Marker Details

Allen, Site of the Home of A. C. and Charlotte M.


700 block of Main at Rusk

Houston , 77002

Notes: Louis Lenz Inventory # 64 of 71; D.A.R. marker; National Registry marker above DAR marker; original plate replaced by contemporary plate, location of original unknown
Directions: Gulf Building, located on the corner of Main & Rusk Streets, southeast corner of the Gulf Building; D.A.R. marker; National Registry marker above DAR marker, THC plaque below

Key Time Period: 1836 - 1845 Republic of Texas

Corretions/New Research: No data available

Marker Text: Site of the Home of A. C. and Charlotte M. Allen, who named this City for the Hero of San Jacinto, General Sam Houston, 1836. John McKnitt Alexander Chapter D.A.R. 1936
Marker Type: D.A.R. Plaque
Historical Org: Daughters of the American Revolution

Key Map Information: 493 L

GPS Coordinates: 29 45.694, 95 21.685

Precinct No: 1

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