New York History Forum: houston

Posted by: anonymous () on 9 Sep 2003 at 10:10:47 PM
In-Reply-To: Houston Street posted by Terry Orgill on 5:53:56 PM 12 Aug 2003

: Who is Houston Street named for and why do New Yorkers pronounce it howstun instead of hughstun?

houston is the name of a real person
who served in the georgia
delegation to the continental congress of 1788 he later married a rich woman named bayard who's father owned the land. He liked his new son in law so much he named a street after him

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