On Old Black Colony Road (County Route 147) west of Cole Springs Road (County Route 148), on the left when traveling west.
Antioch Colony was a rural farming community formed during Reconstruction by a group of formerly enslaved African Americans. Although freed from slavery after the Civil War, African Americans still found it difficult to purchase land. In 1859, Anglo . . . — — Map (db m93045) HM
On Main Street (Loop State Highway 4) at Ash Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Originally known as Du Pre, Buda was founded along a line of the International and Great Northern Railroad. Cornelia A. Trimble gave land for the townsite in 1881. The name “Buda” was adopted in the late 1880s, although its origin is . . . — — Map (db m52991) HM
On North San Marcos Street at Live Oak Street (Farm to Market Road 967), on the left when traveling north on North San Marcos Street.
Organized in 1893, the Buda Christian Church met in the Methodist church building until a church was built on this site in 1903. After it was destroyed in a 1909 storm, this structure was built in 1912. Membership began to decline in the 1940s, and . . . — — Map (db m117936) HM
On Ash Street near San Marcos Street, on the right when traveling south.
The Buda school system organized from the consolidation of several 19th century rural schools, including Elm Grove (largest school in Hays County in 1876), Goforth, Turnersville, Mountain City, Antioch, Science Hall and Kellyville. In 1881, the year . . . — — Map (db m149501) HM
On Elm Street at San Marcos Street, on the right when traveling west on Elm Street.
This church was established in 1880 under the leadership of the Rev. Thomas Garrett, one of the pioneer Methodist circuit riders who conducted early services and camp meetings in the area around Mountain City (2 mi. W). It was the first church in . . . — — Map (db m149502) HM
On South San Marcos Street at Peach Street, on the right when traveling south on South San Marcos Street.
In July 1882, the year after the founding of Du Pre, now Buda, M. Lawson, A. Teague and W. A. Hancock petitioned the San Marcos Baptist Association for the formation of this church. The first pastor was the Rev. D. A. Porter, ordained in the nearby . . . — — Map (db m117939) HM
Near Hawk Lane at Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
The complex that includes the McElroy-Severn House/Stagecoach House and Onion Creek Post Office occupies a 51-acre tract of land on a high bluff above a branch leading into Onion Creek, about a quarter mile east of Buda. The post office and . . . — — Map (db m80186) HM
