El Barrio del Alacrán

Between 1910 and 1920, Houston attracted a large number of Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans to the Second Ward where the Old Frost Town and Schrimpf's Field neighborhoods offered inexpensive housing for industrial workers. In the 1930s, the Spanish-speaking residents gave the area a new name - El Alacran, The Scorpion. Churches, the Rusk Settlement House, Rusk School and sports leagues provided social and educational services for the community. Urban renewal and highway construction in the 1950s demolished El Alacran. Once a notoriously impoverished neighborhood, El Alacran gave many residents a working start toward full integration into American society. (2013)

El Barrio del Alacrán is a historical marker in Houston, Harris County, dedicated in 2013. It is one of 422 historical markers documented in Harris County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 849 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.7629, -95.3508 near Houston. The nearest cataloged historic site is Frost Town (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include McKee Street Bridge, National Biscuit Company Building, and Myers-Spalti Manufacturing Plant.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507017509. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.