On East Mount Vernon Street at North 2nd Street, on the left when traveling east on East Mount Vernon Street.
In 1898 or 1899 nine charter members under The Rev. E.J. Thompson, a missionary for the East Fork Baptist Association, organized Lawndale Baptist Church (1 mi. NE). After the railroad arrived in 1900, the fellowship moved here and became Mabank . . . — — Map (db m96382) HM
On West Mount Vernon Street at North 3rd Street, on the left when traveling east on West Mount Vernon Street.
Organized on September 11, 1896, this church began as a small Cumberland Presbyterian congregation in the town of Lawndale (about 2 mi. E of the original Mabank townsite; now within its city limits). Worship services were held in the Lawndale . . . — — Map (db m96448) HM
On West Mason Street (Business U.S. 175) at West Market Street, on the left when traveling south on West Mason Street.
Originally part of the George T. Walters Survey, this acreage in the 1840s and '50s belonged to many absentee landowners including Sam Houston. In 1887 John R. Jones, a merchant from nearby Goshen, and his wife Joella platted and developed a town . . . — — Map (db m96337) HM
On West Market Street east of North 4th Street, on the left when traveling east.
The community of Roddy (4 mi. NE) was established by Stephen G. Roddy in 1884. The Roddy Masonic Lodge was chartered on May 14, 1892. The 24 charter members included Worshipful Master S. G. Roddy and many former members of the lodge in Prairieville, . . . — — Map (db m96339) HM
On County Road 4007 at County Road 4008, on the left when traveling east on County Road 4007.
Built in 1888 on land donated by the Albert T. Rice family, the first White Hall School was a one-room building. First called Caney Creek School, its name was changed to White Hall in 1910. A new four-room building was erected in 1928, and by the . . . — — Map (db m96450) HM