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  2. Augustus Chapman Allen - Wikipedia

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    Augustus Chapman Allen (July 4, 1806 – January 11, 1864), along with his younger brother, John Kirby Allen, founded the City of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. He was born on July 4, 1806, in Canaseraga Village, New York (now the hamlet of Sullivan in the Town of Sullivan, New York ), [ 1 ] to Sarah (Chapman) and Roland Allen.

  3. Charlotte Baldwin Allen - Wikipedia

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    Charlotte Baldwin Allen (July 14, 1805 – August 3, 1895) is known in Texan history as the "mother of Houston". [1] She was the wife of Augustus Chapman Allen , who used her inheritance to finance the founding of this city.

  4. Downtown Houston - Wikipedia

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    Marker in Downtown Houston commemorating the founding of Houston by the Allen Brothers Downtown Houston encompasses the original townsite of Houston. After the Texas Revolution , two New York real estate investors, John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen , purchased 6,642 acres (2,688 ha) of land from Thomas F.L. Parrot and his wife ...

  5. Texas inmate faces execution for fatally stabbing 2 brothers

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    Rhoades, 57, had a long criminal history, including convictions for burglary and auto theft in Florida, Iowa and Texas when he broke into Charles Allen’s house in the Houston suburb of Pasadena.

  6. Allen Center - Wikipedia

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    The Allen Center is a mixed-use skyscraper complex in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. It consists of three buildings, One Allen Center (500 Dallas Street), [1] Two Allen Center (1200 Smith Street), [2] Three Allen Center (333 Clay Street). [3] The complex has about 3,000,000 square feet (280,000 m 2) of space. [4]

  7. Fourth Ward, Houston - Wikipedia

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    The Fourth Ward lost prominence due to its inability to expand geographically, as other developments hemmed in the area. [1] Mike Snyder of the Houston Chronicle said that local historians traced the earliest signs of decline to 1940, and that it was influenced by many factors, including the opening of Interstate 45 and the construction of Allen Parkway Village, [3] a public housing complex of ...

  8. Allan Houston - Wikipedia

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    Allan Wade Houston (born April 20, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1993 to 2005. A shooting guard , Houston played nine seasons for the New York Knicks; he was a member of the Knicks' 1999 NBA Finals team.

  9. No. 8 Kansas dismantles No. 4 Houston's vaunted defense in ...

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    No. 4 Houston entered Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday armed with the nation's best defense. No. 8 Kansas carved it to pieces. The Jayhawks jumped out to a 23-11 lead and didn't let up en route to a ...