Month: August 2021
C. Jim Stewart and Stevenson’s Auto and Carriage Repair
Today, Minute Maid park occupies this section of Congress street.
The Houston Chronicle Building
For over 100 years, the headquarters of the Houston Chronicle was located at the NW corner of Texas and Travis…
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…
Houston Motor Car Company
Today, the Harris County Central Plant sits in this location.
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…
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.…
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…