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Houston continued as an important business, social, and economic center of Texas, while establishing the first State Fair starting in 1870 and continuing through 1878. The population surpassed 58,000 in 1900, the same year as the Great Hurricane struck Galveston.
Houston (/ ˈ h uː s t ən / HOO-stən; Scots: Houstoun), is a village in the council area of Renfrewshire and the larger historic county of the same name in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places in downtown Houston, Texas. It is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Downtown Houston neighborhood, defined as the area enclosed by Interstate 10 , Interstate 45 , and Interstate 69 .
Houston Metropolitan Research Center is established. [26] May 11: A tanker truck of ammonia crashes at Interstate 610 and U.S. Highway 59 in the Galleria area, resulting in the deaths of 7 people. [27] [28] 1977. Houston Area Women's Center founded. [29] National Women's Conference held in city.
Houston (/ ˈ h juː s t ən / ⓘ HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United States.Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat of Harris County; as well as the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second ...
The University of Houston–Downtown (UHD) is a four-year state university, located within the Main Street Market Square Historic District. Founded in 1974, it is one of four separate and distinct institutions in the University of Houston System. UHD has an enrollment of 12,900 students—making it the 13th largest public university in Texas ...
The Niels and Mellie Esperson Buildings are a building complex in downtown Houston, Texas. Mary Ann Azevedo of the Houston Business Journal said that they were "among the most recognizable" buildings in Downtown. [7] The Niels Esperson Building is the only complete example of Italian Renaissance architecture in Downtown Houston. [2]
He was the first president of the Republic of Texas, and later served as Governor of the State of Texas. Houston, Texas, the fourth-most populated city in the United States, is named for him. Sir Robert Houston, descended from a Renfrew branch of the family, was a prominent Victorian ship owner who was created a baronet of the United Kingdom.