On Northwest Highway 114 at Texan Trail, on the left when traveling east on Northwest Highway 114.
American Airlines Flight 11 Captain John Ogonowski · Officer Thomas McGuinness Flight Attendants Barbara Arestegui · Sara Low · Karen Martin · Kathleen Nicosia · Betty Ong · Jean Roger · Jeffery Collman · Dianne Snyder · Amy Sweeney United . . . — — Map (db m193586) WM
On Northwest Highway 114 at Texan Trail, on the left when traveling east on Northwest Highway 114.
"Time is passing, yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every rescuer who died with honor. We will remember the fire and ash, the last phone calls, the funeral of the children." . . . — — Map (db m193588) WM
On South Main Street at E Hudgins Street on South Main Street.
With a sucker rod that pumped water from more than 1,000 feet in the earth, Frances Harper Esch remembers that the 1933 combination-outfit Aermotor windmill provided good tasting water that wasn't too hard or too soft. It is a memory from more than . . . — — Map (db m304515) HM
On Main Street at Franklin Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Austin Drug / Grapevine Post Office has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 1992
Restored 1979 by Burl D. Gilliam, L. Kay Gilliam — — Map (db m193399) HM
This is the official aviation beacon for the DFW International Airport. The Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) requires every airport to operate and maintain a
rotating beacon as a requirement of Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) . . . — — Map (db m244620) HM
On Main Street at Wall Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Grapevine Mayor: 1912-14; 1916-17; 1919-20; 1933-46
Benjamin Richard (B.R.) Wall was born in Grapevine on
May 7, 1876. He attended the Grapevine free school, and
continued his education at Grapevine College and at Baylor
University where . . . — — Map (db m193764) HM
On South Main Street at E Hudgins Street on South Main Street.
This "L-style" home with hip-roofed wings was built in 1907 to serve as a residence for the family helping to farm the acreage located at 523 Wildwood, just north of Northwest Highway near Dooley Street. An excellent example of common Texas . . . — — Map (db m304508) HM
On South Main Street at Wall Street, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
This cabin was built about 1871 by George Emanuel Bushong and his wife, Elizabeth Ann. It originally stood a few hundred yards east of this site. Here Bushong built and operated a sawmill, a flour mill, and the first cotton gin in the Grapevine . . . — — Map (db m305015) HM
On Main Street at Hudgins Street, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
A shared theme is that of “homecoming”, the moment imagined from distant lands and the
moment realized in the hugs and tears of reuniting with family and dear friends.
The soldier heart remembers home: the mother’s goodbye embrace, the . . . — — Map (db m235020) WM
On Main Street just south of Worth Street, on the right when traveling south.
The Confectionery / City Drug Store has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 1992 Restored 1980 by Horace N. Gilliam — — Map (db m193500) HM
On East Hudgins Street 0.1 miles west of South Main Street, on the right when traveling west.
"The only building of truly imposing stature in the frontier community
would be the principal hotel."
- William C. Davis (author and historian)
In frontier times, travellers were regarded as strangers. At the local hotel, . . . — — Map (db m194141) HM
On Main Street just south of Hudgins Street, on the left when traveling south.
The Grapevine Depot was constructed in about 1901, and probably replaced an earlier, simpler structure that would have served as a terminal for passenger and freight services. The station was originally located in the middle of main Street, about . . . — — Map (db m194636) HM
On North Airfield Drive at Texan Trail on North Airfield Drive.
On August 2, 1985, Delta Air Lines Flight 191,
a Lockheed L-1011, crashed on final approach
to the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport,
approximately 2 miles due east of this site. A total
of 135 persons died in the accident, including . . . — — Map (db m216965) HM
On Dove Loop Road at North Main Street, on the right when traveling west on Dove Loop Road.
Dr. William E. Dorris (1832-1905) brought his family to Grapevine in January 1871 after a three-month trip from Starkville, Mississippi. Dorris was a captain in J.B. Dunn’s Company (Mississippi Rangers) in the Civil War and his first wife, Elizabeth . . . — — Map (db m258741) HM
On South Main Street north of E Hudgins Street, on the left when traveling north.
"A merchant who approaches business with the idea of serving the public well has nothing to fear from the competition." - James Cash Penney
Eli Mathis Jenkins made several trips to Grapevine between 1856 and 1859, and he liked the area . . . — — Map (db m305005) HM
On Main Street 0.1 miles south of Worth Street, on the right when traveling south.
E. J. Lipscomb Dry Goods Co. has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 1992 Restored 1990 by Burl D. Gilliam, L. Kay Gilliam — — Map (db m193503) HM
On Main Street south of Worth Street, on the right when traveling south.
E. M. Jenkins-Tate Building has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 1992 Restored 1995 by Graham N. Self and Lance D. Gilliam — — Map (db m193652) HM
On Main Street south of Franklin Street, on the right when traveling south.
"Ancient Greeks celebrated the grape harvest with Bacchus and some Texas cities still
celebrate King Cotton, but in Grapevine we celebrate the harvest season with one of the
biggest cantaloupe festivals in the World...150 growers are . . . — — Map (db m194515) HM
Baptists in the Grapevine Prairie area began meeting in their own homes as early as 1846. Worship services later were held in a log schoolhouse on what is now Dooley Street in the community of Grapevine. On December 25, 1869, the pioneers . . . — — Map (db m147397) HM
On Main Street at Worth Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Designed by nationally-known architect Walter W.
Ahlschlager, the First National Bank of Grapevine was
called the most modern country banking structure in
Texas. This dramatic Art Deco (international-style)
building was constructed in 1942 . . . — — Map (db m193762) HM
On South Church Street north of West College Street, on the left when traveling north.
In 1854, Nathan Hudgins, a circuit riding lay preacher, purchased acreage located in the middle of present-day Grapevine. Reverend Nathan Hudgins (also known as El Nathan Hudgins) was born May 10, 1814, and came to Texas in 1854 from Bellefonte, . . . — — Map (db m258746) HM
On Main Street at Hudgins Street, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
This Founders Building, while itself not historic in age, is a tribute to Grapevine citizens both past and present who possessed a vision for this community and a desire to develop and share its potential. These individuals are the "Founders” of . . . — — Map (db m194802) HM
On South Main Street at Wall Street, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
George Emanuel Bushong (1836–1905) arrived in Grapevine from Vance, Tennessee, in 1858. He purchased land while teaching school in the new settlement. An industrious man of French heritage, he built and operated a sawmill, flour mill, as well as . . . — — Map (db m305016) HM
On Main Street at Franklin Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Looking southward on Main Street, gaze for a
moment back in time... to a time before commercial businesses,
D/FW International Airport and neighborhood upon neighborhood brought thousands
sands of people to the area...to a time when
the . . . — — Map (db m195089) HM
Wild mustang grapes growing profusely in this area inspired the name "Grape Vine" for this community. Ambrose Foster (1794?-1847) and his wife Susannah Medlin (1796-1876) were among the first settlers in 1845, from Platte County, Missouri. The . . . — — Map (db m147807) HM
On Northwest Highway 114 at Texan Trail, on the left when traveling east on Northwest Highway 114.
This stone is from the crash site in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. It was donated by the Flight 93 Chapel in Shanksville.
This limestone fragment is from the impact zone of the Pentagon. It has been provided by the pentagon Renovation and . . . — — Map (db m194071) WM
On South Main Street at E Hudgins Street on South Main Street.
Dedicated to all of the blacksmiths of the Grape Vine Prairie, especially Bill Millican and "Mr. Charlie"
In 1909, Charles Marion Millican "Mr. Charlie" opened his smithy on the north side of present day Texas Street in Grapevine. The property . . . — — Map (db m304514) HM
On Main Street at Franklin Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
In June, 1909 the Grapevine Town Council voted unanimously to build the community's first "calaboose" - town jail. Grapevine had previously relied on the Tarrant County Sheriff to provide official law enforcement. But now the Council gave Town . . . — — Map (db m258121) HM
On North Dooley Street at Normandy Drive, on the left when traveling north on North Dooley Street.
Samuel D. Coble (1830-1890), joined later by his brother Allen B. Coble (1836-1906), settled here in the 1850s. In 1878 they sold 4.5 acres of land at this site for use as a public cemetery. The oldest known grave is that of Louisa C. Guiry (d. . . . — — Map (db m228235) HM
On South Main Street at E Hudgins Street on South Main Street.
Dedicated to all of the Section Foremen and their families who lived in this building on the Grape Vine Prairie
It is the house that spans the industrial ages. Although simple in design and built without the modern facilities that a 1990s . . . — — Map (db m305010) HM
On East Hudgins Street 0.1 miles South Main Street, on the right when traveling west.
"Blackland area cotton was then regarded most highly by spinners of England."
Texas Historical Marker, Greenville (TX) Cotton Compress
In 1858, George Emanuel Bushong built and operated the first cotton gin in the
Grapevine area. In . . . — — Map (db m194143) HM
On Main Street south of College Street, on the right when traveling south.
"Running a dairy was a commitment, twenty hours a day, but Mayor Willis Pirkle did it well.
He was not only a good businessman but also had a lot of common sense.
He has been an inspiration to me, a good example, and he is one of the best . . . — — Map (db m194167) HM
On West Hudgins Street 0.1 miles east of South Church Street, on the right when traveling west.
This bell was cast in 1886 and used during the early 1900s to alert the 13 members of the all-volunteer "Bucket Brigade," which was established in May 1907.
Fire calls were received by Grapevine's telephone operator, known as "Central". The . . . — — Map (db m193440) HM
On Main Street at Worth Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Grapevine Home Bank has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 1992 Restored 1985 by Fred Goad, Henry Gaines & Dennis Voith — — Map (db m193495) HM
On Main Street 0.2 miles south of Texas Street, on the left when traveling south.
In June of 1885, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows instituted Grapevine Order No. 402 with 17 members. The fraternal order constructed this brick building. For 100 years, the Odd Fellows have served the community honoring the principles of . . . — — Map (db m193657) HM
On Main Street at Worth Street, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
On June 16, 1866 Grapevine Masonic Lodge #288 was granted its charter with J. W. Dunn as Worshipful Master. In June 1868 a committee was appointed to build a Masonic Lodge and school building. Rev. E. N. Hudgins donated five acres of land on . . . — — Map (db m193694) HM
On Main Street south of Hudgins Street, on the left when traveling south.
Long known as the B & D Feed Mill, the industrial complex on the west side of main Street north of the railroad tracks was developed in 1902 as the Farmers and Merchants Milling Company, a flour mill started by a group of prominent Grapevine . . . — — Map (db m194690) HM
On Main Street 0.1 miles south of Texas Street, on the right when traveling south.
Benjamin R. Wall (1876-1955) started the Grapevine Sun in 1895 at the age of nineteen. It was sold in 1897 to James E. Keeling (1847-1925), a native of England. His son Ed took over as editor in 1912 and published the paper with the help of his . . . — — Map (db m193705) HM
On Main Street at Wall Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
This area was the site of the first
government in Grapevine, Texas. On this
land stood a store first owned and
operated by Archibald Franklin Leonard. In
his store, Leonard, Henry Suggs, James Tracy
Moorhead and others, in the year . . . — — Map (db m244744) HM
On Main Street just north of Texas Street, on the right when traveling north.
On this day September 17, 1999, the two hundred and twelfth anniversary of the Constitution of the United States of America, the Peters Colony Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution honors the Citizens of Grapevine for their . . . — — Map (db m231588) HM
On South Main Street at E Hudgins Street on South Main Street.
Walter Franklin Landrith served as Grapevine's Cotton Belt Railroad Section Foreman during the years of 1918 to 1925. While living in this house, his wife Maude Scribner Landrith, gave birth here to two children. They were Mildred Landrith - born . . . — — Map (db m305014) HM
On Main Street 0.1 miles south of Texas Street, on the right when traveling south.
John E. Foust came to the Grapevine
area in 1876 and began a general
mercantile business in 1880. This
brick building was built in 1889.
A visionary entrepreneur, he sold
snow cones from a pass-through
window in the 1890's, brought . . . — — Map (db m193736) HM
James Tracy Morehead
(Mar.27, 1809 - Aug. 6, 1897)
Virginia native James Tracy Morehead came to Texas with his family in 1852, settling in
newly organized Tarrant County. Two years later, he was chosen to serve as the county's third chief . . . — — Map (db m146155) HM
On Main Street north of College Street, on the right when traveling north.
John E. Foust (1861-1926) moved to Grapevine in 1880 and started a general merchandise store which stocked coffins. He gradually added other services and with the help of his wife Daisy (Huitt) (1876-1963) established a funeral company. A civic . . . — — Map (db m245764) HM
On Main Street south of Worth Street, on the right when traveling south.
Koonce Bros. / Buckner's Grocery has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 1992
Restored 1984 by Lance D. Gilliam, Laura K. (Gilliam) Self — — Map (db m193398) HM
On Main Street south of College Street, on the right when traveling south.
"Land is the secure ground of home."
- Stephen F. Austin
On March 2, 1836, when Texas declared its independence from Mexico,
there were 60,000 people in the entire state of Texas – just a few more than
now live in Grapevine. On . . . — — Map (db m194270) HM
On Northwest Highway 114 at Texan Trail on Northwest Highway 114.
Honoring the 71 Officers who died in the line of duty on September 11, 2001 "Now we have inscribed a new memory alongside those others, It's a memory of tragedy and shock, of loss and mourning. But not only of lose and mourning, it's also a . . . — — Map (db m193767) WM
On Turner Road at Starnes Street, on the right when traveling east on Turner Road.
Love Chapel Church of God in Christ began meeting as a congregation in 1930 at 409 West Wall Street near the Farmer's Gin Company in the area known as "the gin lot."
Ella Jackson and Doshie Wright were the first trustees of the church. Members of . . . — — Map (db m176349)
On Main Street south of Worth Street, on the right when traveling south.
Lucas General Store & Undertakers has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 1992 Restored by Ann Carlson — — Map (db m193653) HM
On Texas 26 0.2 miles north of Bass Pro Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Originally part of the Morgan Hood Survey, this small cemetery (75 ft. SE) has been abandoned for over a century. Its one visible grave is marked with portions of a sandstone burial cairn, a common method of marking graves in this area in the . . . — — Map (db m227627) HM
On Homestead Lane west of Ball Street, on the right when traveling west.
Established in 1859, the Nash Farm constitutes one of the last remaining agrarian sites from the 19th century in North Texas in the region where there was once a pervasive landscape of farmsteads. Thomas Jefferson Nash, Elizabeth Mouser Nash and . . . — — Map (db m147393) HM
On Main Street at Hudgins Street, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
Born on the Grapevine Prairie in 1861, Nat left home at 16 to
work the big Open Range ranches of South Texas. A young
man of good character, he quickly became a Top Hand Cowboy
and was invited to join the big cattle drives up the . . . — — Map (db m193753) HM
On Main Street at Texas Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Palace Theatre, built in 1940, listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m193493) HM
On William D Tate Avenue at Hall-Johnson Road, on the right when traveling south on William D Tate Avenue.
The first burial here is thought to be that of Christina Driskill (1797-1862), whose son-in-law Isaac Green Parker (1816-1875) owned the land. In 1881 Parker's widow, Mary (Polly) Parker Turner (1820-1897) deeded the 4.31-acre plot for a public . . . — — Map (db m184079) HM
On South Main Street at E Dallas Road, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
Peace Circle, comprised of eleven monumental statues created by artist Linda Lewis at the Grapevine Foundry and completed in 2021, commemorates a moment in time that occurred on the Grape Vine Prairie in August 1843. That day, General Sam Houston, . . . — — Map (db m235682) HM
On Ira E Woods Avenue (Texas Route 26) 0.2 miles east of Mustang Drive, on the right when traveling east.
In 1841, W.S. Peters of Kentucky and associates contracted with the Republic of Texas to bring immigrants to this area. By 1848, Peters Colony land covered nearly 2 million acres in north central Texas, including all of Tarrant County. Speculation . . . — — Map (db m227385) HM
On South Main Street at E Hudgins Street on South Main Street.
In this area you will find four large pieces of petrified wood which were saved by Billie and Roy Edward (Ed) Cooper during the construction of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in the late 1960s and early in 1970. The Cooper's home was . . . — — Map (db m305009) HM
On East Hudgins Street at South Main Street, on the right when traveling west on East Hudgins Street.
Water was a great blessing on the Grape Vine Prairie. Whether from
Denton Creek, a hand-dug well, or drawn from below ground by the
rhythmic movement of a windmill's sucker rod, water's availability
meant life for Grapevine settlers and . . . — — Map (db m193701) HM
On South Main Street 0.1 miles north of East Texas Street, on the right when traveling north.
"The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits."
Ecclesiastes 1:6
Standing alone on the prairie...perhaps the most visible . . . — — Map (db m194102) HM
On South Main Street at West Dallas Road, on the left when traveling north on South Main Street.
As friendly as a school crossing guard and as commanding of respect as a military sentinel, Tower 16 stood at the junction of two railroad tracks and gave the determining nod as to which train had the right of way and which one had to stop. It . . . — — Map (db m235181) HM
Between June 16, 2004 and March 14, 2012 over 2,700 flights carrying
U.S. Military on Rest and Recuperation leave (R&R) were welcomed
back to U.S. soil at DFW Airport. In honor of the troops, the water
cannons of the Airport's ARFF trucks . . . — — Map (db m244803) HM
On South Church Street south of West Worth Street, on the right when traveling south.
A Methodist congregation, chartered in 1865, met in the E.N. Hudgins home until the first church buildding was erected in 1873 on this site, donated by Rev. Hudgins. That structure blew down in a windstorm one evening during prayer meetings and was . . . — — Map (db m258744) HM
On Main Street near Dallas Street, on the left when traveling south.
Early History
During the early years of Grapevine's
development, the land to the east and
west of Main Street consisted of large
family land holdings. These tracts of
land contained small dwellings and
outbuildings allowing families . . . — — Map (db m235448) HM
On Main Street north of Worth Street, on the right when traveling north.
Constructed in 1897, this building served as retail space until it was purchased and remodeled by the Tarrant County State Bank in 1921. It became the offices of the Grapevine Sun newspaper in 1947. Displaying Classical Revival style elements, . . . — — Map (db m147398) HM
On Main Street 0.1 miles south of Worth Street, on the right when traveling south.
Tate Hardware Company Building has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 1992 Restored 1987 by J. Terry Lacrosse — — Map (db m193502) HM
On Homestead Ln at Cabernet Ct, on the right when traveling west on Homestead Ln.
This was a fine homestead. The log cabin was snug, there was a hand-dug well, and the 110 acres that were for sale were partially cleared. Henry Suggs had a fair asking price - $500. Thomas Nash had that much in safe keeping for the right . . . — — Map (db m301255) HM
On Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
This cabin of hand-hewn logs was built along a creek at the edge of the Cross Timbers near the pioneer community of Dove. It originally stood on a headright settled in 1845 by Francis Throop, a Peters colonist from Missouri. J.C.Wiley bought the . . . — — Map (db m147396) HM
On Main Street at Wall Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
This cabin was originally located four miles northwest of Grapevine, Texas,
and part of Peters Colony. The Colony refers to four land grant contracts which
were designed to attract immigrants into the area to settle the land.
The cabin's . . . — — Map (db m244741) HM
On South Main Street 0.1 miles south of East Texas Street, on the left when traveling south.
This statue honors the early settlers who walked along side their wagons to Texas seeking the promise of a better life for themselves and their children. They established the first permanent settlement of Grapevine in 1884. William D. Tate, . . . — — Map (db m193580) HM
On Main Street 0.1 miles south of Texas Street, on the right when traveling south.
In 1888, Zachary Taylor Wall and his wife, Virginia Araminta Jenkins
Wall, daughter of Eli M. Jenkins, purchased this building for their
drug store and confectionery. In 1871, Rev. E. N Hudgins, founder
of the Methodist Church in Grapevine, . . . — — Map (db m193727) HM
On South Main Street at East Texas Street, on the left when traveling south on South Main Street.
Constructed in 1891, the original Wallis Hotel was located on the northeast corner of Hudgins and Main Streets, four blocks south
of this location. The hotel stood half a block north of the Cotton Belt Railroad Depot, its proximity attracting . . . — — Map (db m193977) HM
On Main Street near Franklin Street, on the right when traveling south.
Willhoite Tire and Home Store has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 1992 — — Map (db m193582) HM
On Main Street at Franklin Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Eat, drink and step back in time at Main Street's oldest restaurant.
Welcome to Grapevine and its historic Main Street! You are standing in front of one of
the oldest buildings in the city and most unique restaurant in Texas. Where else . . . — — Map (db m193654) HM
On Main Street at Hudgins Street, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
Born in 1829 in Tennessee to an itinerant family, Willy had no
place to call home. At an early age he ran away and worked in
the galley of a riverboat until he was old enough to get in on
the gambling. Willy bounced around as a drifter and a . . . — — Map (db m193755) HM
On South Main Street at East Worth Street, on the left when traveling south on South Main Street.
In 1916, John Benjamin Wood (1861-1934) had this building
constructed, contracting with local builder Frank Estill.
Among the features of the building are three bays divided
vertically by four brick piers and horizontally by a . . . — — Map (db m193695) HM
