Market Square Park
Outdoor Celebrations at Market Square
John Allen (Houston Public Library)
Augustus Allen (Houston Public Library)
Original plan of Houston (Houston Public Library)
Market Square is Houston’s original town center. The town’s founders, the Allen Brothers, first landed at a bend in the Buffalo Bayou, just a stone’s throw from this spot in 1836 – the same year Texas gained its independence. It’s now a visitor site called Allen’s Landing.
Market Square was home to Houston’s town hall (four of them, as each one burned in separate fires) for 100 years. It also hosted a thriving open air produce and fish market.
Today it’s a vibrant and historic square surrounded by restaurants and businesses, and crowned with the lovely Market Square Park.
Market Square Historic District
- Hours: Daily, 6 a.m. - 11 pm.
- 301 Milam, Houston, TX
- Visit Website
- National Register of Historic Places
