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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 ...
1913 map of the six wards of Houston 1920 map of the six wards of Houston. When the city of Houston was founded in 1836 and incorporated in 1837, its founders—John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen—divided it into political geographic districts called "wards".
Fourth Ward: West East of Taft Street, south of Buffalo Bayou, and west of Interstate 45 61 Downtown — Enclosed by Interstate 45 to the south and west, Interstate 10 to the north, Interstate 69 to the east 62 Midtown: South South of Interstate 45; north and west of Interstate 69 63 Second Ward: East
A section of the Fifth Ward, Frenchtown, once held the center of the Creole community in Houston. [10] The Sixth Ward is bounded by Memorial Drive to the south, Glenwood Cemetery to the west, Washington Avenue to the north, and Houston Avenue to the east. It was carved out of the Fourth Ward in 1877 as a residential area.
Pages in category "Fourth Ward, Houston" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Fourth Ward, Houston (8 P) T. Third Ward, Houston (1 C, 20 P) Pages in category "Wards of Houston" This category contains only the following page.
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Hyde Park, located at G2, shown on 1913 Map of Houston Wards. Hyde Park was established in 1893 and was developed on land that was owned in the 1840s by Mirabeau B. Lamar, the second President of the Republic of Texas. [2]