wendyps Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 I just love looking this over and trying to make connections to today.Lots of name changes and moved streets...lots of stuff exactly the same.http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/maps/images/map0435.jpgI found this by following a link somehone had posted looking for an old street in midtown. There are a lot of great old maps on the website that you can look at online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 that is really neat - interesting to see what houston was like when brays bayou barely made it on the map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 What a treasure to have, thanks for sharing Wendy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowbrow Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 Things I like:Rice InstituteShepherd's Damn?? RoadGerman Cemetary (now Washington Cemetary)Our W. Dallas Road was called San Felipe Road (guess they moved it?)Ballpark where the Gulf Freeway is now (near Crosby and Andrews)Montgomery Road (west) is now N. MainMontgomery Road (east) is now FultonMain Street Park is now Hermann ParkI love this stuff. This is why I collect old maps. I have a bunch of 1850's world maps with all kinds of intersting tidbits on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 Things I like:Rice InstituteShepherd's Damn?? RoadGerman Cemetary (now Washington Cemetary)Our W. Dallas Road was called San Felipe Road (guess they moved it?)Ballpark where the Gulf Freeway is now (near Crosby and Andrews)Montgomery Road (west) is now N. MainMontgomery Road (east) is now FultonMain Street Park is now Hermann ParkI love this stuff. This is why I collect old maps. I have a bunch of 1850's world maps with all kinds of intersting tidbits on them.Some of the changes have political roots. During and after WWI there was a lot of anti-German sentiment. Therefore, what used to be called German Ave. was changed to Canal Street. Also, the street formerly called Euclid was renamed Waugh in honor of a veteran killed in WWI.I assume that what's now the 600 block of Marshall was renamed from Oxford Street, because Houston Heights already had a street by that name. There's a lot of odd little tidbits on that map for those who are familiar with Houston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyps Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 yeah, my whole area (woodland heights) seems to be wacky! It is hard to tell what has just been renamed, and what roads were changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 During and after WWI there was a lot of anti-German sentiment. Therefore, what used to be called German Ave. was changed to Canal Street.That's not quite accurate. According to the Sanborn insurance maps at the Ideson Library, German St. became Sherman St. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 wellllll strictly looking at blocks on maps, today, canal street is located six blocks south of navigation in 1913, german st. was six blocks south of navigation of course, block sizes could have changed, but... on the 1913 map, german was two blocks north of sherman (with brady st. in between), and today, canal is two blocks north of sherman (with brady st. in between). soo...it appears that dbigtex is correct - and, could german have become sherman if sherman was already there (two blocks away?) that hurt my eyes and brain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 That was pretty neat. I always forget that Redbluff use to be a city and was not always just a road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwrm4 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 When I bought my house in Woodland Heights a couple years ago, a many times xerox'd copy of the upper left quarter of this map came with all the title stuff. I thought it quite odd at the time because 1) my house wasn't built untlil 1926, and 2) my street, Teetshorn, wasn't even "on the map" yet.But, it was cool to look at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 wellllllstrictly looking at blocks on maps, today, canal street is located six blocks south of navigation in 1913, german st. was six blocks south of navigation of course, block sizes could have changed, but... on the 1913 map, german was two blocks north of sherman (with brady st. in between), and today, canal is two blocks north of sherman (with brady st. in between). soo...it appears that dbigtex is correct - and, could german have become sherman if sherman was already there (two blocks away?) that hurt my eyes and brain I'm just saying what the Sanborn map said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 I'm just saying what the Sanborn map said. That's what make this sort of discussion interesting to me. It's like being Nancy Drew, but without the danger. Another thought: if they changed "German" to "Sherman" all they'd need to do is lop off the G and add a Sh to the existing street signs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torvald Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 wow --- great map --- fancy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 That's not quite accurate. According to the Sanborn insurance maps at the Ideson Library, German St. became Sherman St. The difference is AVENUE, not STREET. I am sure BOTH were renamed, big tex and you are both right, just different roads though. TAH-DAH, TJ saves the day AGAIN ! Nothing to see here folks, keep moving....... keep moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayouCityGirl Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 WOW!! How long has Westheimer been around?!! I found it on this map! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyps Posted March 3, 2006 Author Share Posted March 3, 2006 I'm totally not in the mood to work, so I'm reading some older posts on here, and found this...http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...?showtopic=2250lots of neat information and more maps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 I'm totally not in the mood to work, so I'm reading some older posts on here, and found this...http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...?showtopic=2250 lots of neat information and more maps. neither am i - thanks for the link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 On the 1913 map, it is interesting that there is a series of numbered streets, Second to Tenth Sts., north of Buffalo Bayou and west of Main, that are all gone now. There is also an interesting neighborhood where UH is now. The north-south streets are named after male saints, and the east-west streets are named after female saints. St Bernard eventually became Cullen, but the others are gone now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayouCityGirl Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 I wish they would have kept the old street names. Just imagined if you kept 1-10th street and then went to the heights! (talk about confusing!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartalek Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 I'm just saying what the Sanborn map said.Just keep speeding down Memorial and it will be alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Not architecture related, but this photo from October, 1913 caught my attention because of its description: "Eleven year old Western Union messenger #51. J.T. Marshall. Been day boy here for five months. Goes to Red Light district some and knows some of the girls." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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torvald Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 i like this one very much because of the old rice hotel building (across from the majestic theatre). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Is that the old post office under construction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo1976 Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Is that the old post office under construction?Yeah. Same goes for the county courthouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo1976 Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Is that snow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ V Lawrence Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 J. T. Marshall. That name sounds familiar. Didn't he become one of Houston's richest dude? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Is that snow?Maybe it's gravel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F. Barnes Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Is that the guy who married Anna Nicole Smith?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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