Home Sweet Home: Greater Houston Subdivisions and Neighborhoods

When

Monday, October 26, 10 AM to 5 PM

Where

Julia Ideson Building, Houston (550 McKinney Street)

Price

Free

Source fetched

Thu, Oct 22

In 1836, brothers Augustus Chapman and John Kirby Allen founded the town of Houston at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou. Shortly after, they advertised the area in the Telegraph and Texas Register as “handsome and beautifully elevated,” where settlers could enjoy “the sea breeze in all its freshness.” The Allen Brothers' descriptions may…

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