Historic Architecture - Houston - The steamboat house, 1863 – Historic Print
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A window into the past: Historic Architecture - Houston - The steamboat house, 1863, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Historic Architecture - Houston - The steamboat house, 1863
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The Steamboat House takes its name from the paddle-wheelers that once docked along Buffalo Bayou, which made Houston a working river port. By 1863 the town was a busy inland hub for cotton and goods moving between the bayou and Galveston Bay, even as the Civil War strained trade along the Texas coast. The print records a building from that wartime moment, when the bayou was central to daily life and commerce. Its setting and construction offer useful clues to how the town lived and traded during those years.
| Subjects | Historic Print Archive |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,218 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-119215 |
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