Showing posts with label Texas-Historical-Commission-Markers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Texas-Historical-Commission-Markers. Show all posts

Sunday, June 25, 2017

The Garden Club of Houston


GARDEN CLUB OF HOUSTON - HISTORICAL MARKER
The Garden Club 

 THE GARDEN CLUB OF HOUSTON
TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION MARKER 
ON THE GROUNDS OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON 


Thursday, May 25, 2017

Houston's First Sit-In at Weingarten's Lunch Counter (Historical Marker))



Houston's First Sit-In Historical Marker on Almeda

Texas Historical Commission Marker at site of former Weingarten Supermarket where in 1960 TSU students staged the first lunch counter sit-in in Houston that led to peaceful desegregation of public accommodations in the City of Houston.

United States Post Office at 4110 Almeda Rd Houston, TX 77004
At 4110 Almeda Rd Houston, TX 77004 today: United States Post Office 

Friday, December 9, 2016

Dick Dowling - White marble statute of Civil War figure at Hermann Park and grave in the East End



Long dead, but still controversial: Irishman-Southerner Dick Dowling,
of Civil War battle fame 
Hermann Park sign - Cambridge St. at S. MacGregor Way
The way to other Hermann Park Destinations
Hermann Park sign with Dowling top right
 - Cambridge St. at S. MacGregor Way 

Dick Dowling Statue with Texas Historical Commission Marker
Cambridge St: Dick Dowling Statue with Texas Historical Commission Marker 

DOWLING GRAVE AT ST VINCENT'S CEMETERY 
IN THE EAST END 

Dick Dowling plaque at burial site in historic St. Vincent's cemetery
on Navigation Blvd. 
Lt. Dick Dowling burial site - Houston East End Historic Cemetery

Dick Dowling burial site at St. Vincent's Cemetery
Dick Dowling is buried at St. Vincent's Cemetery adjoining Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
on Navigation Boulevard in Houston's East End 



Saturday, November 19, 2016

Pioneer Memorial Log House on the edge of the TMC



Daughters of the Republic of Texas - San Jacinto Chapter 

Pioneer Memorial Log House Historical Marker 

1510 Cambridge St, Houston, TX 77030 Pioneer Memorial Log House
Front door of Pioneer Memorial Log House flanked by historical markers 

Sunday, October 30, 2016

Founders Memorial Cemetery on W. Dallas St.

Where the Allens Rest in Peace 

Texas Historical Commission Medallion at Founders Cemetery on W. Dallas Street - Houston TX


John Kirby Allen Historical Commission Marker
John Kirby Allen Historical Commission Marker 
1836 Town of Houston Newspaper Pitch  (at Sesquicentennial Park)
1836 Town of Houston Newspaper Pitch  (at Sesquicentennial Park)



Augustus Chapman Allen (Texas Historical Commission Marker)
Augustus Chapman Allen (Texas Historical Commission Marker) 

Harvey H. Allen - 2nd Chief Justice Harris Co. (1819-1867) Grave Marker
Harvey H. Allen - 2nd Chief Justice Harris Co. (1819-1867) Grave Marker 


James Collingsworth Grave Site (drowned in Galveston in 1839)
James Collingsworth Grave Site (drowned in Galveston in 1839) 


 Founders Memorial Cemetery in the Fall 
Texas Historic Cemetery - Tex Hist. Comm'n Medallion
Texas Historical Commission Medallion at Historic Cemetery where the Allen Brothers are buried