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Take a walking tour of the Old Sixth Ward |
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| Old McGowan House, 2112 State This Queen Anne was built by the McGowan’s who built 5 houses on Lubbock. They later built a large, more elegant house next door. Originally at 1517 Lubbock, it was saved from demolition by moving it to this location. |
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| Meyer House, 2113 State Built in 1898, this home was in the same family for 100 years. This type of home is often seen in Galveston. |
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| Alexander Food Mart, 2103 State This example of 1930’s wood frame commercial architecture was almost demolished before being moved from Lubbock street and converted into a residence. Interestingly, it is on a site where another store previously stood! |
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| Hunter House, 2009 State One of the oldest houses in the neighborhood, the rear portion of this Folk-Victorian was built in 1875 or earlier. The 1900 Census lists George Hunter as the only African-American homeowner in the neighborhood. |
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| Otto Diehl House, 1910 State Built in the mid 1880’s for Otto, brother of William Diehl. The bay window in this Folk-Victorian is not common. Note the house still has it’s pressed tin roof. |
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| The Gross-George House, 1817 State Dorfman House, 1813 State Two of three homes built in 1908 by the same contractor and in the same Colonial Revival style. |
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Klueger House, 1801 State Built circa 1895 by Paul Klueger, a foreman for Shudde Hat Company, which is still in business on Trinity at Decatur. The bay window facing Sabine is a later addition. |
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Emilia & Angelo Santopolo House, 1710 State Built in 1925 by Tony & Sare Saravino, this Craftsman style house was in the same family until the mid-1990's. The room on the right is a later addition. Inherited by the Santopolo family in the 1930's, many of their relatives also bought homes and raised families in the Sixth Ward. The building on the right was an early Brook Mays piano store. |
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John & Barbara McGowan House, 1519 Lubbock This house, built in 1904 and lost to arson on January 1, 2001, was one of the earliest surviving examples of Classic Revival architecture in the neighborhood. The home remained in the family until the late 1960’s. The lower level siding was wood, cut to resemble stone blocks, a technique also seen at George Washington’s Mt. Vernon. |
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Shudde Brothers Hat Factory, 905 Trinity, Circa 1880/Built in 1914 Shudde Brothers was established in 1907 by Al J. Shudde, whose brothers soon joined him. Otto and Emma Shudde raised their six children at the family home located at 905 Trinity. There was once a vacant lot for wagons (and later trucks) between and house and the factory - now one structure. In business for almost a century, Shudde Brothers has sold hats and caps to the world’s most famous people, and to average citizens. |
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Glenwood Cemetery, Washington Avenue This cemetery holds the finest collection of old tombstones in the city. Founded in 1871, the cemetery encompasses 65 acres and holds 10,000 graves. Charlotte Baldwin Allen (a founder of Houston), George Herman, W. R. Baker, Judge William S. Bailey, members of the Binz, Bering, Butler and Settegast families and Howard Hughes are just a few of the many notable people buried at Glenwood Cemetery. |
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Washington Cemetery, 2805 Washington Avenue The German Society Cemetery was founded in 1887. In 1918 the name was changed to Washington Cemetery. Although many of the approximately 7,000 burials are in family plots, there are many single-grave spaces. Approximately 2,000 of these are in an area known as Strangers’ Rest and are identified only by a brick sized marker with a number engraved on it. Although they do not have as many notable names as Glenwood, many interesting people are buried here, including Fannie Homer, the first person in Houston carried by a motorized hearse (in 1913), and Ms. Emma Seeyle, who fought in the Civil War disguised as a man. |