On North Velasco Street, on the right when traveling north.
This stone is an original column from the 1895 Brazoria County Courthouse located in Brazoria, Texas. Column donated by Mr. A. T. "Tom" Covert in memory of his beloved wife Georgia City of Angleton Centennial Time Capsule 1892 - 1992 Placed May . . . — — Map (db m173354) HM
On North Chenango Street at East Locust Street, on the right when traveling north on North Chenango Street.
On September 5, 1892, two Angleton residents donated one of the original town blocks near this site to the city for school purposes. Citizens contributed two hundred dollars for a frame building to house the first classes for Angleton students and . . . — — Map (db m129301) HM
Flagpole stone, outward-facing side: Dedicated To The Members Of The Armed Forces From Brazoria County Who Gave Their Lives In Service Of Their Country To fallen soldiers let us sing, Where no rockets fly nor bullets wing, Our broken . . . — — Map (db m173310) HM
Near Anchor Road east of Highway 288, on the left when traveling east.
The First Baptist Church of Angleton was established in 1896 with Joseph Matthew Kailin as pastor. A hurricane in 1900 destroyed the sanctuary. Members met in borrowed facilities until 1911 when a new church building was erected. The congregation . . . — — Map (db m173320) HM
On West Live Oak Street, on the right when traveling west.
Angleton's First Missionary Baptist Church organized in 1898, when it primarily served African American field hands and tenant farmers from the surrounding agricultural area. In 1905, under the direction of the Rev. Hamp Evans, congregants built . . . — — Map (db m173322) HM
On South Chenango Street north of East Peach Street, on the right when traveling north.
On April 12, 1898, Rt. Rev. G. H. Kinsolving, Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Texas, visited Angleton to preach a sermon at the Methodist church at the invitation of an Episcopal Sunday School founded in 1897. While in Angleton, he also . . . — — Map (db m173308) HM
Near East Cedar Street at North Velasco Street (Business State Highway 288).
Angleton's first permanent courthouse was built in 1897, a year after the city was chosen Brazoria County seat. Constructed from plans originally drawn for the Matagorda County courthouse, the structure was enlarged and extensively remodeled in . . . — — Map (db m120661) HM
On North Velasco Street (Business State Highway 288) at West Live Oak Street, on the right when traveling north on North Velasco Street.
Robert James Calder was born in 1810 to James H. and Jane E. (Caldwell) Calder in Baltimore, Maryland. His father died when he was a child, and Robert and his mother moved to Kentucky, where he was raised in part by his mother's family. They moved . . . — — Map (db m120660) HM
Near Cemetery Road at Shanks Road, on the right when traveling east.
Born in West Columbia, Texas. Married; had one son. Served as justice of the peace, Precinct 2, 1900-1912. Was appointed deputy sheriff of Brazoria County in 1913; elected sheriff in 1918; reelected for an additional 2-year term. Was killed in . . . — — Map (db m173307) HM
On State Highway 288, on the right when traveling north.
Stephen was born in Virginia to Moses and Maria Austin in 1793. Stephen grew up to help run his father's lead mining business in Missouri, serve in the local militia battalion and the Missouri territorial legislature. Later, as Stephen studied law . . . — — Map (db m177382) HM
On North Velasco Street, on the right when traveling north.
Brazoria County was the leading sugar producing county in Texas in the 1840's & 1850's. Sugar cane was grown and processed in sugar mills on large plantations using slave labor. After the cane was ground and the juice was extracted, the cane . . . — — Map (db m173315) HM
On East Locust Street, on the left when traveling east.
Tennessee native Rees P. Sweeny (1856-1937) constructed this raised Victorian house in 1896, the year Angleton became the seat of government for Brazoria County. The county's tax collector from the early 1890s to 1902, Sweeny moved here as part of . . . — — Map (db m173309) HM
Near North Velasco Street, on the right when traveling north.
This structure is the turret from the Brazos Lighthouse erected near the mouth of the Brazos River in 1895-1896 to aid navigation through the newly constructed jetties into the river. Light originally came from an oil lamp producing 35,000 . . . — — Map (db m173314) HM
