#UrbanHistory
#HoustonHistory
#Hotels
#BoardingHouses
#Restaurants
#Antebellum
#Reconstruction

I am attempting my first thread on Mastodon. 1/

I updated the timeline for my book, Houston Lodging: Residential Hotels, Boarding Houses, and Restaurants, 1837-1877.

I included many citations to serve as a bibliography for 19th-c lodging houses.
https://bnjd.substack.com/p/houston-lodging-update

#HoustonHistory
#Hotels
#BoardingHouses
#Restaurants

Just in case anyone is interested in the progress of my book, Houston Lodging: Residential Hotels, Boarding Houses,, and Restaurants, 1837-1877:
https://bnjd.substack.com/p/houston-lodging-update

#HoustonHistory
#HistoryOfStreets
#Reconstruction

An undated speed ordinance for bridges leading into town that was in effect in 1866 Houston.

#HoustonHistory
#UrbanHistory
#FourthWard
#RiceUniversity

Below is a link to a lecture about Rice Institute when the trustees considered a location on Louisiana Street:
https://taskforce.rice.edu/events/houston-rice-and-race-history-fourth-ward

#HotelHistory #HoustonHistory
According to the 1850 census, Augustus Allen (co-founder of Houston), Charlotte Allen, and their daughter, Eliza, resided in the Old Capitol Hotel, which they owned at the time.
The hotel keepers also resided there, one with his family. The other residents were three merchants, a lawyer, a coach driver, and a stock raiser.

#HoustonHistory

For those who like studying maps and are interested in the history of Houston, there are many historical Houston maps online.

Maps from 1869, 1873, 1884, 1912, and 1913 maps are here:
https://cdm17006.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/maps

Sanborn maps of Houston and other cities are here:
https://maps.lib.utexas.edu/maps/sanborn/h.html

#NoUrbanFreeways
#NoStroads
#LVT
#HoustonHistory