
The Toowoomba area is the traditional land of the Giabal people. [2] The area was surveyed and sold for private development in 1853 and named Toowoomba in 1858. In July 1865 the first section of the first railway in Queensland (the Main line railway) was opened to Ipswich, and by April 1867 the line reached Toowoomba. In 1887 Toowoomba was ...
Gladstone House is situated on part of Portion 86, originally an area of 93 acres (38 ha) northwest of the central business district of Toowoomba, located in the former Gowrie Shire. Portion 86, acquired by John Shipman, was one of a number of allotments ranging in size from 22–133 acres (54 ha) on the western side of Toowoomba, which were ...