Houston Park

Houston Park is a park in Harris County, Texas which is located on Bagby Street. Houston Park is situated nearby to the suburb Downtown, as well as near the quarter Old Sixth Ward.

Type: Park
Also known as: “Sam Houston Park”
Address: 1000 Bagby Street, Houston, TX 77002

Places of Interest

Highlights include Scanlan Fountain and Houston City Hall.

Scanlan Fountain

Fountain

Photo: Brianreading, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Scanlan Fountain is an 1891 cast iron fountain, installed in Houston's Sam Houston Park, in the U.S. state of Texas. The fountain was installed in the park in 1972.

Houston City Hall

Town hall

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Houston City Hall building is the headquarters of the City of Houston's municipal government. Constructed during 1938 and 1939, the City Hall complex is located on Bagby Street on the western side of Downtown Houston.

Alexander Hodge Memorial

Memorial

The Alexander Hodge Memorial is an outdoor 1908 stone monument, installed in Sam Houston Park, Houston, in the U.S. state of Texas. The memorial, dedicated in 1912, was erected by the Lady Washington Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to recognize Hodge as "a hero of two republics".

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Houston and Fourth Ward.

Houston

Photo: Ed Schipul, CC BY 2.0.

Houston is a sprawling port city in Southeastern Texas. An oil boom and continuing international immigration has brought explosive growth to the city, and it is now the fifth largest metropolitan area in the United States and the most diverse large city since 2021.

Fourth Ward

Suburb

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Fourth Ward is one of the historic six wards of Houston, Texas, United States. The Fourth Ward is located inside the 610 Loop directly west of and adjacent to Downtown Houston.