Houston Depot

[BShajari]

I've been reading a lot about the Houston Depot lately and since I'm from the Houston area, I'm very curious as to the physical location of where it was.

Has anybody read anything as to where it could have been or know the general vicinity?

Brian

[Cumpston1862]

Re: Houston Depot

Brian-

If memory serves me correctly Houston was practically destroyed by a hurricane in 1900. The physical shape and layout of the city was probably greatly altered or layed out differently when the city was rebuilt. I do not know this as fact but it is an educated theory.

My understanding is that the Houston Depot contracted with various sources for raw and finished materials. Perhaps one of the suppliers based somewhere else would have some sort of bill of lading with the destination address. Just a thought.

You have probably seen this article but I will attach the link anyway as it has some dandy information on the Houston Depot. Quite honestly I have not read the whole article myself. Maybe there is a clue in this article where the Houston Depot was located.

http://www.adolphusconfederateuniforms.com/uploads/2/8/2/6/2826199/houston_uniforms.pdf

[BShajari]

Re: Houston Depot

This is a great article, thank you for sharing, Louis! I'm curious now, too, about the location of the Austin sub-depot. I'll post more in this thread if I find anything.

Brian

[DeBlueTailFly]

Re: Houston Depot

Although the majority of the buildings of the period are no longer in existence, the layout of Downtown Houston has changed little since the 1870s. The exception being that some blocks have been bought up and combined for large commercial properties over the last 50 years. As for the exact location of some of the shops I too would be greatly interested to know, but if you read through the article there were several shops opened at different times. It is of my opinion that these were most likely not all centrally located. Here is a map of Houston in 1873 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ol...uston-1873.jpg most of the commerce was located around Allan’s landing on the south bank of the bayou, as it was before and during the war, this would lead me to believe that that would be the general area of some of the shops. Then again this is just my opinion based off my life long obsession with Houston’s early railroads. So Brian if you have the appetite for a treasure hunt, I would most certainly be in! Plus they have been doing a lot of construction along the bayou west of downtown so you know there are plenty of Thomas Miller buttons to be found.

[BShajari]

Re: Houston Depot

Cam-

Sounds good! I'm thinking of following up on this after I get back from my deployment in December when Houston will be less hot. Think we should try to research this a bit more and see if we can peruse through archived records from the Depot to see if we can nail something down.

Brian

[BShajari]

Re: Houston Depot

Check out #39 on the map....I wonder what the HHG Depot is....not finding anything on Google.

[DougCooper]

Re: Houston Depot

You guys may want to contact Fred Adolphus directly through his website or Facebook. Www.adolphusconfederateuniforms.com

[BShajari]

Re: Houston Depot

Thanks Doug....another great resource. I'll try to contact him.

Brian

[DougCooper]

Re: Houston Depot

I think you will find Fred Adolphus, Don Smith, Cody Mobley and Phil Graf great sources of info on the Houston Depot.