Event Dime

Home Sweet Home: Greater Houston Subdivisions and Neighborhoods

When:

October 19, 2026 · 10:00 AM

Where:

Julia Ideson Building, 550 McKinney St, Houston, TX

In 1836, brothers Augustus Chapman and John Kirby Allen founded the town of Houston at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou. Shortly after, they advertised the area in the Telegraph and Texas Register as “handsome and beautifully elevated,” where settlers could enjoy “the sea breeze in all its freshness.” The Allen Brothers’ descriptions may have been misleading, bu they were effective for attracting settlers and immigrants with the promise of a fresh start, cheap land, and econom