On McKinney Street at South Main Street, in the median on McKinney Street.
With Allied victory in World War II Europe secured, Farmersville celebrated the return of the area’s most famous citizen soldier. On his 18th birthday, Audie Murphy enlisted in the U.S. Army at the Greenville Post Office. In more than two years of . . . — — Map (db m162991) HM
On College Street, on the right when traveling east.
Anna Melissa Hicks Bain (1834-1906), widow of John Alexander Bain, built this house in 1865 on 6.75 acres of land east of town square in Farmersville. She reared five daughters here: Mary Clorinda, Martha, Catherine, Christina and Margaret. An . . . — — Map (db m162856) HM
On Highway 665 east of Highway 664, on the left when traveling east.
Bethlehem Baptist Church was established in 1854. Gifts provided land for a church and cemetery: in 1859, from Hugh and Edea Woody; in 1886, from Peyton D. and Sallie E. Huff; and, in 1904, from J.B. and Martha Watson. At that time, the Bethlehem . . . — — Map (db m164623) HM
On Farmersville Parkway west of South Hamilton Street, on the right when traveling west.
Originated 1849 as a settlement on the Jefferson-McKinney road, and near Republic of Texas National road. Named by pioneers for their chief occupation. After 1854, the Yearys and their neighbors of Sugar Hill (2 mi. NE) began relocating here. Dr. . . . — — Map (db m162995) HM
On Windom Street, on the right when traveling north.
Farmersville is one of the oldest towns in Collin County. It has historic ties to the antebellum (pre-Civil War) era of Texas and the pioneer settlement of Sugar Hill (1.5 mi. NE), founded by John Yeary. The center of settlement soon shifted to . . . — — Map (db m163056) HM
On College Street at North Main Street, on the left when traveling west on College Street.
This Romanesque revival structure, built in 1888-89. Housed a second story fraternal hall above a first floor mercantile. One of the earliest surviving buildings in Farmersville, it features locally quarried limestone, narrow double-hung windows, . . . — — Map (db m162982) HM
On South Washington Street south of McKinney Street (U.S. 78), on the right when traveling south.
Fifteen charter members, meeting under a brush arbor at this site on May 14, 1865, organized the First Baptist Church and chose the Rev. John C. Averitt (1818-1895) as the first pastor. Worship services were held in private homes and later in the . . . — — Map (db m162853) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 78) at Houston Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
This congregation traces its beginning to organized Methodist classes conducted in 1856 by the Rev. J. W. Chalk in a local schoolhouse west of the pioneer town of Farmersville. A community wide all-night revival held in Farmersville’s lone church . . . — — Map (db m162815) HM
On South Johnson Street at McKinney Street, on the right when traveling north on South Johnson Street.
Named for the occupation of many of its citizens, the town of Farmersville was founded in the mid 1850s. A private bank, the Exchange Bank was established in 1885, and housed in the rear of the Aston Brothers store. A national bank charter was . . . — — Map (db m170534) HM
On College Street at Central Avenue, on the right when traveling west on College Street.
Prominent businessman John Milburn Honaker and his wife Malinda (Buckley) built a queen-Anne home at this site in 1893. They extensively remodeled the house in 1910 in a neoclassical style, adding a full second floor and a two-story porch with . . . — — Map (db m162978) HM
On Highway 814 east of Highway 610, on the right when traveling east.
Allen Daniel and his family came to Texas from Tennessee in 1847. He and his wife Elizabeth were the parents of eight children. They settled in this area in 1850 and Daniel purchased 480 acres of land in May 1851. Less than one year later, on . . . — — Map (db m163050) HM
On County Road 2756, 0.4 miles west of County Road 570, on the left when traveling east.
Malissa (Dodson) Sides became the first person to be buried on this site in March 1891. Believed to have been half Native American, Mrs. Sides and her Cherokee half sister Ellen Murphy survived the U.S. government relocation of the tribe during . . . — — Map (db m201949) HM
