Month: August 2021
Business Directory
C. Jim Stewart and Stevenson’s Auto and Carriage Repair
Today, Minute Maid park occupies this section of Congress street.
Business Directory
The Houston Chronicle Building
Origins Marcellus E. Foster, a former Houston Post reporter, created the Houston Chronicle in 1901 using Spindletop investment returns. A…
Business Directory
Texas Ice and Fuel Co
This ice shop would have been located on the 4700 block of Canal St, at the corner of Maplewood, which…
Business Directory
Houston Motor Car Company
Today, the Harris County Central Plant sits in this location.
Houston's Freedmen
The Gregory Institute: The Cornerstone of Houston’s Freedmen’s Town
The Gregory Institute was founded in 1870 and named after Union officer, Edgar Mantlebert Gregory. He was an outspoken abolitionist…
Business Directory
C.W. Beardsley: The Bicycle Man
If you lived in Houston during the year 1911, and owned a bike, you may have been well-acquainted with Mr.…
Uncovering Houston
Santa Fe RR Viaduct (GHER)
The Galveston-Houston Electric Railway, also referred to as GHER or The Galveston Interurban, was an electric passenger rail line that…