Morrison and Fourmy’s Revised Map of the City of Houston: Alsteaten 1882

Title: Morrison and Fourmy’s Revised Map of the City of Houston Author: E. Alsteaten Date: 1882 Medium: Engraving Condition: Very Good Plus - light wear/ discoloring and minor separations along issued folds, areas of surface dirt, tear in lower left corner, slight paper loss in margins at folds Inches: 32 x 35 1/4 [Paper] Centimeters: 81.28 x 89.54 [Paper] Product ID: 316065 An “Unobtainable” Historic Artifact An exceedingly rare map of the city of Houston, Texas published by the Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co., a Houston-based publishing company active through the turn of the twentieth century. Operating out of the Beatty Building at Main Street and Walker Avenue in Downtown Houston (demolished in 2007), Morrison & Fourmy issued directories for cities throughout the state of Texas. These booklets included information regarding a city’s various schools, churches, businesses, banks, government buildings, attractions, streets, properties, and other elements of note. Map