Old Harrisburg - Houston, TX
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jhuoni
N 29° 42.964 W 095° 16.667
15R E 279659 N 3289494
Once the town of Harrisburg, annexed by the city of Houston in 1926.
Waymark Code: WM10R8E
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/15/2019
Views: 1
Located at the Frost Bank at 1001 Broadway St, this Rotary sponsored marker tells about the town of Harrisburg in the days before Texas.
The town was founded in 1826 by John Richardson Harris, a native of New York State and one of the "Old Three Hundred” Texas Colonists. He died of yellow fever in 1829, while visiting in New Orleans. His wife, Jane Birdsall Harris, and the oldest of their four children, arrived in Harrisburg in 1833.
The Harris home was located three blocks north of this site. At her invitation, the government of the Republic of Texas, retreating before the advancing of Mexican forces, made her home the Capitol of the Republic from March 22 until April 13, 1836. On April 16 a patrol of the Mexican Army burned the town, including the Harris home.
Following the victory at San Jacinto Mrs. Harris and her children rebuilt their home, and she lived there until her death in 1869. She is buried in Glendale Cemetery, at the foot of East Magnolia Street.
Harrisburg prospered for a time, being the first railroad terminal in Texas as well as the head of navigation on Buffalo bayou. The neighboring city grew more rapidly, however, and in 1926 Harrisburg was annexed by the city of Houston.
Erected by the Rotary Club of Harrisburg July, 1984
Rotary Club of Harrisburg (Houston)
100% Paul Harris Fellow Club Chartered May 29, 1939
Plaque or monument: Plaque
Placed by?: Rotary Club of Harrisburg
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