On South Center Street (Farm to Market Road 465) 0.1 miles south of East Schulz Street, on the left when traveling south.
The Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway was chartered in 1870 to give interior Texas ready access to Gulf of Mexico ports. As the tracks proceeded west of the Guadalupe, Col Thomas W. Peirce (1818-85), major investor in the G.H. & S.A., . . . — — Map (db m197210) HM
On Bulldog Lane at West Otto Street, on the right when traveling south on Bulldog Lane.
The town of Marion, a German settlement, was founded in 1877 as a marketing and shipping point for the Galveston, Harrisburg, and San Antonio Railroad. T.W. Peirce donated $3,000 and land for free public schools in Marion. In 1878 the first . . . — — Map (db m197209) HM
On West San Antonio Street (Farm to Market Road 78) at South Cunningham Street, on the right when traveling east on West San Antonio Street.
The town of Marion began in the 1870s as a marketing and shipping point on the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio rail line. It grew steadily and, in the early twentieth century, began to develop as an important commercial center for the area. A . . . — — Map (db m153960) HM
On South Center Street (Farm to Market Road 465) at West Schulz Street, on the right when traveling south on South Center Street.
The playhouse was built for the daughter of Rossi and Laura Tondre who was Roslyn Tondre Bates. The playhouse was built by hand in 1936 on the location of their home in Marion, Texas. The playhouse was eventually donated to the City of Marion, Texas . . . — — Map (db m197222) HM
