City of Houston, Harris Co., Texas 1869

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Title	City of Houston, Harris Co., Texas 1869
Original Publisher	W.E. Wood
Date Original	Jan. 1, 1869
Description	Shows numbered city lots and blocks, streets, structures, ward boundaries, and Buffalo Bayou. Title from cartographic flourish beneath portrait of Gen. Sam Houston. Scale of main map [ca. 1:4200] 350 ft. to 1 in. Relief shown pictorially. Insets: The original plan of Houston -- Railroad map of Texas -- Map of new Houston. Includes seal of the city of Houston with signatures of city secretary and major. Includes ill.: Buffalo Bayou Draw-bridge -- Residence of E.S. Perkins -- Old Capitol -- Christ Church -- Morris Building -- Perkin's Corner -- Pillot Building -- Allen Station -- Houston Gas Works -- Masonic Temple -- Eureka Mills -- Residence of A. Whitaker -- Residence of J.T.D. Wilson -- Miss Brown's Young Ladies Seminary -- Houston City Stables. Includes "Statistics." Includes indexes: Main Street reference -- Preston Street reference -- Travis Street reference -- Commerce Street reference -- Franklin Street reference -- Congress Street reference.
Caption	Written on front: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1868 by W.E. Wood in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas." "Approved & adopted by The City Council as per resolution passed September 4th."
Source	historical maps; 1 map ; color ; 58 x 52 in., on sheet 77 x 68 cm.
Subject Keywords	City of Houston Map
LC Subject Terms	Buildings ; City planning ; Streets ; Municipal buildings ; Urbanization
Coverage Spatial	Houston (Tex.)
Coverage Temporal	1860s
Type	image
Language	English
Publisher	Electronic version published by Houston Public Library, Houston, Texas
Collection	Maps Collection
HPL Location	Maps Collection, Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library
Rights	Please contact the Houston Metropolitan Research Center
Date Digital	2009
Format	jpg
Digitization Specifications	300dpi; Phase One scan back; two scans stitched in Photoshop
Identifier	woodmap1869
Filename	woodmap1869.jpg

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