FOURTH WARD also know as HISTORIC FREEDMAN'S TOWN one of the original historic six wards of Houston, Texas. The ward is located inside the 610 loop west of and adjacent of Downtown Houston. Fourth ward is also home to Historic Freedman’s Town. Freed slaves settled the new community along the southern edge of Buffalo Bayou. The settlers of Freedmen’s Town paved the streets with bricks they made themselves. As the community flourished they provided their own services and utilities. Over time, with little room to expand, the Third Ward became the center of Houston’s African-American community. By 1920 Freedman Town represented 1/3 of Houston’s population.

A JEWEL THAT SHINES IN THE GREATER THIRD WARD OF HOUSTON, TEXAS

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TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY can traces its beginnings back to the fall of 1925 when Wiley College, located in Marshall, Texas, established extension classes in the Houston area. Today, Texas Southern University offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs in the following academic colleges and schools: the College of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences; the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences; the College of Science and Technology; the College of Education; the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs; the School of Communication; the Thurgood Marshall School of Law; the Jesse H. Jones School of Business; the Thomas Freeman Honors College; the College of Continuing Education and the Graduate School.

GREATER THIRD WARD IS HOME TO THIRD LARGEST TEXAS COLLEGE

The UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON  was founded on March 7, 1027. University of Houston is the third largest university in Texas and 23rd largest university in the United States.

The university serves students in 12 academic colleges and in the interdisciplinary Honors College on a 667-acre campus in southeast-central Houston. UH offers over 300 degree programs: 112 bachelors, 135 masters, 54 doctoral, and three special professional degrees—law, optometry, and pharmacy. Awarding more than 7,100 degrees annually, the university's alumni base is the largest in the city of Houston. Also known for its diverse student population, it perennially ranks as the second most ethnically diverse national university in the country by U.S. News and World Report. http://www.uh.edu/

TODAYS REAL ESTATE MARKET IN HOUSTON THIRD WARD

HISTORIC THIRD WARD TODAY... is a mixture of original shotgun houses built in the early 1900's to new construction. Houston home buyers can find a one story for $120,000 or three and four story townhomes ranging from the mid $200,000 to just under $400,000.

Home sales since October of 2009 in the Third Ward reflect prices ranging from the average of $67 a sq. ft. to a high of $172.

When you search for homes in Third Ward be aware it is composed of smaller communities. Not all properties are listed under Third Ward. Washington Terrace, Forest Home, Almeda Place, McGregor Holman, Museum Court, Blodgett Court, Rosewood, Tierwester, Prairie Home, Booker T Washington and Riverside Terrace are just a few of the many neighborhood that make up the Third Ward.

THE MORE THINGS CHANGE............

THEY REMAIN THE SAME.... of home buyers questioned they used the internet and Real Estate Agents equally, 36%. Print ads range anywhere from 2% to less than one %.