On Jefferson Street at North Jackson Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Jefferson Street.
One of the oldest homes of Wylie, the 1889 Brown Cottage was the first home in Wylie of businessman William Thomas Brown and Martha (Maggie) J. (Housewright) Brown. The Browns moved to Wylie shortly after its establishment in 1886 to help build . . . — — Map (db m164629) HM
On Saint Paul Road east of Cutter Crossing Place, on the left when traveling east.
A native of Maryland, Charles C. Stibbens came to Texas about 1835. He served in the Army during the Texas Revolution, participating in the Battle of San Jacinto. He settled in Anderson County soon after the war and worked as a farmer and . . . — — Map (db m164632) HM
On East Marble Street at North 1st Street, on the right when traveling east on East Marble Street.
This congregation has its origins in the Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church of Nickleville, which met in private homes prior to 1870. After the town became a part of the new community of Wylie about 1887, the church became known as the Missionary . . . — — Map (db m164665) HM
On North Ballard Avenue (Farm to Market Road 2514) north of West Brown Street, on the left when traveling north.
Designed as an American Foursquare house with Craftsman details, the Gallagher House is a local example of an early 20th century upper-middle class home. The two-story frame home features a hipped roof with central dormer, exposed rafter tails, and . . . — — Map (db m245273) HM
On North Ballard Avenue at Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling north on North Ballard Avenue.
William Thomas Brown (1848-1907), a native of Illinois, married Martha (Mattie) J. Housewright in 1871. They moved to Wylie shortly after its establishment on a newly constructed railroad line from Paris to Dallas built by the Gulf, Colorado, and . . . — — Map (db m164695) HM
On South Ballard Avenue at Virginia Lane, on the right when traveling south on South Ballard Avenue.
On the eve of his marriage to Charlotte L. Howard (1891-1964) in 1912, William E. Stone (1884-1931) applied techniques he gleaned from architectural pattern books and his study of Frank Lloyd Wright to conceive the design plan for this house. Carl . . . — — Map (db m245294) HM
On South Ballard Avenue at Highway 78, on the right when traveling south on South Ballard Avenue.
Located in south central Collin County, Wylie and Nickelville began as settlements on the west side of the east fork of the Trinity River. Pioneers began arriving in the area in the early 1850s, attracted by the plentiful water supply from the . . . — — Map (db m164633) HM
In 1889, the Wylie Cemetery Company
purchased several town lots, totaling
about five acres, from the Gulf,
Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad and
established the Wylie Cemetery.
According to local history, the
daughter of an indigent family was . . . — — Map (db m245275) HM
On Country Club Road at McMillen Drive, on the left when traveling north on Country Club Road.
This congregation traces its history to the 1850s, when several Methodist families moved to this area of Collin County. Early worship services were conducted in the homes of the William Spurgin and Mark L. Morris families. The Spurgin home, located . . . — — Map (db m245271) HM
