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By Kayla Harper, October 4, 2020
First Baptist Church Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On North Ervay Street at Patterson Street, on the right when traveling north on North Ervay Street. |
| | Organized 1868; first building (1871) on this site was one-room frame structure, which members financed by weaving rugs, making hominy, preserves, and cheese to sell at fairs near Dallas, then a frontier town of 2,500. Section of Victorian-style, . . . — — Map (db m157484) HM |
| On East 5th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Artist Frank Reaugh (1860-1945), who immortalized the Texas longhorn, began sketching and studying his favorite subject in 1876 when he and his parents, George W. and Clarinda Reaugh, moved from Illinois to Kaufman County. He studied art in St. . . . — — Map (db m152520) HM |
| On Swiss Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The roots of the Harris-Savage House go back to 1843, when pioneers William W. Cochran (1807-1853), the first Dallas County Clerk, and his wife, Nancy Jane Hughes (1817-1877), lived in Peters Colony. Their grandson, William (Will) Randolph Harris . . . — — Map (db m152040) HM |
| On Jackson Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Designed by the noted Dallas architectural firm of Lang and Witchell, this building was constructed to house the dry goods manufacturing and distributing business of the Higginbotham - Bailey - Logan Co. (known as Higginbotham - Bailey after . . . — — Map (db m157826) HM |
| On Mockingbird Lane, on the left when traveling east. |
| | 1926 Highland Park Methodist Church Building This splendid example of Gothic Revival architecture was designed by architects Roscoe DeWitt and Mark Lemmon and built in 1926. It features a majestic bell tower that houses a 48-bell carillon, . . . — — Map (db m148934) HM |
| Near North Harwood Street at Main Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Designed by the architectural firm of Lang and Witchell, this hotel was built in 1925 for Conrad Hilton, and was the first to bear the Hilton name. The hotel advertised comfortable guest rooms and superior service at moderate prices. The . . . — — Map (db m138148) HM |
| On Main Street near S. Record Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. This event changed the city – and the world – forever. As a tribute to this extraordinary man, John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza was . . . — — Map (db m4672) HM |
| On Cedar Springs Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Dallas businessman John Hickman Miller (d. 1933) had this house built in 1904 as a wedding gift for his wife Katherine "Kitty" (Melone) (d. 1969). Miller was the son of pioneer area settler William B. Miller, owner of Millermore (in Old City Park). . . . — — Map (db m148929) HM |
| On Warren Avenue just north of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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Juanita Jewel (Shanks) Craft (1902-1985) was born in Round Rock and attended schools there and in Austin before earning certificates from Prairie View and Samuel Huston Colleges. She joined the Dallas Branch of the National Association for the . . . — — Map (db m156223) HM |
| On South Malcolm X Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1937, the Dallas school board appointed a building committee to find land for a new high school for African Americans. The committee chose eleven acres at this location. Lincoln High School was one of the largest campuses in the city, with . . . — — Map (db m156017) HM |
| On Maple Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | One of twelve subdivisions of the North Dallas Improvement Company, Maple Avenue was developed after a streetcar line was extended to this area north of the growing city of Dallas in 1884. Many leading citizens built elegant Victorian mansions . . . — — Map (db m148984) HM |
| On Mockingbird Lane, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Designed by Mark Lemmon in 1924 for his own family, this house reflects an interest in Norman architecture he developed while serving in France during World War I. Lemmon and his wife Maybelle (Reynolds) supported many civic organizations in . . . — — Map (db m148975) HM |
| On Greenville Avenue at North Munger Boulevard, on the left when traveling south on Greenville Avenue. |
| | Organized in 1914, this church has served the Munger Place and East Dallas communities with a variety of programs. A neighborhood landmark, this sanctuary was built in 1925 during the pastorate of the Rev. George M. Gibson. Designed in the English . . . — — Map (db m151420) HM |
| On North Akard Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | One of the first brick schools in Dallas system, this Victorian building was constructed in 1888 on the site of a pre-Civil War school organized by Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Dallas. In early decades this school drew pupils from several . . . — — Map (db m157350) HM |
| On Pleasant Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This congregation evolved from a rural Union Church which met as early as 1875 in a nearby cabin. The Ladies Aid Society was formed in 1906 and began raising funds for a separate church facility. Built in 1908 on this site, the one-room structure . . . — — Map (db m158803) HM |
| On Bruton Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | This congregation traces its history to a Union Church in Scyene, a small farming community once located at the present intersection of Scyene and St. Augustine Roads in Dallas. The first church in the community was a two-story community meeting . . . — — Map (db m158822) HM |
| | Dallas native Jacob Reichenstein (1881 - 1950) became a leader in the city's retail lumber trade. Beginning as a clerk with Cowser and Company in 1902, he was made a partner and general manager in 1915 and president of the company three years . . . — — Map (db m152389) HM |
| On La Vista Drive, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Mississippi native Robert Campbell Stubbs (1869-1927) moved to Dallas in 1887 and established a paving business with his father, George W. Stubbs. In 1897, R. C. Stubbs married Marie M. Henke (d. 1957) of Berlin, Germany. Dallas' economic growth . . . — — Map (db m151480) HM |
| Near Turtle Creek Boulevard. |
| | The land in this area was once part of a Republic land grant awarded to pioneer William Grigsby. The Dallas Consolidated Electric Street Railway Company bought twenty acres of the property in 1903, and in cooperation with developers Oliver P. . . . — — Map (db m149087) HM |
| On South Boulevard at Atlanta Street, on the left when traveling north on South Boulevard. |
| | This neighborhood is one of the few remaining intact residential districts which reflect the early twentieth century suburban development of Dallas. Construction of homes in this vicinity began soon after the Jewish Temple Emanuel El was moved . . . — — Map (db m156165) HM |
| On Swiss Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This wide boulevard was a muddy country lane in 1857, when Swiss immigrant Henri Boll named it in honor of his native land. Swiss Avenue was lengthened and paved as part of Munger Place, an exclusive 140-acre residential area developed in 1905 by . . . — — Map (db m151396) HM |
| On East Eighth Street at Anthony Street, on the right when traveling east on East Eighth Street. |
| | The first African Americans to live in Oak Cliff were slaves, brought here by settlers such as William H. Hord in 1845 to work the land. The neighborhood that grew here became known as the Tenth Street District. An important African American enclave . . . — — Map (db m98058) HM |
| On Jefferson Boulevard, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Constructed in 1931, the Texas Theatre was designed by architect W. Scott Dunne. The "Texas," the largest suburban theater in Texas when it was built, is an "atmospheric" theater, a genre designed to enhance the fantasy and exoticism of the . . . — — Map (db m147391) HM |
| On Swiss Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | West Texas rancher William J. Lewis, a native of Maryland, and his wife Willie (Newberry) of Dallas had this residence constructed in 1915-17. Designed by architects Hal Thompson and Marion Fooshee, it features influences of English Georgian and . . . — — Map (db m151387) HM |
| On South Cockrell Hill Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | First permanent structure built on the west side of the Trinity River in Dallas, this cabin of hand-hewn logs was erected in 1845 by Judge William H. Hord (d. 1901), Dallas County Judge, 1848-50, who brought his family here by covered wagon from . . . — — Map (db m153633) HM |
| On Live Oak Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | A German immigrant, Louis Wagner (1848 - 1909) became a successful Dallas businessman. In 1884 he and his wife Anna Pretz Wagner built this residence. She was the daughter of Jacob Pretz, an early settler of the Swiss Avenue area. The house was . . . — — Map (db m151484) HM |
| On South Akard Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Erected in 1921-22, this building housed the offices of Magnolia Petroleum Co., later Mobil Oil Co. It was designed by Sir Alfred C. Bossom (1881 - 1965), noted British architect, and built at a cost of $4 million. The tallest structure in Dallas . . . — — Map (db m157855) HM |
| Near McKinney Avenue at Boll Street. |
| | After the Civil War Ahab Bowen acquired this land, then an area of grape vineyards and small farms. In 1891 he sold the lot to J. B. Franklin, who erected this brick structure. James McNab (d. 1924) operated a neighborhood grocery here in . . . — — Map (db m156741) HM |
| Near South Record Street. |
| | Designated as public land in John Neely Bryan's 1844 city plat, this was the site of a log courthouse built after Dallas County was created in 1846. When Dallas won election as permanent county seat in 1850, Bryan deeded the property to the . . . — — Map (db m157874) HM |
| On Harry Hines Boulevard, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Constructed in 1909 as a 15 million gallons per day primary pumping station for the city water supply, this brick industrial building was designed by Dallas architect C. A. Gill. Its location on high ground afforded protection from floods that had . . . — — Map (db m148943) HM |
| On South Houston Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | By the early 1900s, Dallas needed a single rail terminal for the numerous railroads serving the city. In 1912 seven rail lines formed the Union Terminal Co. They hired Chicago architect Jarvis Hunt, who designed this Neo-classical building with an . . . — — Map (db m157823) HM |
| | Once surrounded by cultivated fields, this residence was built for William P. Cochran (1841 - 1906), whose father bought the land in 1851 and whose mother Nancy Jane Cochran donated a portion of it for Cochran Chapel Methodist Church in 1856. This . . . — — Map (db m149267) HM |
| On East 9th Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | In 1891, the newly incorporated town of Oak Cliff voted to seek bids on a school building. The cornerstone was laid at Patton (then St. George) and 10th Streets for Oak Cliff Central School in September 1892 under the auspices of the Masonic Grand . . . — — Map (db m152525) HM |
| | Founded in 1847, year after Texas joined the United States. Known as the oldest Methodist Church west of Trinity River. Built on present site, 1859. Enlarged building, 1912, adding steeple, stained glass windows. Recorded Texas Historic . . . — — Map (db m154678) HM |
| On Garland Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Early Dallas residents relied on natural springs, Artesian Wells and the Trinity River for their water. By the early 1900s, these sources began to prove inadequate for the growing city. In 1909, under Mayor Stephen J. Hay, the city began acquiring . . . — — Map (db m151483) HM |
| Near White Rock Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In response to increased population and extended droughts in the early 1900s, this facility was built to provide an additional water supply for the city of Dallas. Designed and built in 1911 by the city engineering department, the Renaissance . . . — — Map (db m151482) HM |
| On Worth Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This school, built in 1920 to relieve the crowded conditions of area schools, was named for early educator William B. Lipscomb. A Tennessee native (b. 1860), Lipscomb served as principal of Dallas High School from 1894 until his death five years . . . — — Map (db m151443) HM |
| On North Good Latimer Expressway, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Pioneer African American architect William Sidney Pittman was born in Montgomery, Alabama on April 21, 1875. Pittman attended segregated public schools in Montgomery and Birmingham before enrolling at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute . . . — — Map (db m158474) HM |
| On Swiss Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Swiss native Jacob Nussbaumer, a colonist in the pioneer La Reunion settlement of the Dallas area, purchased this land prior to the Civil War. In 1898 his wife Dorothea and children sold it to her niece Henrietta Frichot Wilson (1864- 1953), the . . . — — Map (db m152067) HM |
| On West Jefferson Boulevard, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Promoted as Dallas' ideal suburb, Winnetka Heights was platted in 1908 on a tract of land that was originally included in the midway addition to the city. The neighborhood's developers, outstanding men who made other significant contributions to . . . — — Map (db m152495) HM |
| On South Glasgow Drive, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Built in 1927-28 to serve the growing student population in east Dallas, this was the seventh high school in the city. An important example of the period revivals which characterized architecture of the 1920s, this structure reflects the . . . — — Map (db m151393) HM |
| On Greenbrook Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Otway Bird Nance (1805 - 1874) brought his family here from Kentucky in 1851 and bought this land through the Peters Colony in 1856. Begun in the 1850s, this residence was later enlarged and Victorian detailing added. It originally faced north but . . . — — Map (db m154978) HM |
| On Hustead Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | John C. Pelt (1877-1948) was born in Ellis County. After his father's death in 1880, his mother, Sarah (Seymour) remarried. He moved to Duncanville to live with his paternal aunt Anna and her husband, Charles Barker. In 1896, he wed Lee Olah . . . — — Map (db m154580) HM |
| Near Farmers Branch Lane. |
| | This historic Farmers Branch residence was the home of the city's first mayor. William F. (Bill) Dodson (1895-1949), a native of Malakoff, married Maude Gilmore (1896-1998) in Fort Worth in July 1917. The following May, Bill became a private in . . . — — Map (db m149537) HM |
| Near Farmers Branch Lane. |
| | Dr. Samuel H. Gilbert (1828-1890) came to Texas about 1850. He settled first in Cass County, and in 1852 married Julia Ann Ritchie (d. 1881). Gilbert purchased 275 acres of land at this site about 1855 and by 1857 had this native limestone house . . . — — Map (db m149539) HM |
| | Constructed in 1901 by the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad, and designed by a railroad systems engineer. Replaced an earlier depot built when the city of Garland was founded in 1888. No exterior alterations were made, and only a waiting room . . . — — Map (db m147585) HM |
| On Avion Parkway, on the left when traveling east. |
| | As early as the mid-1940s, housing was scarce in Dallas as well as in other centers of defense production and military activity throughout the nation. The private housing industry was unable to keep up with the demand for shelter in these areas. . . . — — Map (db m153771) HM |
| On SW Dallas Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Early Grand Prairie resident Barney P. Hale and his wife Ruth built this home for their family in 1902. The white clapboard residence, which features narrow windows and a high-pitched roof, is typical of early area farmhouses. In 1908 the Hales . . . — — Map (db m154039) HM |
| | Built about 1860 of hand-hewn logs from bottomland of Trinity River. The builder, David Jordan (1808-79), came to Texas about 1859, moving his household by wagon from Tennessee. A farmer, he also kept a store and a stage stand on the Dallas-Fort . . . — — Map (db m147587) HM |
| On South O'Connor Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | One of Irving's best known early builders, A. Fred Joffre, and his wife built this airplane bungalow in 1919 in the original Irving townsite. Their daughter sold the home in 1936. Pioneer doctor Franklin Monroe Gilbert and his wife Dorothy, a . . . — — Map (db m150598) HM |
| On South O'Connor Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In 1912 Charles P. Schulze (1877 - 1957) contracted with builder A. Fred Joffre to construct this one-story cypress-clad bungalow as a residence for himself and his wife, Virginia Tucker (1886 - 1966). Schulze, who owned and operated the Irving . . . — — Map (db m150542) HM |
| On East 3rd Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | During the 1840s and 1850s, Lancaster Baptists met periodically in private homes. On Sept. 29, 1867, fourteen charter members gathered to organize the Missionary Baptist Church. They worshiped first in the Masonic Hall, a two-story frame building . . . — — Map (db m152516) HM |
| Near South Lancaster Hutchins Road. |
| | This residence was built for W. A. (1861 - 1907) and Minnie (White) Strain (1867 - 1957), whose pioneer family bought this property in 1846. Begun in 1895, the structure was completed in late 1896. Noted architect James E. Flanders of the Dallas . . . — — Map (db m152540) HM |
| Near Barnes Bridge Road at Harbinger Drive, on the right when traveling east. |
| | David W. (1848-1932) and Julia Savannah (Beaty) Florence (1850-1914) built the first portion of this ranch house in 1871-72 after moving here from Van Zandt County. Elaborate wood trim decorates the gallery of the simple frame structure. The house . . . — — Map (db m97699) HM |
| | The son of an original member of the Mercer colony, Stephen Decatur Lawrence (1853-1934) received about 640 acres of farmland on his twenty-first birthday. He began building the first structure, a small home, on this site in 1874. In 1882 . . . — — Map (db m147582) HM |
| On Town Centre Drive east of Interstate 635 Service Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Confederate veteran Benjamin Franklin Galloway (1833-1912) And his wife Eliza (Fletcher) (1852-1883) came to Texas from Tennessee in 1872. Their son Bedford Forest is said to have been born in a covered wagon at Duck Creek (Garland) in 1873. They . . . — — Map (db m150827) HM |
| On Greenville Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Kentuckian William J. (Uncle Billy) Wheeler came to this part of Texas soon after the end of the Civil War. In 1870 he deeded land to the Houston and Texas Central Railway for the townsite that became the city of Richardson and for the railroad . . . — — Map (db m148662) HM |
| On Miller Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Accompanying the agricultural boom in the late 19th century was the influx of immigrant German and Swiss farm families to the northeastern portion of Dallas County. Among the German families buying farms near Rowlett was Johann Christian Herfurth . . . — — Map (db m149739) HM |
| Near Hickok Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Second Catholic church organized in Dallas County, Sacred Heart owes its origins to the devotion of an Irishman, Patrick McEntee (1846 - 1921), who came to Texas in 1874. Farmer and merchant, McEntee helped build the railroad in this area. . . . — — Map (db m149770) HM |
| On Bennett Avenue north of West 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1901 Alabama-born E. B. Black (1866-1945) brought his family to Hereford from Cleburne, Texas. He opened a furniture store and became a prosperous merchant and rancher. In 1909 Black hired contractor Emmett Vanderburgh to build this late . . . — — Map (db m153250) HM |
| On NW 7th Street at West Dallas Street (State Route 154), on the left when traveling north on NW 7th Street. |
| | Built in 1913, this Spanish Revival style brick depot for the Texas Midland Railroad serviced the town of Cooper and Delta County. While the railroad dealt mainly in freight, the depot focused on facilitating passenger service, functioning as a stop . . . — — Map (db m119722) HM |
| On West Oak Street just east of Mounts Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Born to pioneers in 1859, James "Jim" Russell Christal was raised by his mother after age three when his father mysteriously died on a hunting trip at age 12. Jim started as a horse wrangler and eventually was hired as a cowboy on his cousin Burk . . . — — Map (db m146540) HM |
| On West Congress Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The first free city of Denton school opened in 1884. After the building burned in 1908, another school was built at the same site. When John B. Denton College closed in 1912, high school students were moved to the former college building, which . . . — — Map (db m154224) HM |
| On Rusk Street at N Oak Street, on the left when traveling west on Rusk Street. |
| | Swedish stone mason Lawrence Olson constructed this building for brothers R.M. and B.S. Snead in 1886; they built it to house the Silver Spur Saloon. The building was sold upon R.M. Snead's death in 1911 and later served as a hardware store and . . . — — Map (db m147173) HM |
| On West Hill Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This home was first owned by rancher George Edward Lisenby and his wife, Mattie Belle Holland, who bought it in 1916. They sold it in 1922 to William Spencer and Dora Bell (Williams) Campbell, who owned W.S. Campbell Furniture and Undertaking, today . . . — — Map (db m104772) HM |
| On Sully Street at East 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south on Sully Street. |
| | Designed by the architectural firm of Bulger and Rapp, and built by Troutman Brothers Contractors, both of Trinidad, Colorado, this distinctive public building opened in November 1891. The original Romanesque Revival design included prominent . . . — — Map (db m96676) HM |
| On West 5th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | There are two markers on a single post
Local merchants J. G. and F. D. Martin built this house in 1904. Rancher James M. Calhoun owned the property from 1910 to 1914 and cattleman Robert H. Muir from 1914 to 1926. Muir sold the residence . . . — — Map (db m100428) HM |
| On South Seaman Street (Texas Route 6) at West Commerce Street, on the right when traveling south on South Seaman Street. |
| | The Texas Legislature created Eastland County in 1858, but sparse settlement delayed organization until 1873, when Merriman (8 mi. NE) became the first county seat. Charles Connellee and Jack Daugherty platted the new town of Eastland near the . . . — — Map (db m105245) HM |
| Near East Main Street near North Well Street. |
| | Late Victorian structure of rusticated limestone, quarried in Southwest Texas. Contractors were Davey and Schott, of Kerrville, 1891. Roof was damaged by 1927 storm that killed 70 people. It was afterward restored.
Recorded Texas Historic . . . — — Map (db m122857) HM |
| On West Austin Street at North Sweeten Street, on the right when traveling west on West Austin Street. |
| | Built in 1916 by Jesse Walter Gilmer (1883-1961), the two-story Gilmer Hotel was originally wooden, with an upper gallery on the east and south sides. It was frequented by traveling salesmen as well as local ranchers and other visitors. The dining . . . — — Map (db m143115) HM |
| Near Alameda Avenue (State Highway 20) north of North Washington Street. |
| | Henry C. Trost was one of the most prolific architects of the American Southwest. His history is closely tied to that of his chosen base of operation, El Paso. Ohio native Trost was strongly influenced by Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, as . . . — — Map (db m68246) HM |
| On West Missouri Avenue at North Coldwell Street, on the right when traveling south on West Missouri Avenue. |
| | Composed primarily of early twentieth-century residential apartment buildings, this historic neighborhood was developed during a period of major growth in El Paso. Most of the structures were built of brick, stone, or wood between 1908 and 1923 and . . . — — Map (db m68168) HM |
| On West Main Street (Business U.S. 287) east of South Rogers Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Ellis County's first courthouse was made of cedar logs and built here in 1850. A second courthouse was built on this square in 1853 and a third in 1874. In 1894 Virginia native and San Antonio architect James Riely Gordon was commissioned to design . . . — — Map (db m151374) HM |
| Near State Highway 6 0.1 miles east of County Highway 269, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The first Clairette schoolhouse was a one-room log structure built as early as 1871. This two-story building was constructed in 1912, one year after the creation of the Clairette Independent School District. It served until 1949, when the rural . . . — — Map (db m117789) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 219 at County Highway 550, on the left when traveling north on Highway 219. |
| | Built in 1913, this Tabernacle served as a permanent structure for summer religious revivals, and eliminated the need to rebuild or repair the brush covered arbors that had been used in earlier years. Local Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian . . . — — Map (db m158015) HM |
| On Hickory Street east of 5th Street (State Highway 34), on the left when traveling east. |
| | In 1885, ten years after the town of Honey Grove was incorporated, Mayor J. P. Gilmer brought to the attention of the City Council the need for a city hall and jail building. This structure was completed four years later. It is Fannin County's only . . . — — Map (db m127943) HM |
| On 7th Street north of Pecan Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | This church traces its history to early Methodist services held in the Union Church of Honey Grove in the 1840s. Methodist members of the Union Church erected their first church building here in 1881 and named it for J. W. P. McKenzie, a pioneer . . . — — Map (db m127944) HM |
| On East Fannin Street at North Franklin Street, on the right when traveling west on East Fannin Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m109027) HM |
| Near Park Drive (State Highway 92 Spur) 0.3 miles west of U.S. 77, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In September 1848, the remains of Texans killed in the 1842 Dawson Massacre and the 1843 “Black Bean Death Lottery” were reburied at this site in a sandstone vault. The Kreische family did its best to care for the grave during their . . . — — Map (db m53218) HM |
| | Oregon native Fred Zimmerman, Sr. (1885-1954) came to the Texas Panhandle in 1916. He acquired a number of farm properties in the area and began a thirty-eight-year career of farming and ranching in Floyd and Deaf Smith counties. In 1930 Zimmerman . . . — — Map (db m104631) HM |
| On South 5th Street at Liberty Street, on the right when traveling south on South 5th Street. |
| | Occupied by three generations of the Moore family, this house was built in 1883 by John M. Moore (1862-1940) for his bride Lottie (Dyer). A prosperous rancher, Moore served in the State Legislature and from 1905 to 1913 in the U.S. Congress. He . . . — — Map (db m158525) HM |
| On Avenue G at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west on Avenue G. |
| | Built in 1910 by Jacob Gray, this building was leased by Louis A. Vogelsang (1874-1961) in 1916 for his general merchandise business. Vogelsang bought the property in 1922, and continued to operate his store at this site until 1947. The early . . . — — Map (db m158462) HM |
| On West Spreading Oaks Avenue at Laurel Drive, on the left when traveling west on West Spreading Oaks Avenue. |
| | The Nathan and Mary Perry home here at 109 W. Spreading Oaks is the oldest structure remaining from the Quaker Settlement era. No photo of the house has been found. (Old timers memories were called upon to provide data for the restoration.) The . . . — — Map (db m97592) HM |
| On Avenue N 1/2 0 miles east of Moody Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This historic house was built in 1870 by Charles Albertson in the Lost Bayou section of the current San Jacinto historical district. Albertson was a cotton buyer active in Galveston until 1900. The great storm of 1900 left the house seriously . . . — — Map (db m143621) HM |
| On 23rd Street south of Harborside Drive (State Highway 275), on the right when traveling south. |
| | When Galveston was founded in 1836, this entire city block was set aside for use by the Republic of Texas as the site of a customs house. Gail Borden, the inventor of condensed milk, was the first Collector of Customs for the Republic in Galveston. . . . — — Map (db m130423) HM |
| On Mechanic Street west of 23rd Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | One of the earliest commercial blocks in Galveston, this row of three three-story brick buildings was constructed for John Berlocher by builder John Brown. The easternmost building, 2309 Mechanic, was erected in 1858. The westernmost, 2315 Mechanic, . . . — — Map (db m127493) HM |
| On Broadway Avenue J east of 15th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1902, Galveston was still recovering from the most devastating hurricane in recorded history. Many buildings were badly damaged, including the house at 1416 Broadway. In the early 1900s, Carl Christian Biehl immigrated to Galveston from Germany. . . . — — Map (db m138002) HM |
| On Mechanic Street west of 24th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Clarke and Courts Building 2400 Mechanic
Built in 1890 Listed in the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States Department of the Interior
— — Map (db m130426) HM |
| On Bernardo de Galvez Avenue at 35th Street, on the right when traveling east on Bernardo de Galvez Avenue. |
| | Dr. Frederick K. Fisher (1852-1920) and his wife Lucy Adelaide (Selkirk) (1856-1939) purchased this property in February 1888 and had this house built that same year. Both members of pioneer Texas families, the Fishers were active in local civic . . . — — Map (db m142759) HM |
| On 20th Street south of Postoffice Street (Avenue E), on the right when traveling north. |
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In 1854, a congressional appropriation was secured for the erection of a government building in Galveston for the customs, post office departments, the United States Court, and the United States Marshal.
Three lots on the southeast corner . . . — — Map (db m118960) HM |
| On Avenue M at 20th Street, on the right when traveling west on Avenue M. |
| | Built in 1886 to replace a house destroyed in the great Strand fire, this was the home of Robert Morris and Sarah Franklin. Robert Franklin (1839-1923) was the son of Benjamin C. Franklin, the Battle of San Jacinto veteran for whom Franklin County . . . — — Map (db m59423) HM |
| On Avenue H west of 12th Street, on the right when traveling west. Reported missing. |
| | Galveston-born George Seeligson (1841-1912) was a prominent local merchant. In 1872 he married Maria Davenport (1847-1928). He built this 1875 house on another lot in this block. Like many fine Galveston homes, it combines Greek Revival and . . . — — Map (db m143569) HM |
| On Strand Street west of 23rd Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This building, designed by Nicholas J. Clayton, was erected in 1882 for the wholesale drygoods firm of Greenleve, Block & Co. at a cost of $65,000. It was built of Philadelphia pressed brick and cut stone, with supportive and decorative iron columns . . . — — Map (db m130413) HM |
| On Avenue P 1/2 0 miles from 25th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Kentucky native Edwin Hawes (1852-1932) was a prominent attorney, land owner and politician, serving as Wharton County judge and mayor of Kerrville. He and his wife, Lizzie Milburn (Rust) Hawes (1859-1927), married in 1881 and had seven children. . . . — — Map (db m143625) HM |
| On Strand Street west of 20th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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The Firm of William Hendley & Co. was founded in 1845. The partnership consisted of William Hendley, Capt. Joseph J. Hendley, John L. Sleight, and Phillip Gildersleeve.
This firm, with Brower and Neilson of New York, started the "Texas and New . . . — — Map (db m119195) HM |
| Near 13th Street. Reported missing. |
| | Built 1859. Architectural and historical interest: formerly widely known for its art treasures and paintings. Much of the materials were imported from Switzerland. Elegant in design. Handcarved-plaster ceilings. Has 8 marble fireplaces. Outside . . . — — Map (db m153284) HM |
| On Strand Street east of 24th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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This impressive building contains grey and pink granite, red Texas sandstone, and buff colored terra cotta. Designed in the Neo-Renaissance style by Galveston architect Nicholas J. Clayton, it was built in 1895 for the banking firm of Ball, . . . — — Map (db m119197) HM |
| On Broadway 0.1 miles east of 23rd Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Designed by Nathaniel Tobey, Jr., and built in 1884 for the family of John Francis Smith, this house is an excellent example of Italianate architecture. Prominent features of the house include paired brackets, a bay window, balcony, and hood . . . — — Map (db m142589) HM |
| Near Church Street west of 18th Street, on the left when traveling west. Reported missing. |
| | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1962 — — Map (db m142556) HM |
| On Church Street 0.1 miles west of 11th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The East End Historic District, which initiated development in the area immediately east of Galveston’s Downtown Business District, saw its busiest period of construction during the last two decades of the 19th century. Many of the city’s . . . — — Map (db m142535) HM |
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