AnaMaria Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 (edited) Can anyone provide a resource to confirm that Chapman Street was named after the founder of Houston? I am told via oral histories from families that lived in the area,1910 thru 1960, that the Chapman was the developer of this neighborhood of Queen Anne Cottage style row houses, circa 1860-1890. Edited July 11, 2008 by AnaMaria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 (edited) Can anyone provide a resource to confirm that Chapman Street was named after the founder of Houston? I am told via oral histories from families that lived in the area,1910 thru 1960, that the Chapman was the developer of this neighborhood of Queen Anne Cottage style row houses, circa 1860-1890. You are referring to the very Near Northside as it is/was known. Coincidence, we still know a family that has had the same home for over 60 plus years on Chapman & Lorraine The home they have lived in is of Queen Anne style with a high pitched roof, big front porch, tall interiors and it still has most of the original detail. In fact if you drive very slowly around all of this nabe you will find numerous similar homes complete with gingerbread ornamentation. Many have been remuddled beyond recognition but if you observe or imagine the years of remodeling you can see that it is hiding underneath. See topic under Other Neighborhoods (Northside) where we or I urged people to try to save these relics before development plows them under for eternity. Hopefully someone else can provide the source for the Chapman name. PS, please urge these very friends of yours to start on Haif. This is a very historical area that has been ignored for decades. My dad grew up on Terry Street near Hay's Street from around late 1930's to early 1950's. Most of the old timers will tell you it was once a very clean and quiet area. The area then was mostly non Hispanic too. Good luck and welcome aboard! Here is a mapquest of the somewhat heart of the "Northside" as it was always known at least while I was growing up here in the city. We never called it Ward period, just Northside. Edited July 11, 2008 by Vertigo58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robhan Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 The Allen's founded Houston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Julio Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Amazing panorama, thank you.What if you could go back in time and tell the people in this picture, "Nearly everything you see in this picture will be demolished by 1970." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roym Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Amazing panorama, thank you.What if you could go back in time and tell the people in this picture, "Nearly everything you see in this picture will be demolished by 1970." Yeah, that would sound crazy, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIREhat Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 But the most prominent is still there: the Chronicle building is still standing but you can't see it. They skinned over it to make it and the building that was eventually built next door look like one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 I thought this was interesting.. From the 1910 Annual Report of the Chief of Police of Houston, TX, found in the Illustrated City Book of Houston at Google books: --------- --------- --------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Also from the 1910 Illustrated City Book of Houston at Google books: --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 1 citation for blocking a sidewalk. Do you think it was Hartmann's great grandfather? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 BTW, did anyone notice that the murder rate in 1910 is about twice as high as 2008? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 BTW, did anyone notice that the murder rate in 1910 is about twice as high as 2008?Not so much the murder rate, because I don't keep tabs on early-20th century population milestones...but I did notice the disproportionate frequency of "colored" women being arrested. I'm guessing that those were mostly prostitution-related offenses, but it is a curious circumstance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 I LOL'd at that 1 arrest for using profane language over the telephone. That's not what Edison intended it for you vile lummox! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo1976 Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 (edited) "Carrying a dirk"That's something you don't hear too often. Edited November 24, 2009 by gonzo1976 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 ONE Incest arrest? Is that even possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 ONE Incest arrest? Is that even possible? Nobody was arrested for that in those days, he must have pissed off the cops so they trumped up a charge on him 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Nobody was arrested for that in those days, he must have pissed off the cops so they trumped up a charge on him Or maybe he was by himself, and the cops got creative? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 My personal favorites - the one occurrence each of selling liquor on election day and selling spoiled eggs, ten accompanying lewd women, 17 "lunacy," and 21 keeping of a disorderly house...! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic08 Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Wow - 13 deaths related to neglect - strange. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Tuberculosis was all the rage.Why are some death causes whited out? Like 108-117 and others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 I had to look up "dropsy". First time I have heard that term. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Not sure about the white outs or if they're intentional..I looked at some other years (paper copies) and they are not organized with subsections - just long lists.The first blocked (60-64) were most likely all spinal cord related, the second blocked (108-117) probably all intestinal related (the first there being intestinal parasites) and maybe liver/cirrhosis since I don't see it anywhere else, the third blocked (127-130) maybe uterine related, and the fourth and fifth blocked (160-161, 172-176) - I'm not too sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Unlawfully wearing emblem of a secret order - WTF? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 (edited) I'm fairly convinced it's censored. It's not random and the whited out spots are just the right size, or close to it. The whited out areas seem to concern spinal and intestinal diseases, reproductive organs, and suicide methods. Of course the who and why would make an interesting story, I'm sure. It might just have been something as simple as a cover-up for fear of some kind of public hysteria about diseases thought to be communicable, incurable, or embarassing in some way, and an attempt to spare the feelings of the surviving relatives of suicide victims. Edited November 24, 2009 by marmer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo1976 Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 I doubt it was censored. The originals would almost certainly be available for viewing at the Texas Room.I was wondering why poisoning wasn't listed under suicide. I always find that manner of suicide appearing in the papers. Maybe I just missed it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 This is from the 1925 report...tuberculosis, anyone? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Unlawfully wearing emblem of a secret order - WTF?that and using profane language over the telephone.good thing this one isn't around any more. I'd be a repeat offender, and I'm only talking about one phone call! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanS Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Doesn't it seem odd that so many people were ticketed/jailed for "suspicion?" That's the offense. Suspicion."Hey! Why am I being ticketed? What did I do??!""...Oh... just suspicious... that's all..."...and it happened 216 times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 They sure did like to arrest them colored womens. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retama Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 "Loitering in a house of prostitution."Pardon me, sir, are you going to make a purchase or just oggle the goods? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonhart Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Houston Book Found a very cool site at http://www.archive.org that has tons of public domain pictures, audio, film etc. The link above is a 1913 illustrated book of Houston with color plates. The pages flip just like a book, and you can zoom in. Below is a sample of one of the illustrations. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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