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A growing resource of mostly Houston LGBT history, with considerable statewide information
 
 

 

 
 
 

Houston Gay Bar History


Houston Bars, Baths, Etc - 1974
Houston Bars - 1964  

Individual Bars

The Briar Patch
Brazos River Bottom (BRB)
Catch One   
Chicken Coop  
The Drum, Locker & Chutes
...the Bars of 1732 Westheimer 
The Eagle Houston    
EJ's and Inside/Outside
The Exile
The Galleon
Galveston Gay Bars & 360° Photos 
Galveston Bars, Through the Years  
The Gold Room
Heaven  
JR's Bar & Grill  
Just Marion & Lynn's
Kindred Spirits
Kon-Tiki Club (Galveston)
Mary's, Naturally
Montrose Mining Company & the bars at 805 Pacific Street
Officers Club, Farmhouse & the bars at 2700 Albany
The Old Plantation
The Pink Elephant 
The Red Room  
Rich's  
Ripcord  
Robert's Lafitte, Galveston  
Round Table  
Silver Bullet & Silver Phoenix  
The 611 Club   
Soixante Quinze, or 6015  
Studio 13  
The Usual  
Venture-N  
Wagon Wheel, Late 1930's 

And a Bathhouse
Midtowne Spa

Bar Raids  
Bar Fires & Arson  

Article on Texas Bar History
   in Houston and Dallas, Texas Triangle, 7/17/97
General Article on the Bars as part of the community,
   and the organization HOBO  

Mapping Montrose's Gay History, an excellent article on the work of Dr Brian Riedel charting the changes

 Additions are added often, so please check back


Below, in their 1982 ad The Hole remembers bars of bygone days