I'm looking for a map of Park Place Town, which was a town independent of Houston, prior to 1927, when it was annexed by Houston.
I'm working on a genealogy project for 1920. I have addresses for folks who lived in Park Place Town in 1919-1921. I need to know the names of the same streets today, so that I may plot them on a current 2020 map.
I found a Harris County plat map from 1913 that show the numbered streets, so I can map those to current. They are east-west streets:
10th St in 1920 is now Detroit St.
9th St is now Easton St.
8th St is now Findlay St.
7th St. is now Grafton St.
6th St. is now Hartford St.
5th St. is now Ithaca St.
4th St. is now Joplin St.
I noticed someone else posted the names of the streets are in alphabetical order and I found that interesting, too.
The north-south streets:
Broadway Blvd. became Broadway St.
Western St. is now Berkley St.
Colorado St. is now Dover St.
I'm missing:
California St. is now ?? What?
Oregon St. is now ?? What?
Park Place Blvd. is still that, Park Place Blvd.
The 1915 topographic map someone posted is such a wonderful map !!! But it has so few street names on it
Also, the 1920 census enumerator listed the people and the street names but with no house numbers. Egad. why would he omit the house numbers.
The 1920-21 and 1924 City Directory sometimes has a listing for these people, but all it says is they live in Park Place. No address. It was outside the city of Houston at that time.
If anyone has any ideas for me, I sure would appreciate it.
Park Place Real Estate
in EaDo, the East End, and East Houston
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I'm looking for a map of Park Place Town, which was a town independent of Houston, prior to 1927, when it was annexed by Houston.
I'm working on a genealogy project for 1920. I have addresses for folks who lived in Park Place Town in 1919-1921. I need to know the names of the same streets today, so that I may plot them on a current 2020 map.
I found a Harris County plat map from 1913 that show the numbered streets, so I can map those to current. They are east-west streets:
10th St in 1920 is now Detroit St.
9th St is now Easton St.
8th St is now Findlay St.
7th St. is now Grafton St.
6th St. is now Hartford St.
5th St. is now Ithaca St.
4th St. is now Joplin St.
I noticed someone else posted the names of the streets are in alphabetical order and I found that interesting, too.
The north-south streets:
Broadway Blvd. became Broadway St.
Western St. is now Berkley St.
Colorado St. is now Dover St.
I'm missing:
California St. is now ?? What?
Oregon St. is now ?? What?
Park Place Blvd. is still that, Park Place Blvd.
The 1915 topographic map someone posted is such a wonderful map !!! But it has so few street names on it
Also, the 1920 census enumerator listed the people and the street names but with no house numbers. Egad. why would he omit the house numbers.
The 1920-21 and 1924 City Directory sometimes has a listing for these people, but all it says is they live in Park Place. No address. It was outside the city of Houston at that time.
If anyone has any ideas for me, I sure would appreciate it.
Thank you.
Mary Hollis