The Cultural Heritage of Harris County

Harris County has a rich cultural heritage. See the information below to find out more about the lifestyles and diversity of the County's earliest residents.

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Title	Address	Phone	URLHyperlink	Description
African American Library at the Gregory School	1300 Victor Street Houston, Texas 77019 (enter on Cleveland St)	832-393-1440	http://www.thegregoryschool.org/	Arrange a group tour of the exhibits and collections.
Asian Pacific American Heritage Association	6220 Westpark Dr. #245 B Houston, Texas 77057	713-784-1112	Asian Pacific American Heritage Association	COST. Annual Cultural/Interfaith Bus Tour: APAHA/Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston for a guided bus tour to Asian places of worship and a lunch stop in Chinatown.
Betty Bruno, Tour Guide		713-631-4454		COST. A specialist in African American aspects of Houston area.
San Jacinto Battleground, Friends of, Flickr Account			San Jacinto Battleground, Friends of, Flickr Account	Tour of the Lorenzo de Zavala Family Cemetery via photos.

Marker Number	Description	Address	City	Zip
00109	Persons Known To Have Been Buried in DeZavala Cemetery	3523 Battleground Road (Independence Parkway)	La Porte	77571
00121	Damascus Missionary Baptist Church [Replacement]	3211 Center St. at Court	Houston	77007
00206	Dowling, Dick, gravesite	2405 Navigation & St. Charles	Houston	77003
00215	de Zavala Cemetery, Lorenzo	Zavala Point, 16530 DeZavala Road	Channelview	77530
00216	de Zavala Homesite, Lorenzo	Zavala Point, 16530 DeZavala Road	Channelview	77530
00248	Independence Heights A Portrait of a Historic Neighborhood 1905 - 2005	7300 block of North Main at 34th Street	Houston	77020
00250	de Zavala (original), Site of the Home of Lorenzo	310 Enid St at Melwood	Houston	77009
00401	Wheatley High School, Phillis	4801 Providence	Houston	44020
00402	Spring Creek Park Cemetery West Chappel Methodist Episcopal Cemetery	15012 Brown Road	Tomball	77375
10597	Antioch Missionary Baptist Church	500 Clay St at Andrews	Houston	77002
10605	Barrett, Harrison	Old Highway 90 East, west of FM 2100	Crosby	77532
10612	Bear Creek Methodist Church and Cemetery	SH 6 just north of Patterson Rd.	Addicks	77084
10617	Bering Memorial United Methodist Church	1440 Harold	Houston	77006
10618	Braun, Caspar	2525 Washington Avenue	Houston	77007
10620	Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church	3208 Washington Avenue	Houston	77007
10624	Camp Logan	Arnot & Haskell St., in Memorial Park	Houston	77007
10637	de Zavala, Lorenzo [1968]	7521 Avenue H	Houston	77012
10638	de Zavala, Site of the Home of Lorenzo [Replacement]	Zavala Point, 16530 DeZavala Road	Channelview	77530
10639	de Zavala Plaza	3523 Battleground Road (Independence Parkway)	La Porte	77571
10642	Covington House, Dr. Benjamin Jesse Covington and The	2200 Dowling at Hadley	Houston	77003
10643	Crown Hill Cemetery	813 North Richey Street	Pasadena	77056
10645	Damascus Missionary Baptist Church	3211 Center St. at Court	Houston	77007
10658	Evergreen Cemetery [Houston]	670 Altic St off of 5500 Harrisburg Blvd.	Houston	77023
10668	Gammell, William [Centennial]	1217 West Dallas at Valentine Street	Houston	77019
10682	Heritage Presbyterian Church	7934 North Hwy 6	Houston	77095
10704	Independence Heights	7818 North Main & 38th St.	Houston	77020
10706	Jackson, Humphrey	1656 Beaumont Highway	Crosby	77532
10712	Kennedy Bakery	813 Congress	Houston	77002
10714	Klein Community	16715 Stuebner-Airline at Loretta	Klein	77379
10717	Lambrecht’s Artesian Well	Business FM 1960 A at North Houston	Humble	77338
10719	LH7 Ranch	573 Barker-Clodine Road	Barker	77094
10725	McGhee Elementary School Building	1st Street at Crockett	Channelview	77530
10730	Miller House, Ezekial & Mary Jane	304 Hawthorne	Houston	77006
10738	Mount Vernon United Methodist Church	1501 Jensen Drive at Burnett	Houston	77020
10739	Brill-Mueller House	2503 South Cherry	Tomball	77375
10746	Prehistoric Indian Campsite	605 Pine Gully Road	Seabrook	77586
10749	Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church	2405 Navigation at S. Jensen	Houston	77003
10757	Rose Hill United Methodist Church	21014 Rosehill Church Road	Tomball	77377
10758	Saibara, Seito and Kiyoaki, Contributions to the Texas Rice Industry by	300 blk E NASA Parkway	Webster	77598
10759	St. Mark’s United Methodist Church	600 Pecore Street at Northwood	Houston	77009
10761	St. Nicholas Catholic Church	2508 Clay Avenue at St. Charles	Houston	77003
10762	St. Paul A.M.E. Church	1554 Gears St. at Adel	Houston	77067
10763	St. Peter Church	9022 Long Point Rd.	Houston	77055
10765	Salem Lutheran Church Site, Old	22604 Lutheran Church Road	Tomball	77375
10778	Sjolander, Near Home Site of John Peter	6330 Sjolander Road at Landmark	Cedar Bayou	77522
10779	Sloan Memorial United Methodist Church	712 Sydnor at 3100 Nance	Houston	77020
10794	Theis (Theiss) Family	18303 Fern Bluff Drive	Klein	77379
10798	Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery	Klein Cemetery Road	Klein	77379
10801	Washington Cemetery	2911 Washington Avenue	Houston	77007
10802	Webster Presbyterian Church	5003 East NASA Parkway	Seabrook	77586
10807	Wunderlich Farm	18218/18202 Theiss Mail Route Road	Klein	77379
10808	Wunsche Brothers Saloon & Hotel	103 Midway at Hardy	Spring	77373
10809	Trinity United Methodist Church	2600 Holman	Houston	77004
11691	Yates, Sr. House, Rutherford B. H.	1314 Andrews St.	Houston	77019
11938	Dowling C.S.A., Major Richard William (Dick)	1700 blk North Macgregor Drive	Houston	77030
11965	Heiner, Eugene Thomas	2525 Washington Avenue	Houston	77007
11971	Roberts Cemetery	20000 blk. of Roberts Cemetery Rd.	Tomball	77447
12325	Harrisburg-Jackson Cemetery	7700 Bowie St. at 7800 Lawndale	Houston	77012
12418	Jordan Grove Missionary Baptist Church	2603 Anita St. at Live Oak	Houston	77004
12740	Wunderlich, Catherine	18218/18202 Theiss Mail Route Road	Klein	77379
12830	Pillot Cemetery	12317 Holderrieth Road	Tomball	77375
12852	St. John Lutheran Church	15235 Spring-Cypress Road	Cypress	77429
12869	Kohrville Community	18218/18202 Theiss Mail Route Road	Klein	77379
12879	St. John Lutheran Cemetery	19520 Lutheran Cemetery Road	Cypress	77429
12912	First Evangelical Church	1300 Holman	Houston	77004
12923	Mount Pleasant Baptist Church	4819 Hershe St at 1700 Solo	Houston	77020
12927	College Memorial Park Cemetery	3500 West Dallas	Houston	77019
12935	Blue Triangle Branch, Y. W. C. A. Building	3005 McGowen at Sauer	Houston	77004
13074	Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church	2201 Tuam Ave	Houston	77004
13117	Magnolia Cemetery	816 Montrose Boulevard	Houston	77019
13165	Spring [Town of]	403 Main	Spring	77373
13235	Salem Lutheran School	22598 Lutheran Church Road	Tomball	77375
13289	Strack Cemetery	17,900 Kuykendahl Rd at Cypress Villas Road	Klein/Spring	77373
13296	League of United Latin American Citizens, Council 60	3004 Bagby St.	Houston	77006
13313	Ancient Order of Pilgrims	515 Allen Parkway at Bagby	Houston	77002
13317	Freedman’s Town. Origins of	West Dallas Avenue at Heiner	Houston	77019
13318	Freedman's Town, Twentieth Century Development of	200 block West Gray Ave at Taft St	Houston	77019
13445	Houston Club, The	910 Louisiana St., One Shell Plaza, Suite 4900	Houston	77002
13516	Galilee Missionary Baptist Church	6616 D.S. Bailey Lane	Houston	77091
13545	Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church	3015 North Macgregor Way	Houston	77004
13608	Bethany Baptist Church	7304 Homestead Road	Houston	77028
13640	Pullum, The Reverend Ned P.	1319 Andrews St	Houston	77019
13648	Kohrville	11000 Gatesden Drive	Tomball	77375
13698	Kleb Family House	Kleb Woods Nature Preserve, Draper & Mueschke Rds	Tomball	77375
13710	Forsgard, Gustav August	2525 Washington Avenue	Houston	77007
14002	Fourth Missionary Baptist Church	2708 Webster St. at Nagle St.	Houston	77004
14033	Prairie Grove Cemetery	13685 Renn Rd	Houston	77083
14035	Carver High School, George Washington [Aldine ISD]	2100 South Victory Drive	Houston	77088
14055	Frenchtown Community, The	2900 Quitman Rd and US 59 north frontage road	Houston	77020
14113	Acres Homes Community	West Montgomery & W. Little York	Houston	77091
14239	Olivewood Cemetery	200 Court St.	Houston	77007
14479	Lewis, J. Vance	1218 Wilson Street	Houston	77019
14633	South Main Baptist Church	4100 Main Street	Houston	77002
14729	Woodland Heights Community	3300 Beauchamp & 300 Highland	Houston	77009
14850	Pillot Family	510 North Pine St. at Epps St.	Tomball	77375
14937	Emancipation Park	3018 Dowling	Houston	77004
15090	Schlobohm Cemetery	4485 Lauder Road	Houston	77039
15097	Zydeco Music in Frenchtown	3100 Collingsworth at 3400 Eastex Fwy. (Hwy. 59)	Houston	77020
15118	Houston Negro Chamber of Commerce	2808 Wheeler St.	Houston	77004
15130	Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church	Tierwester and Hadley	Houston	77004
15422	Fidelity Schools	16th Street at 1508 Hunter	Galena Park	77547
15494	St. John United Church	4606 Mangum Road	Houston	77092
15497	Frost Town Community	512 McKee St.	Houston	77002
15705	Magnolia Park	907 76th Street & Avenue J	Houston	77012
15706	Tijerina, Felix	904 Westheimer at Grant St.	Houston	77006
15713	Sit-in, Houston's First	4110 Almeda	Houston	77004
15724	Salem Lutheran Cemetery	23555 1/2 Lutheran Cemetery Rd.	Tomball	77377
15730	Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church	215 Medina	Houston	77012
15742	Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church	2301 Nagle Street	Houston	77004
15757	Gammell, William	2911 Washington Avenue	Houston	77007
15795	Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ	3115 Blodgett	Houston	77004
15796	Trinity East United Methodist Church	2418 McGowen and St. Charles	Houston	77004
15797	St. John Missionary Baptist Church	2702 Dowling Street	Houston	77004
15798	Yates, Rev. John Henry "Jack"	3500 West Dallas	Houston	77019
15803	Sessums, John, Jr.	3500 West Dallas	Houston	77019
15805	Chen, Edward King Tung	3599 Westcenter Drive	Houston	77042
15870	St. James United Methodist Church	1217 Wilson St	Houston	77019
16008	1840 Houston City Cemetery [City Cemetery # 2]	1101 Girard at Elder	Houston	77007
16254	Chinese Texans and Civil Rights	6400 Bissonnet St. at Braewick	Houston	77074
16469	Hopkins, Sam (Lightnin')	Dowling at Frances Street	Houston	77004
16480	Carver High School, George Washington [Goose Creek ISD]	800 Carver Street	Baytown	77520
16494	Peacock Records	4120 Lyons Avenue	Houston	77522
16495	Houston Infirmary	1002 Washington Avenue	Houston	77002
16534	Playhouse Theatre, The	4816 Main Street	Houston	77002
16541	Married Ladies Social, Art & Charity Club of America	1814 Southmore Boulevard	Houston	77004
16570	Washington High School, Booker T.	119 East 39th Street & Yale St.	Houston	77018
16686	Hidalgo Park Quiosco	7000 Avenue Q & N. 70th St.	Houston	77011
16747	Bonin Family Cemetery	23533 Gosling Road	Spring	77389
16769	Grand Court Order of Calanthe of Texas	2411 Dowling Street	Houston	77004
16770	Sullivan, Maurice J.	Southmore Boulevard and Fannin Street	Houston	77004
16771	Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church	1401 Ruthven Street	Houston	77019
16890	St. John Missionary Baptist Church	2222 Gray Street	Houston	77003
17014	Bethel Missionary Baptist Church	801 Andrews Street	Houston	77019
17015	New Zion Temple Church	1601 Ruthven at Gillette	Houston	77019
17020	Eldorado Ballroom	2310 Elgin	Houston	77004
17098	Cypress	26026 Hempstead Highway	Cypress	77429
17213	Biggers, John Thomas	3100 Cleburne	Houston	77004
17289	Jordan, Barbara Charline	3100 Cleburne Avenue	Houston	77004
17509	El Barrio del Alacrán	1900 blk of Runnels, near North Hamilton intersect	Houston	77002
17631	St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church	714 Detering Street	Houston	77007
17750	Murals at Hannah Hall, The	3100 Cleburne Avenue	Houston	77004
17909	First Shiloh Baptist Church	4420 Lyons Ave, at Tralle St.	Houston	77020
18068	Washington Cemetery [Replacement]	2911 Washington Avenue	Houston	77007
18144	Baytown Mexican School (DeZavala Elementary)		Baytown
18171	Greater Ward Chapel AME	6822 Arabella Street	Houston	77091
HR-C001	Hart, Magee, Oates, Singleton Cemetery	3700 block of Trail Mobile Drive	Houston	77013
HR-C005	Magnolia Cemetery	816 Montrose Boulevard	Houston	77019
HR-C008	Amos Cemetery East	16813 Hufsmith-Kohrville Road	Houston	77070
HR-C101	Adath Israel Cemetery	4714 Airline Drive	Houston	77022
HR-C102	Adath Emeth Cemetery	1540 Sylvester	Houston	77009
HR-C135	Willis Wood Cemetery [Bottoms]	East of 14226 Lakewood Forest Dr. & S. of Path	Houston	77070
HR-C136	Tetter Black Cemetery	Cypresswood and Tetter Cemetery Road	Humble	77338
HR-C145	Evergreen Negro Cemetery	Market Street at Lockwood (east & west)	Houston	77020
HR-C228	Humble Negro Cemetery	FM 1960 Bypass Road East (westbound/north side)	Humble	77338
HR-C244	Kohrmann Family Cemetery	11000 Gatesden Drive	Tomball	77375
HR-C374	Trinity Lutheran Cemetery	574 Sawyer Street	Houston	77007

Address	Phone	URLHyperlink	Email	Title
1000 Bagby Houston, Texas	(713)655-1912	4th Ward Cottage		4th Ward Cottage (Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park)

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Title	Copyright	Authors	Publisher	Location	PrimaryDesc
City houses: The urban landscape	1980	Rice Design Alliance, The	Rice Design Alliance	Houston

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College Park Cemetery Association	College Park Cemetery Association
Descendants of Olivewood	Descendants of Olivewood

Harris County Historical Commission

Recognizing historic people, places, and events in Harris County, Texas

The Cultural Heritage of Harris County

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Recognizing historic people, places, and events in Harris County, Texas

​The Cultural Heritage of Harris County

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