Houston Street
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Houston Street is a major east–west thoroughfare in Lower Manhattan in New York City, New York. It runs the full width of the island of Manhattan, from FDR Drive along the East River in the east to th
Looking east from Orchard Street
Houston Street (1917) by George Luks, Saint Louis Art Museum
East Houston Street between Clinton and Suffolk Streets in the 1920s
Houston Street at Lafayette Street in 1974
Sam Houston
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Samuel Houston was an American military general and statesman who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution in which the Republic of Texas seceded from Mexico. He served as the first and third p
Houston Street
…name is pronounced "HYOO-stən" (). The street was named for William Houstoun, whose surname was pronounced "HOW-stən", while the city was named for Sam Houston. At its east end, Houston Street meets FDR Drive in an interchange at East River Park. West of FDR Drive, it intersects with Avenue D. Further west…
Portrait by Mathew Brady, c. 1848–1850
Sam Houston Birthplace Marker in Rockbridge County, Virginia
Painting of Houston from 1836
Detail from Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto by Henry Arthur McArdle